11 Best Smartwatches Under $50 in 2022

Noor August 14, 2022

Most of the time people get hesitant toward cheap smartwatches, because of the sole reason that they might not be worth it. But you’d be surprised to know that most of the smartwatches that come under $50 have features rich enough to compete with expensive high-end watches, with absolutely no difference whatsoever.

So, if you’re looking for smartwatches under $50, then we have already researched and reviewed the top 11 smartwatches for you. Let’s get started.

11 Best Smartwatches under $50

Image	Product	Features	Price
	Amazfit Bip S Fitness Smartwatch	Detailed health monitoring Fitness tracking 40+ days battery life	Check Price
	TicWatch GTX Fitness Smartwatch	Built-in sport modes Sleep/HR monitoring Water-resistant: IP68	Check Price
	Smart Watch, Popglory Smartwatch	1.3-inch Touchscreen Blood pressure/SpO2 monitoring	Check Price
	Smart Watch, AGPTEK Smartwatch	Remote camera Music player control Sport modes	Check Price
	Amazfit Neo Fitness Retro Smartwatch	Health assessment system Swimproof 28-day battery life	Check Price
	UMIDIGI Smart Watch	Detailed health analysis 14 sport modes Female health tracking	Check Price
	Donerton Smart Watch	Slim and Sleek 24/7 HR/Sleep tracking Sport modes	Check Price
	CanMixs Smart Watch	BP/SpO2 tracking Activity tracking Swimproof	Check Price
	Dirrelo Smart Watch for Android Phones	Detailed health monitoring 14 Sport modes Smart notifications	Check Price
	PROGRACE Kids Smartwatch with 90°Rotatable Camera	Camera: 0.3MP Games Music player	Check Price
	Padgene Bluetooth Smartwatch	Standalone smartwatch Activity tracking Anti-lost	Check Price

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1. Amazfit Bip S – Best Fitness Smartwatch Under $50 (Editor’s choice)

Established in 2015, and in 7 years, Amazfit has made sure to provide the users with some of the quality smartwatches, that too without being ridiculously expensive, just like this Amazfit Bip S. Coming up in 1.28-inches transflective color TFT, with the resolution of 178 x 178 pixels, and always-on display, it’s perfect for reading under direct sunlight.

With the BioTracker PPG heart rate monitoring sensor, keeping track of your HR isn’t a problem with Amazfit Bip S, and you can also monitor the sleeping stages which by wearing this on the wrist at night.

It’s almost unbelievable but Amazfit Bip S has a built-in GPS for keeping track of your outdoor activities, which is surprising because it costs less than even $50. In this price range, if you’re getting a GPS feature, it’s amazing, to say the least.

You will be able to track 10 workouts and exercises including Treadmill, Cycling, Running, Yoga, etc.

Amazfit Bip S will receive all the notifications of your smartphone whether they’re of calls, messages, or other social apps. You can control the music player of your smartphone from it and can change songs from the watch when running, or working out.

Perfect smartwatch for swimmers, as it’s not only water-resistant to 50m, but it tracks your swimming sessions and gives the stats about stroke rate, stroke times, SWOLF index, and much more.

Amazfit Bip S can last for more than 2 weeks with normal usage, and almost 40 days if you’re not using the battery-draining feature much.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Warm Pink
• Display: 1.28-inches TFT
• Resolution: 178 x 178 pixels
• Weight: 31g
• Always-on display
• Built-in GPS
• Heart rate and sleep monitoring
• Fitness tracking
• Swimproof
• Long battery life

2. TicWatch GTX – Sports Smartwatch Under $50

TicWatch has launched some of the best smartwatches over the past couple of years. Just like this TicWatch GTX comes in a 1.28-inch round color display, 22mm TPU bands, and customizable watch faces. It does offer the best features regarding everything without being expensive at all.

Keeping track of your heart rate would never be a problem with TicWatch GTX, since it uses TicPulse for keeping an eye on your heart rate all the time, along with providing the stats about resting heart rate and the changing patterns over the past week.

