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Fitbit Edge vs Fitbit Inspire 3: which should you buy?

Checked today with current prices and trusted sources
Fitbit Edge
Fitbit Edge
Fitbit Inspire 3
Fitbit Inspire 3

Purchase today

Neither has a clear purchase advantage today

The Fitbit Edge is fine to buy now, and there's no rush to buy the Fitbit Inspire 3. Fitbit Inspire 3 costs $80.04 less to buy today.

Better product

Different strengths, no clear winner

The Fitbit Edge Guide names it for heart health. The Fitbit Inspire 3 Guide names it for health. Neither is ahead overall.

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BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

Check your phone first

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THE PRICE

Price check

Each model is judged on its own price history.

Fitbit Edge

$179.99at Google Store
Checked Oct. 29, 2026
Tracking since Oct. 28, 2026

Fitbit Inspire 3

$99.95at Macy's
Checked Oct. 29, 2026
Tracking since Oct. 21, 2026
THE DETAILS

Key differences

01 / A02 / B
01

Battery life

7 days

Up to 7 days

10 days

Up to 10 days

7 days vs 10 days

From each company's own specs. We list a difference only when both companies give a figure and the figures differ. If either one doesn't say, we leave it out rather than guess. When two figures were measured in different ways, we show both and don't compare them.

FIND YOUR FIT

Best for

Open any row to see the reason.

01 / A

Fitbit Edge

Heart health

It watches your heart rhythm for signs of AFib while you rest or sleep, and alerts you when your heart rate goes above or below your baseline.

02 / B

Fitbit Inspire 3

Health

Changes in your resting heart rate, blood oxygen, skin temperature and HRV show up in the Google Health app.

Both products

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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW

Do reviews break the tie?

Reviews don't settle it: we haven't found an outlet that scored both.

YOUR NEXT STEP

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