Google Health (Fitbit) alternatives
Users are leaving Google Health (Fitbit) due to a confusing interface, inaccurate tracking, and frustrating bugs after the rebrand. Alternatives offer specialized features like device finding or general AI assistance, though some have privacy concerns or setup difficulties.
Why users look for alternatives to Google Health (Fitbit)
- The app's user interface is no longer intuitive or user-friendly, with many finding it messy, slow, and creating cognitive overload compared to the old Fitbit app.R1R4R6R13
- Users experience significant issues with data accuracy and tracking, including inaccurate heart rate logs, incorrect sleep scores and durations, and failure to properly log exercise like swimming or steps.R6R7R9R11
- The food tracking feature is widely criticized for being difficult to use, buggy, lacking a recipe creator, and not displaying logged foods accurately or allowing custom food entries easily.R3R21R22R32
- Many users report persistent syncing and connectivity problems, with the device often not connecting to the phone, missing days of data, or failing to sync workout loads.R23R24R31R35
- The AI integration is seen as an unwelcome addition, making the app slow, glitchy, and providing inaccurate or unhelpful information, leading some to consider canceling their premium subscription.R4R5R15R17
- Users miss features from the old Fitbit app, such as sleep animal updates, sleep meditations, badges, and an easier way to view historical weight data.R4R15R20R34
The alternatives
The Google app primarily serves as a search engine and information hub, offering features like reverse image search and translation, though some users report recent updates have made these harder to access R61. It also provides account protection and services across various platforms R54.
Better for: This app is better for users who primarily need a search engine, access to Google services, or features like reverse image search and translation, despite some recent issues with feature accessibility R54R61. It is not designed for health or fitness tracking.
Head-to-head: Google Health (Fitbit) vs GoogleNo relevant user reviews are provided for Google Chrome to assess its features or suitability as an alternative to Google Health (Fitbit).
Better for: There is insufficient review data to determine who Google Chrome would be better for as an alternative to Google Health (Fitbit).
Head-to-head: Google Health (Fitbit) vs Google ChromeGoogle Gemini is an AI assistant that can provide quick ideas, understand documents, and engage in conversations, acting like an updated Google with a 'brain' . However, users note it can be slow, sometimes gets things wrong, and may require too much access to phone data R65R67R68R70.
Better for: Google Gemini is better for users seeking an AI assistant for quick ideas, understanding complex documents, or general conversational AI . It is not a health or fitness tracking app and some users express privacy concerns about its access permissions R67.
Head-to-head: Google Health (Fitbit) vs Google GeminiNo relevant user reviews are provided for LiveWell with Advocate Aurora to assess its features or suitability as an alternative to Google Health (Fitbit).
Better for: There is insufficient review data to determine who LiveWell with Advocate Aurora would be better for as an alternative to Google Health (Fitbit).
Head-to-head: Google Health (Fitbit) vs LiveWell with Advocate AuroraFind My Fitbit ++ helps users locate a lost Fitbit device by tracking its signal, which can save the cost of replacing a lost tracker R80R86. Users have successfully used it to find devices indoors and outdoors R80R86. However, some users report issues with syncing, setup, and deceptive subscription models R79R81R83R85.
Better for: This app is better for Fitbit owners who frequently misplace their device and need a tool specifically for locating it R80R86. It is not a health tracking app and some users have reported issues with its functionality and pricing R79R81R83R85.
Head-to-head: Google Health (Fitbit) vs Find My Fitbit ++Users should stick with Google Health (Fitbit) if they have embraced the AI features and find the insights around sleeping, exercise, and daily readiness helpful, viewing it as a personal life coach R5.
Evidence note: Google Chrome and LiveWell with Advocate Aurora have too few reviews to judge their suitability as alternatives.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 92 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] Google Health (Fitbit) Dislike the new app: The new app after switching from Fitbit to Google health is terrible. It is not user friendly. Go back to the old version!