For sleep it uses TicSleep for monitoring the sleep at night, and would let you know about different stages of sleep; light, deep, and REM zones during the night.

If you’re wearing TicWatch GTX on your wrist, there’s no need to worry about tracking the outdoor workouts and exercises, as it comes with 14 built-in sports modes including cycling, yoga, outdoor running, etc. You can always check your progress on the phone through TicHealth app.

All you have to do is pair this watch with your smartphone, and it would receive all the notifications of incoming calls, text messages, social apps; Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and much more.

Although the watch is IP68 level water-resistant, it still supports pool swimming. So take it with you while jumping in the swimming or handwashing, and it won’t get damaged at all.

What else?

You can control your favorite playlist from the watch without having to take the phone out of pocket, and can even find your phone if it’s the watch’s range. You can also check weather updates right from your wrist, which is a pretty cool feature indeed.

With all these amazing features, TicWatch GTX can last for 10 days as well, which is good battery life, to say the least.

Specifications:

• Color: Black
• Display Size: 1.28-inch
• Strap Size: 22mm
• Water-resistant: IP68
• Smart notifications
• Heart rate tracking
• Sleep monitoring
• Built-in sport modes
• Stopwatch/Torch
• Weather updates
• Find my phone
• Music control

3. Popglory – Blood Pressure Monitoring Smartwatch Under $50

Available in 5 different colors, a 1.3-inch display, sleek and slim design, the Popglory smartwatch has some of the best features, which you wouldn’t even find in most expensive watches.

Wear this watch at your wrist, and track your heart rate any time of the day. Popglory watch will also keep an eye on your sleep, and will let you know about light, deep, and REM zones during the night.

Not only this but you can also track your blood oxygen levels right away, through which you’d know the amount of oxygen your blood is carrying, as the lack of it can cause the body to collapse or not function normally.

And, the main headline of this watch is its Blood pressure monitoring, which some of the best wearable brands are unable to offer. You might not have to visit doctors for your blood pressure checkup if you have hypertension and you need to keep track of it all the time since you can do it from the watch easily. However, the reading should be taken for indications and not for medical purposes.

Your daily and fitness activities such as step count, distance traveled, and burnt calories will be tracked by Popglory watch, and apart from these, 7 built-in sport modes are there to make sure you keep yourself in shape and stay healthy.

After connecting the compatible smartphone with the Popglory watch, it will become an accessory and will display notifications including social apps, calls, messages, etc.

If we talk about the perks of extra features, then it has DND mode for your emergency meetings or work mode where you don’t want any distractions. Popglory watch also has a sedentary reminder to make sure you’re not sitting for a longer period, music control, weather updates, stopwatch, etc.

Popglory watch has a good running time, as it can last for 10 days with moderate usage, and has a standby time of 30+ days.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Black
• Display: 1.3-inch touchscreen
• Heart rate and sleep tracking
• Blood pressure and blood oxygen level monitoring
• Sport modes
• Fitness/activity tracking
• Smart notifications
• DND mode & Weather updates

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4. AGPTEK – Unisex Design Smartwatch Under $50

AGPTEK smartwatch comes in a 1.3-inch touchscreen display, with an aluminum alloy frame for durability, and it’s scratch-resistant so you don’t have to worry about keeping it safe all the time. The watch has a unisex shape/design, which makes it suitable for both men and women.

If you ever wonder how much sleep you’re getting at night, or what’s your accurate heart rate at the moment, then the AGPTEK smartwatch has a solution to both of these things. You can check out your heart rate without needing any extra chest strap, and get to know about all the sleep stages in the phone app easily.

AGPTEK smartwatch has 8 built-in sports modes including running, walking, hiking, cycling, etc. Along with this your daily activities such as step count, distance traveled and burnt calories will also be tracked.

Your notifications will be received right away after getting paired with the phone, although you won’t be able to make calls you can reject them, on top of never missing any important notifications if it’s on the wrist.

What’s more?

AGPTEK smartwatch can control your phone’s camera and music player remotely, so you can listen to songs and get clear group pictures without getting them blurred. You will be notified with its sedentary reminder, if there’s no physical activity for a while, to take a break and get moving for a while.

