Alternatives to Oura
Companion app for the Oura Ring that reports sleep, activity, stress and heart health insights. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Oura
Companion app for the Oura Ring that reports sleep, activity, stress and heart health insights.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Oura.
Samsung Health
Samsung's health app for tracking activity, sleep, nutrition and vitals with Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Ring.
Samsung Health is free and covers sleep, activity and vitals, working with Galaxy Ring and Galaxy Watch instead of the Oura Ring.
Apple Health
Apple's built-in health app on iPhone that collects activity, heart, sleep and other data from Apple Watch.
Apple Health is free and built into iPhone with Apple Watch heart metrics including ECG, but it is only available on Apple devices.
Withings App
A free health and fitness app for Withings scales, watches and monitors that also works without them.
Withings App is free, works with Withings watches and scales or standalone, and measures heart rate with the phone camera.
HUAWEI Health
Huawei's health and fitness app for recording workouts and managing Huawei watches and bands.
HUAWEI Health is free and records over 100 sport types, but is mainly useful with Huawei watches and bands instead of a ring.
Gadgetbridge
Open-source Android app that pairs and manages smartwatches, bands and other Bluetooth gadgets without vendor apps.
Gadgetbridge is an open-source Android app that manages many wearables without vendor clouds, though feature support varies by device.
Ultrahuman
Companion app for the Ultrahuman Ring and other Ultrahuman devices that tracks sleep, recovery and metabolism.
Ultrahuman is a paid companion app for the Ultrahuman Ring that adds metabolic tracking with a glucose sensor, also on Android and iOS.
Welltory
A phone app that turns heart rate variability and other biometrics into daily stress and energy guidance.
Welltory combines data from various wearables and phone measurements into HRV-based stress and energy guidance, without needing a specific ring.
Athlytic
Apple Watch and iPhone app that turns Apple Health data into daily recovery, exertion and sleep scores.
Athlytic turns existing Apple Watch data into recovery, exertion and sleep scores with no extra hardware, but is Apple only.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Oura as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Sleep Cycle
A sleep tracking app that uses sound analysis to score sleep and wake you gently.
Oura tracks sleep and over 50 health metrics from a ring rather than the phone, but the ring must be bought separately and some features need membership.
SleepScore
A phone app that tracks sleep with sonar instead of a wearable and offers coaching.
Oura measures sleep with a worn ring and adds stress and heart health insights, which means buying the ring and wearing a device at night.
SleepWatch
A sleep tracking app that uses an Apple Watch or iPhone to analyse nightly sleep.
Oura tracks sleep, stress and heart health from a ring on iOS and Android, which requires buying the ring and possibly a paid membership.
WHOOP
Companion app for the WHOOP wearable that scores daily strain, recovery and sleep.
Oura tracks sleep, activity, stress and heart health from a ring instead of a wrist band, with a freemium app and an Oura Ring bought separately.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Pillow
A sleep tracker for Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad with sleep analysis and a smart alarm.
Gentler Streak
A workout tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch that focuses on consistency and rest over generic goals.
Google Fit
An activity tracking app from Google that sets daily goals using Heart Points and step counts.