- [R4] Google Health (Fitbit) Pointless rebrand: The only good thing about this rebrand is it seems that if I cancel my subscription, I lose access to the annoying AI chat option/floating button. Can’t wait for that to go away. I loved the clean Fitbit interface and now it’s an overwrought mess like all Google apps these days. Am I just cranky because I lost my monthly sleep animal update? Maybe! But I’m considering an Oura ri
- [R6] Google Health (Fitbit) App Update/Facelift: Both my husband and I are frustrated ever since the app updated to Google Health. Our sleep scores are completely off and inaccurate, and the overall look isn’t nearly as easy to navigate as the Fitbit version.
- [R13] Google Health (Fitbit) Fitbit was better: The new design is messy and creates cognitive overload.
- [R7] Google Health (Fitbit) Bugged sleep duration: Many times it doesn’t register when I sleep and the daily sleep duration is not cumulative so it only shows one sleep episode when you sleep two or more times
- [R9] Google Health (Fitbit) Frustrating changes: Not a fan of the new app changes. It’s painfully slow to load information but most importantly the heart rate log is wildly inaccurate. My heart rate on my device is much higher than what it shows on my daily chart. Sometimes by 20 points. I used to use this to track my heart rate for drs appointments but it’s no longer accurate. I’m assuming this also makes my calories burned
- [R11] Google Health (Fitbit) Not as accurate as Fitbit app: The new Google Health app is not as accurate as the previous Fitbit app regarding exercise. It will log walks but if I lap swim it will not accurately log my data. I lam swam for an hour and it said I did light exercise for 1 minute. I hope the bugs get worked out quickly. I miss the Fitbit app.
- [R3] Google Health (Fitbit) Not a good food tracker: I. enjoy the Fitbit as an exercise tracker. However, I have been trying to use it as a food tracker. I find a very hard to track foods that I missed from previous dates and there is no recipe creator.
- [R21] Google Health (Fitbit) terrible update/ collab ?: I've used Fitbit for a while now, and it used to be so seamless! You could easily track your steps and log meals without a hassle. Since the update, though, the food tracking experience has become frustrating and wayy less user-friendly!! logged foods aren't displayed accurately, and there’s no more “recently logged” feature so I constantly have to search for the same it
- [R22] Google Health (Fitbit) impossible to nutrition app: they took something that was seamless and easy in the fitbit app and made it clunky and unusable. so many glitches and it takes much longer to do something that took less than a minute before. i’m sick to my stomach seeing screenshots of the old fitbit interface because it was that much better, and i miss it. i’m not sure i can stick with fitbits after 10+ years of usi
- [R32] Google Health (Fitbit) Useless app - give me back the Fitbit health app: This app functionality sucks. I didn’t ask for Google health. I miss the old Fitbit health. Can’t even add a custom food without it bugging out. Won’t let me type a name for the custom food option so I can’t log it. Useless app
- [R23] Google Health (Fitbit) I hate the switch!: I’m so confused that this app has a good rating…when I look at my Fitbit, it very commonly shows the symbol that indicates it’s not connected to my phone. Then I open the app to sync it and there’s days of data missing. Very unimpressed. The one Fitbit app worked perfectly. ☹️
- [R24] Google Health (Fitbit) Terrible updates: This app sucks and is so much worse compared to the previous Fitbit app. Terrible interface, loss functionality, and sync problems that can’t be solved
- [R31] Google Health (Fitbit) Tracking issues: The app will infrequently not track workout loads and is unable to sync the data. At least with a Fitbit air. This is extremely frustrating for a bike ride, GPS connection fails way too often, or sport activity for a couple hours where your phone might be 10-30ft away from you and it will mostly work but that 10-15% of the time is fails for the data to be lost is annoying because
- [R35] Google Health (Fitbit) Why did Google screw up the Fitbit app??: The Fitbit app was great. It gave me just what I needed. Meanwhile your stupid app won’t even sync to my device. Is that supposed to make me go buy a google device? Because I’ll buy an Apple Watch first. This is so disappointing and I hate that Google has made Fitbit complete garbage
- [R5] Google Health (Fitbit) Life changing!: I initially made a review when the change first happened to Google Health and gave it one star and stated it was complete garbage. I was so wrong. I’ve used Fitbit since 2012 and don’t like change. However, in the last few weeks I’ve tried to embrace the Ai and give it a chance. That’s where this shines. Before it was only me trying to make sense of the data. Now, whatever I’m curi