With its find my phone feature, where it’d ring the smartphone if it’s in the range. Weather updates, alarm clocks, and stopwatches can be used in daily life routines. And, it’s IP68 level water-resistant, so you can wash your hands and take it with you in the rain without having any doubts about getting it damaged.

AGPTEK smartwatch can last for 7-10 days after getting fully charged, and it also has the standby timing of 30+ days.

Specification & Key features:

• Color: Black
• Display: 1.3-inch Touchscreen
• Water-resistant: IP68
• Heart rate and sleep tracking
• Sport modes
• Smart notifications
• Sedentary reminders
• Activity and fitness tracking
• Remote camera/Music player control
• Long battery life

5. Amazfit Neo – Longest Battery Smartwatch Under $50

Get the retro vibes with Amazfit Neo which can be disguised as a simple watch, but it’s not. The display comprises of 1.2-inch lift-to-wake backlight, which makes you see under direct sunlight. With the price falling under 30 bucks, its features would leave you speechless.

Amazfit Neo comes equipped with BioTrackerTM PPG Sensor3 for keeping track of your heart rate all the time. You can compare different heart rate zones and compare them with the resting heart rate to see how it changes.

To make sure you get sound sleep, it can track your sleeping stages which include light, deep, and REM cycles during the night. One can make changes to their bedtime routine and sleeping hours if they’re not getting enough deep sleep hours.

PAI (Personal activity intelligence) in simpler terms is an integrated value or score based on your daily fitness activities, heart rate, sleep, and other factors, so you’d know much you’re doing, and where do you need to work more.

Your daily activities; step count, distance traveled and burnt calories will be monitored with Amazfit Neo without you having to do it manually and can see it in the phone app as well. Along with this, it can also track your running, cycling, or walking session pretty easily.

Tired of missing important notifications because your phone was in the pocket or you just couldn’t hear it? Well, this amazing wearable will receive all the notifications whether they are of social apps or incoming calls, everything will be displayed on the screen.

Amazfit Neo is water-resistant to 50m, which means you can jump in the swimming pool, take it with you while showering, or light snorkeling without getting it damaged.

With whopping 28-day battery life, it’s one of the best battery life smartwatches. right?

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Black
• Display: 1.28-inches
• Water-resistant: 50m
• Heart rate and sleep tracking
• PAI health assessment system
• Smart notifications
• Fitness tracking
• Swimproof
• 28-day battery life

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6. UMIDIGI – Women Smartwatch Under $50

This round shape smartwatch has the potential to be your perfect partner because of its rich features.

It is a stylish watch that comes with a 1.3-inch touchscreen and 2.5D scratch-resistant glass display. Additionally, an aluminum alloy case makes it durable.

Heart rate monitoring is as easy as tapping on the watch since with its Da Fit app, you can not only track HR every 10 minutes but can also see a detailed analysis of it in the app as well.

Most of the times changes in bedtime routine and sleeping hours are needed to fix your sleeping schedule, but how’d you know the amount of sleep you’re getting each night? UMIGIDI smartwatch can keep track of your sleeping cycles and will let you know the deep and light sleep hours.

This watch comes in two variants; with or without a SpO2 sensor. We choose the model with a SpO2 sensor through which you can monitor your blood oxygen levels as well. Although there’s not much difference in both these styles, the price factor is also negligible.

UMIGIDI smartwatch comes with 14 built-in sports modes through which you’d be tracking your famous workouts and exercises, in a hassle-free manner. Along with this, you can use your smartphone’s GPS to track outdoor activities, so the reading could be as precise as possible.

All the notifications of your smartphone, whether it’s just a text from work, important calls, or from other apps, will be displayed right away. After being paired with the watch, you can control its music player to change songs during workouts and can take perfect selfies through remote camera control as well.

This feature is dedicated to females so they could track their menstrual cycle and ovulation period, which would help them understand their physical condition and can remind them of their next cycle, so they’d be prepared beforehand.

What’s more?

