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A question for ex fitbiters, what do you miss about Fitbit and do you regret moving on to Apple watch and leaving Fitbit behind?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing lol. I was using the Fitbit trackers more and had a bunch. I guess I would like it to be easier to see my steps on the AW, but I can still find them in the activity app.

AW is much more reliable in every way. I think the sleep tracking is pretty much the same. I use the Athlytic to see sleep scores and recovery scores, and the subscription for that is cheaper than the fitbit subscription. I could never go back and I don’t miss it at all!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I may have issues but I started with a Fitbit charge 4 and now have a 5. I used to wear my AW every now and then but now I basically use it daily. I wear both. The Fitbit is on 24x7 (except when it needs a charge). I haven’t tried sleep tracking with the AW due to the size (and need to charge - I still have an S4).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I would make it through a year with my Fitbit device before it broke 💔 It introduced me to sleep tracking

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Battery life!!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I miss nothing. Especially Fitbit’s crappy warranty service

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Switched from Charge 2 to Apple Watch SE literally yesterday. The Apple Watch is great but I already miss the Fitbit’s battery life. I could go 3 days without a charge even on my 5 year old charge 2 but looks like I will be charging my new watch every day. Also miss seeing real time step count and heart rate at a glance.

Things I do like about AW: now playing, notifications, Apple pay, pretty seamless integration with my phone. Hopefully it will last me a good few years.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I miss the battery life. That’s about it though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

came from a fitbit versa 3, really miss continuous heart rate tracking

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I take a lot of naps and I miss the way my Fitbit Sense was able to track my nap/sleep WITHOUT me having to change it to the sleep focus. I miss that the most.

Otherwise I'm much happier with my Apple Watch. I thought I'd miss the step count but the move makes more sense. But I will say that I miss the Readiness score and Stress score from Fitbit

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Time between charges.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I hate the fact I can’t use my Apple Watch to count my total calories burnt without going into the fitness app.

On my Fitbit it was on the main screen and reset at midnight.

To me an Apple Watch is more of a phone on my wrist than a fitness tool.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I left Fitbit over a year ago and have found some excellent replacements for what it did at the time I left. At this point I’m still pretty damn happy with what I got.

HRV/Recovery: Athlytic

Sleep metrics: Pillow

Honorable Mention: Auto Sleep

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Fitbit could show me my October total steps, as a great logging method. Or last week, etc. Apple only dies rolling totals.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Only thing I miss is my years of stats with fitbit

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I miss the web interface and the windows app.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I miss the web interface and the windows app.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Battery life. I miss only needing to charge once a week.

For everything else, I prefer my Apple Watch.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I regret nothing. My old Fitbit started collecting sweat under the glass, making it impossible to read the display. It also stopped charging.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The battery life

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

For a little better AW experience check out Superset. Beta signups now and should be launching in a month or two https://www.supersethealth.com/?ref_id=EJ58S0ZTV

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

So they want you to pay another subscription, garmin does all of that for free 🤷‍♂️

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Having to use MyFitnessPal to track calories.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

the display of my fitbit was so bright that i could use the watch at night to find the toilet

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I liked being able to view totals over a period of time on the Fitbit website. I set a goal to walk 2019 miles in 2019 and could just pull up the site and plug in start date and end date and view my year to date totals of steps, miles, calories, etc. Maybe Apple does this somewhere and I just haven’t found it?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

the app!! having everything in one place with easy to read goals (that can be customized), i know you can use apple health but it is so cheap-looking and not as easy to use.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I had a Blaze like 6 years ago, it was pretty lacking in features. Basically the only “apps” that could run were either exercise, timer, meditation, and heart rate

Not a bad watch but def got really slow over time

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I miss nothing about my Fitbit I had two different ones both were fine, but both had the most annoying habit of watchband disconnecting from the case. Just really poor quality build. First one broke when it fell off my arm as I was taking my jacket sleeve off. Second one fell off my arm while walking dog. Didn’t notice and now it’s gone.

I was determined to go without any kind of smart, watch or fitness tracker because I was on android, and I didn’t like the watches that were available. And then one day I’m in the Apple Store and my friend is buying a watch because they like the pace for when they run and I was so taken with the Apple Watch with build quality and with its functions that I switched to the Apple ecosystem just to get the watch, and it was really good decision. I’m even used to the iPhone now.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

honestly i just miss the little disco ball and fireworks that popped up when i reached 10,000 steps

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing. Apple Watch is superior compared to Fitbit

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sleep tracking, no other device is as good as Fitbit in sleep tracking.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Primarily battery life

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