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Oura Ring
Oura Ring 5 (2026)
The most polished sleep and readiness insights here, in the slimmest body: Oura says it is 40% smaller than the Ring 4, at 2.28 mm thick and from 2 grams. Battery is rated at six to nine days. The catch is the real cost. Black and Silver are $399, other finishes $499, and the insights most people buy it for sit behind a $5.99 monthly or $69.99 yearly membership, so two years on the annual plan comes to about $540 for a base finish. Without it the ring still records, but the app shows far less. Sizes run 6 to 13, so check the sizing kit if your fingers fall outside that.
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RingConn Smart Ring
RingConn Gen 3 (2026)
The best value if you refuse to pay a monthly fee. It costs $349 once, with no subscription, and battery is where it pulls ahead: rated at up to two weeks, and one long test got eleven days from a charge. It is also the rare ring with a vibration motor, though it only buzzes for inactivity and health alerts, not calls or messages. Resting heart rate matched a chest strap in testing; sleep logs sometimes showed more waking than really happened. Blood pressure trends need calibrating with an upper-arm cuff and do not replace a monitor. At 2.3 mm it is thicker than the Gen 2 and can slip when hands sweat, and it comes in sizes 6 to 15.
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Samsung Galaxy Ring
The easy choice for Samsung phone owners, and a closed door for iPhone users: it works only with Android, and some extras such as Energy Score work best on a Galaxy phone. In return there is no monthly fee, so the $399.99 US list price is the whole two-year cost. The grade-5 titanium band is 7 mm wide and 2.6 mm thick and weighs under 3 grams in most sizes, which makes it easy to forget overnight. Samsung rates sizes 12 to 15 at up to seven days per charge and smaller sizes at up to six. There is no vibration motor, so no silent alarm. Eleven sizes run from 5 to 15, so use Samsung's sizing kit before you order.
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Ultrahuman Ring
Ultrahuman Ring Pro (2026)
For anyone who hates charging. The ring is rated at about 12 days in its fuller tracking mode and up to 15 in its lighter one, one review got a comfortable 10, and the included charging case is rated for up to 45 days of combined battery life and stores a year of data if you forget to sync. At $479 in the US with that case and no required subscription, it is close to Oura's two-year cost but front-loaded; atrial fibrillation detection is a small monthly add-on. The trade-off is bulk: 3.3 to 4.8 grams across sizes 5 to 14, heavier than the slimmest rings here. US buyers should know Oura has filed new patent claims against it, though it stays on sale for now.
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Ultrahuman Ring
Ultrahuman Ring Air
Not sold in the US: a 2025 import ruling in Oura's patent case keeps it off American shelves, so US readers should look at the Ring Pro instead. Elsewhere it is one of the lighter rings you can buy, at 2.4 to 3.6 grams and 2.45 to 2.8 mm thick, in sizes 5 to 14 with a free sizing kit. Ultrahuman lists it at $349 with no recurring fee to see your data; its Max membership, from $9.99 a month, is optional. The cost is battery: Ultrahuman rates it at four to six days, the shortest here after the Helio, so expect to charge it at least weekly.
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Oura Ring
Oura Ring 4 (2024)
The way into Oura's app for less, now that the Ring 5 has replaced it. It launched at $349 in the US and retailers have discounted it since the Ring 5 arrived, so check the current price before deciding. You get the same membership-based insights as the Ring 5, at the same $5.99 a month or $69.99 a year, in a water-resistant titanium band that Oura rates at five to eight days per charge. What you give up is size: the Ring 5 is 40% smaller, which matters most on slim fingers. On a discount, two years with the annual plan can come in under the Ring 5's total.
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RingConn Smart Ring
RingConn Gen 2 Air
The cheapest sensible way to find out whether you will actually wear a ring to bed. At $199 with no subscription, two years costs exactly the price on the box, and battery runs about ten days, which held up in testing. The savings show in the details: the shell is stainless steel rather than the titanium of pricier RingConn models, sleep apnea monitoring is missing, and workout tracking covers only a handful of exercise types. For sleep, heart rate and daily trends it covers the basics, and if the habit sticks you can upgrade knowing your size.
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Circular Ring 2
The only ring here that takes an ECG: a 40-second single-lead reading on demand, with signs of atrial fibrillation flagged. That makes it interesting for anyone who wants an occasional rhythm check without a watch, though Circular itself says it is not a diagnostic device. It lists at $349 in the US with no forced subscription, and the four-gram titanium band comes in four finishes. The weak spot is software: Tom's Guide and Reviewed both called the app buggy, and TechRadar said the software got in the way. Battery is rated up to seven days, less if you take frequent ECGs, so it suits a buyer who values the feature over polish.
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Amazfit
Amazfit Helio Ring
A low price for a titanium ring, but read the fine print before you call it a bargain. It launched at $299 in the US, Amazfit cut it to $199.99, and its Zepp Aura and Zepp Fitness services are now free for owners, so most features cost nothing extra. The catches are practical: it comes in only three sizes, 8, 10 and 12, and in one color, and battery is rated at four days, with one test getting about two and a half with everything switched on. It also lacks notifications. If one of those sizes fits and charging twice a week does not bother you, it is a cheap trial of ring tracking; otherwise the RingConn Gen 2 Air is the safer budget pick.
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