Do you keep on misplacing your phone? Well, if it’s paired with the UMIGIDI smartwatch, then you can track it easily, and vice versa. Get weather updates from the watch, and if you’ve been sitting for a while and haven’t moved, it will notify you to take some steps.

UMIGIDI smartwatch can withstand water intrusion up to 50m, which makes it perfect for light swimming, showering, and hand washing.

After getting fully charged, the UMIGIDI smartwatch can last for 15 days, depending upon the usage, and 40 days in standby mode.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Icy White
• Compatible: Android and iOS
• Style: Uwatch 3S (SPO2)
• Display size: 1.3-inches
• Blood oxygen level monitoring
• Heart rate and sleep tracking
• Detailed health analysis
• 14 sport modes
• Smart notifications
• Remote music and camera control
• Sedentary reminder
• Female health tracking

7. Donerton – Top Selling Smartwatch Under $50

Looking for something sleek and elegant to wear? Donerton smartwatch is here to save the day. It comes in a 1.4-inch display and 4 different watch faces to choose from. The strap is comfortable and makes it easy to wear 24/7.

Track your heart rate in no time with the Donerton smartwatch which gives you detailed insights about different heart rate zones. You can also wear it to sleep and wake up in the morning, with all the stats about light/deep sleep or awaken times.

Donerton smartwatch can not only track your daily activities such as step count, burnt calories, and distance traveled during the day, but also comes with 8 sport modes including running, hiking, fitness, treadmill, etc. You can connect your smartphone’s GPS for more accurate tracking.

Pairing up with the phone is easy and after that, it will receive all the notifications of calls, messages, and other social apps easily. It’d vibrate to let you know if there’s a new notification and you can even decline the call from the watch as well.

What’s more?

A sedentary reminder will remind you to move if you’re sitting for a while, and you can control your phone’s camera and music player with it as well. Donerton smartwatch is also IP67 level water-resistant, which makes sure it doesn’t get damaged during the rain or swimming.

Donerton Smartwatch can last for 7 days after getting fully charged and can go on for 30 days with its standby mode.

Specifications and key features:

• Color: Black
• Screen: 1.4-inches
• Heart rate and sleep tracking
• Sport modes
• Smart notifications
• Remote camera and music player
• Water-resistant
• Good battery life

8. CanMixs – Cheap iPhone Compatible Smartwatch Under $50

If you see someone wearing this watch, I’m sure you might confuse it with an expensive high-end smartwatch, which would make sense, because it does look like one. CanMixs has made sure to come up with an extremely stylish watch, which has all the necessary features and doesn’t cost much either. Perfect, right?

CanMixs smartwatch has a heart rate and sleep monitor to make sure you never lose sight of your health stats. Check your heart rate anytime you of the day, and detailed analysis about sleeping stages from the app.

Unlike other watches, health monitoring doesn’t stop there, as it has a SpO2 sensor for tracking your blood oxygen levels, and Blood pressure monitoring for people having this medical condition, such as hypertension.

With almost 8 sports modes; Running, Cycling, Badminton, Basketball, etc., and keeping track of step count, distance traveled, burnt calories, it’s safe to say that the CanMixs smartwatch can be your ideal fitness tracker.

What’s more?

The watch will receive notifications on the wrist after getting connected, and with its sedentary reminder, it will notify you to take some steps, if you’re sitting for a while. Along with this, it has remote Camera/Music control, Alarm clock, Weather updates, and much more. CanMixs smartwatch is also Swimproof, and you can wear it while swimming, or light snorkeling as well.

Depending upon the usage of features, it lasts for 7-10 days after a single charge.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Gold
• Display: 1.4-inches
• Resolution: 240 x 240 pixels
• Blood pressure & Blood oxygen level monitoring
• Sleep and heart rate tracking
• 8 Sport modes
• Smart notifications
• Activity tracking
• Remote Camera/Music player
• Swimproof

9. Dirrelo – VO2 Measuring Smartwatch Under $50

Dirrelo Smartwatch comes with a 1.55-inch TFT LCD, with a resolution of 360 x 320 pixels, which ensures clarity in a display, and 3.5D curved glass for overall durability. Available in 5 different colors, which you can choose according to your preferences, the Dirrelo smartwatch can surely be the one for you.

