RingConn 4+

I would love to understand the stress scores a little more…not quite sure what to do with information that says I am stressed out at midnight when I am in deep sleep but somehow normal when I am riding shotgun with my teenage student driver daughter. I know HRV is involved but would be good to understand more. Temperature changes mean what? I think the app can improve on helping to tease out what exactly I am looking at so I can have some clue as to what I should change (if anything). Overall, ring itself has been easy to wear and ok for a smart ring. All Smartrings are ugly on a woman’s finger. I wonder which company will finally get a clue there and develop a smart ring with a little style included. I guess one could say the same for smart watches. I am happy with my purchase and for a non-subscription app, I appreciate what info I am getting but looking forward to it having enough on it that I can convince others in my family to get one.

As far as RingConn vs Aura, my wife has Aura, and there isn’t much of a difference, both apps are ok. For workouts, stick with a watch - The RingConn app is no where near as great as the Apple Watch - it does not organize the date into an easy to read summery, but the data is all there - so unless you want to get out your spreadsheet it’s not very helpful. For sleep, the RingConn does a good job, and if this is why you want it than go for it. Who is to say if the Apple Watch is accurate (?) but if it is than the RingConn is not accurate with its heart rate measurements during workouts - generally it’s in the right realm but at peak work out it reads quite low compared to the Apple Watch. This could be because it only tracks every 5 minutes and perhaps it’s not getting my peak heart rate moments. The Apple Watch you can record specific workouts like yoga, hockey, interval training etc. The RingConn you’ll have to just look at the hours.

Graphs could be better and data summaries for workouts could be improved. Hopefully accuracy will get better. Should you get this? If you want to track sleep and not wear a bulky watch than yes, I don’t think you’ll get a better product or app with any other smart ring.

For workshouts definitely get a smart watch they are just far more sophisticated at the time of this review.

I’ve had the RingConn ring for about 7 months. I purchased based on a few factors (I like the look better than other tracking rings) but mostly because it offered the same functionality as the Oura ring without the hefty monthly subscription, and because it’s not huge and bulky like an Apple watch. I loved using the app daily to track things like my sleeping but also to create notes on things that are specific to my health: IBS related issues, migraine tracking, etc. I did that until the most recent update where the developers removed the note function. That is a huge loss to me and may affect other users as well. To get the full scope of health, you need to be able to note things that aren’t typical and watch to see if there is a pattern (like do I get migraines around my period every month). Now that the note option is gone, I will likely have to look into a different ring (a different company entirely) when I hit the year mark with this ring. Just something to consider when you’re shopping around if you have outliers you would want to track as well as just these basic things.