- [R15] Google Health (Fitbit) *big sigh*: the AI update we didn’t need. the app is so much more complicated. i miss the sleep animals. i don’t wanna be that girl but c’mon. where are all the sleep meditations? are they taking out the human ones and putting in ai ones? they’ve taken out the recipes now too. so disappointing
- [R17] Google Health (Fitbit) So slow and glitch filled: I feel completely ripped off because I replace my Fitbit the week before this update. I was supposed to get a free premium membership with that purchase but instead of being to the nice Fitbit app that added to my life it’s to this glitchy garbage app. The AI integration just makes everything so slow and overall just painful to use. I have actually stopped being motivate
- [R20] Google Health (Fitbit) Honestly making me consider another brand: I have not updated my app. I’m still on the original Fitbit setup where it had badges and the app worked a lot smoother. All I have heard is problems ever since the new update and I am highly disappointed that badges are no longer available. I am going to deliberately keep my phone from updating the app so that I can stay how it always has been. When my F
- [R34] Google Health (Fitbit) Need weights scrolling list: I am in desperate need of you to bring back the list of weights where you can just scroll and scroll to see old weights. It is so cumbersome to click year, then month, then week. It makes me cry every time. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I beg of you to bring it back like when it was Fitbit.
- [R54] Google Deon Davon Podcast: Outstanding google help protect all accounts they have great services in every platform
- [R61] Google Why are the features I used now just an AI Mode button?: I use the Google app for just two things, reverse image search and translation. I can sort of get to the reverse image search if I’m ok with Google having camera access, but the translate button is gone, presumably to make room for the very unwelcome AI Mode button. There may be a setting to change this, but it’s not clear in the settings, a
- [R65] Google Gemini That’s just AI for you: A personal assistant is not the same as a language learning model, it gets stuff wrong, it doesn’t actually take correction, and for a brain this expensive and extensive, you’d think it’d be more impressive.
- [R67] Google Gemini Too much access: Gemini requires access to almost everything on my phone. Not comfortable with that at all. Would have given more star otherwise.
- [R68] Google Gemini Slow.: Slow. Very slow.
- [R70] Google Gemini Just use another AI…: Other AI’s need less prompts than this one. It often gets things wrong and makes you angry some of the times. Others are easier to talk to.
- [R79] Find My Fitbit ++ Not worth it: This is another deceptive app. It’s just another worthless subscription. If the devs would like a good review they are welcome to subscribe to it. See how this works?
- [R80] Find My Fitbit ++ Inspire: I wear it on a clip on my pants and the Fitbit keeps popping out when doing activities that require you to bend. Was able to find it on a black and white tiled floor with the app.
- [R81] Find My Fitbit ++ Scam: It says finder and setup app. It’s not a setup app. Was new to Fitbit and downloaded and paid for app to see it just tracks device. Scam!
- [R83] Find My Fitbit ++ Don’t buy this app: This app fukn suks! It won’t pair my Charge 6!! What a waste of $10 !!!
- [R27] Google Health (Fitbit) DO NOT BUY PREMIUM: The FitBit Google health app is awful. I recently purchased the FitBit Air band to track all the metrics and am using the app to build workouts for me. They say the AI Coach can help with the workout plans, but you ask the AI to create or edit something and it never executes your request correctly. I really wish they would improve upon this app because it is horribly laid out a
- [R29] Google Health (Fitbit) Absolutely horrible: Insanely bad app. It’s full of glitches. The recorded workouts are incorrect. The AI coach keeps giving false and misleading information. The Fitbit Air results are completely inaccurate. Worst experience ever, just beyond frustrating!
- [R85] Find My Fitbit ++ Not syncing properly: This app is not syncing properly even after couple Of hours.
- [R86] Find My Fitbit ++ $3 to save $90: Tore my apartment apart looking for my Fitbit and was driving myself crazy. The app did not immediately pick it up and when it did it led me to a corner of my apartment that did not make any sense. I spent 15 minutes walking around before I thought to go outside and discovered that my Fitbit had somehow come off of my wrist when I was setting up lights on my deck. Found my Fitbit i
Synthesized from 92 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store