If you’re conscious about your health and want to keep an eye on it, the Dirrelo smartwatch can do it all for you. Just wear it on the wrist when you go to bed, wake up in the morning, and see all insights about light, deep, and REM cycles of sleep during the night.

Along with this, you can keep tabs on the heart rate, and blood oxygen levels, so you can call for emergency backups if you feel anything different. This watch has one other feature, which other watches don’t have and that’s its breath tracking trainer, which as the name suggests, can be used for normal breathing, and mostly when you’re feeling distressed or having a hard time catching your breath.

Connect your phone’s GPS to accurately track your outdoor activities such as running, swimming, hiking, cycling since the watch has 14 sports modes. You can also track your daily activities and can see stats about them in the phone app.

Don’t worry about missing another call from the boss or family members, because you’d be getting all the notifications on the wrist. You can find your phone with the Dirrelo smartwatch, and get notified with Sedentary and hydration reminders. It is also IP68 level water-resistant, which makes it suitable for swimming as well.

With all these amazing features, the Dirrelo smartwatch can last for 7 days of normal usage, and 30 days in standby mode.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Pink
• Display: 1.55-inches
• Resolution: 360 x 320 pixels
• Glass type: 3.5D curved
• Heart rate and sleep tracking
• Blood oxygen level and Breath tracking
• Hydration/Sedentary reminder
• 14 Sport modes
• Smart notifications
• Swimproof

10. PROGRACE – Kids Smartwatch Under $50

PROGRACE smartwatch is probably the best smartwatch for kids, in this price range since it has every feature a child would need. From the camera for taking pictures, interactive games, and step counter, this watch can be it for a kid.

Kids love taking pictures of themselves, and everything around them. For that, the PROGRACE smartwatch has a 90° camera mounted on top of the display, which kids can use to capture moments all the time. The watch supports up to 32GB memory card, which is not included in the package.

Recent studies have proved that games can improve child’s hand-to-eye co-ordinations, and can also help them to analyze the problem critically, which is true since they can try to solve difficult situations using different thinking and using various approaches.

PROGRACE watch comes with 5 built-in games, which are interactive, unique, and will help the kids to use their analytical thinking to solve puzzles.

After setting up the watch, kids can wear it on the wrist while playing, and it tracks their step count and burnt calories during the day. This would eventually help them to adopt healthy activities right from childhood.

What’s more?

PROGRACE watch has some extra perks of useful features, such as an alarm clock, stopwatch, calculator, and calendar for the kids. They can also play music from the watch, listen to the poems, or record their voice as well. Along with all these features, it has a standby time of 5-7 days.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Blue
• Display: 1.54-inch IPS Touchscreen
• Camera: 0.3MP
• Pixels: 240 x 240 pixels
• Camera
• Music player
• Games
• Alarm clock & Calculator
• Flashlight
• Pedometer
• Activity tracking

11. Padgene – Standalone Smartwatch Under $50

Last but not the least, Padgene Smartwatch is the only watch on this list, which is truly a standalone smartwatch. This is one of the cheapest watches available in the market, with features that leave you speechless, and that is not an exaggeration.

Padgene smartwatch has two working models; Bluetooth and SIM card. When you pair the watch with a compatible smartphone, it would work like every other watch by receiving all the notifications of calls, messages, and social apps.

You can also make and receive calls with it as well, but it would be distance-bound communication since the watch has to stay connected all the time. But with the standalone model you can use a SIM card just like a smartphone and can make calls, send messages without having to stay connected with the phone whatsoever.

Your daily activities which include distance traveled during the day, burnt calories, steps are taken and active minutes will be tracked by the watch, which you can see in the phone app as well.

What’s more?

Padgene smartwatch has a sleep tracker to let you know about the sleeping stages, a Sedentary reminder, an Anti-lost feature through which you can find the phone easily, and has a camera on top of the display as well.

