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Best smart scales with iPhone and iPad sync for Apple Health app

Smart scales that sync with iPhone and iPad offer a convenient way to monitor personal health metrics. Prices span from under $40 for basic features to around $500 for models with clinical grade body scans and easy-to-recommend solutions in between. For anyone who wants weight and related data to appear in the Health app, the key requirement is choosing a scale that supports HealthKit and Apple Health.

Sync your weight with Health app

HealthKit is Apple’s framework on iOS for sharing health data with granular permission between Apple’s built-in Health app on the iPhone and iPad and third-party health apps like those from the makers of smart scales. When you weigh yourself, the HealthKit-compatible scale syncs the data to its own app while sharing the data in Apple’s Health app alongside other health-related data measured by Apple Watch.

Best overall features

Body Smart ($99.95, reg. $129.95) is great for simply capturing your weight. Also, it captures body mass index (BMI) which syncs to Apple Health. Body Comp ($229.95) captures weight and BMI in addition to body composition: water, muscle mass, fat mass, and bone mass.

Body Scan ($499.95) is its most comprehensive product, capturing a clinically validated scan of your health. It combines core body composition tracking with advanced cardiovascular diagnostics including a 6-lead ECG, vascular age, and nerve health metrics

Withings Smart is my go-to HealthKit scale solution and has been for years. The Health Mate app is great for viewing weight data on charts. It can show information in different ways than Apple’s Health app. I never have to worry about weight data not showing up in the Health app after weighing either. It’s tried and trusted.

Best balance of features and price

If you’re looking for something outside of the Withings umbrella, Hume Health has a similar body composition scale called The Body Pod that costs $229. It focuses on delivering a broad suite of internal body metrics with up to 45 measurements using multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis and handheld sensors for segmental body composition.

Best affordable smart scale

GE Smart Scale ($29.99, reg. $39.99) also has an affordable HealthKit-compatible smart scale that happens to be Amazon’s Choice product.

GE smart scale delivers basic body composition tracking with Bluetooth app sync including body weight, BMI, body fat, muscle mass, water, bone mass, and visceral fat at a budget-friendly price point.

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Zac covers Apple news, hosts the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, and created SpaceExplored.com.