After being fully charged, the Padgene smartwatch has a standby timing of 7-8 days and a talking time of 5 hours.

Specifications & Key features:

• Color: Black
• Display: 1.54-inch OLED
• Standalone smartwatch
• Sleep tracking
• Activity tracking
• Camera
• Anti-lost feature
• Alarm clock/Calendar

Things To Consider While Buying Smartwatch under $50

Getting a low-budget watch can be tricky, because you need to make sure you wouldn’t be wasting your money, and for that, you should look for the following features.

Durable:

One of the main issues with cheap smartwatches is their durability since, unlike branded wearables which have military-grade durability and can withstand extreme conditions, these watches get damaged easily. An easy solution to this would be reading customer reviews of the watch you’re going for, and it would give an idea about its durability.

Design/Easy-to-wear:

Subjective choice, since some people like to have bulky/heavy watches, while some with lightweight and sleek ones. No matter which one you choose, it should be easy to wear, as you’d be wearing it to sleep (for sleep monitoring) as well.

Health monitoring features:

Although even the inexpensive smartwatches these days are coming up with heart rate, sleep tracking, SpO2 (blood oxygen level), and blood pressure monitoring. And, they always come in handy under different circumstances.

Fitness tracking:

The watch should be able to monitor daily activities (step count, distance traveled, burnt calories) and various workouts/exercises mainly known as sport modes. For a sporty person, these features are a must-have to keep yourself healthy and active.

Smart notifications:

What is the reason for having a smartwatch if it’s not an accessory to your phone, which means it should be receiving all the notifications whether they’re of calls, messages, or from social apps? If you’re looking for two-way communication without even using your phone, try going with standalone smartwatches.  

Other features:

Apart from these main features, it is always good to have some extra perks of features such as a Music player, remote camera control, NFC payment, Weather updates, water-resistant capability, etc.

Battery life:

Smartwatch with long battery life is no less than a blessing. If the watch can go for 5-7 days after getting fully charged, then it’s perfect and you should go for it. Although it solely depends on one’s usage than how long it’s going to last.

FAQS

Are smartwatches under $50 reliable?

Ans: Depends on your definition of reliability, but yes, they are reliable enough to be the smartphone’s accessory.

Do cheap smartwatches track your heart rate?

Ans: Yes, nowadays every wearable brand tries to equip the watch with heart rate and sleep tracking.

Can you answer calls on these under $50 watches?

Ans: Not every cheap watch has this option, but some of them e.g., Padgene smartwatch can do it, along with having the standalone features as well.

Is there any major difference between expensive and cheap smartwatches?

Ans: You cannot tell the difference just by looking at them, but yes, expensive or high-end watch tends to be more reliable than inexpensive ones.

If we talk about the latest and hottest drops from Apple and Samsung, which are considered two of the top competitors in the wearable industry, have launched the Apple Watch 7 and Samsung Watch 4 this year.

Now both these watches cost more than $300 if you go with Bluetooth/GPS variant, and if you’re looking for standalone features, the figure goes up to $500 or more.

Now if we compare those expensive ones with a mere $30 to $50 smartwatch, they all may have almost the same basic features. High-end watches give you the perks of extra features, which you might not use anyway, but they’re already there.

On the other hand, cheap watches might not be as durable as expensive ones, but they’d provide all the necessary features you’d need in a smartwatch.

And, sometimes, cheap smartwatches do get the edge of features as well. For example, Apple, Fitbit, Garmin, and Fossil which are the tycoons of the wearable industry are yet to come up with blood pressure monitoring features, but some of the Chinese brands have already included this feature in their low priced smartwatches.

Conclusion

I’d choose Amazfit Bip S, available under $50, over every other smartwatch on this list, because of two reasons. Firstly, it has such an amazing design and display, that it makes it impossible for you to resist. Secondly, the watch has every feature you’d need in a smartwatch in this price range, and that’s exactly why it’s my top pick.

However, if you’re looking for more standalone features, you should go with Padgene smartwatch, which can be a separate mini-phone, that too without costing you much.