The Fitbit Versa is a powerful smartwatch that also happens to be incredibly affordable.
Whether you’re looking for a fitness watch or something that can do it all, the Fitbit Versa has you covered. With tons of apps available in the App Gallery, it can be hard to know where to start. To help you out, we’ve put together this list of the best apps for your Fitbit Versa. Check out the list below and let us know if we missed any of your favorites!
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The Fitbit Versa offers plenty of features and potential as does its cheaper compatriot the Versa Lite. But knowing the best apps to download from the start can boost your experience tenfold.
Like Fitbit’s smartwatch, the Ionic, the Versa and Versa Lite are able to tap into the company’s app store and provide a home for the range of third-party and Fitbit Labs choices.
Downloading an app to your Versa can’t be done from the watch. So you’ll have to do it from inside of the Fitbit smartphone app and then sync it to the smartwatch to access it from the wrist.
Some of these apps will prove essential, some you’ll grow tired of quickly, but all are worth glancing over as you get to know your new Fitbit. Need help discovering the top Fitbit Versa apps currently out there? Take a trip down below, as we round up the best options that we’ve played with.
MySwimPro

Providing you have the iOS or Android version of the MySwimPro app, you’ll be able to tether and manage things from your wrist while you’re in the water – the Versa is waterproof, after all. Obviously it can be a little tricky trying to pause proceedings on the fly, but this is a handy way to load workouts and be walked through them step-by-step; all while still viewing your heart rate in real time.
Philips Hue

Adding some colour to your bulbs already feels futuristic enough, but just think of the fun you’ll be having when you sync them to your wrist for control. With the Philips Hue app, you can – lights are able to be turned on/off and different pre-set scenes (made on your phone) can be set.
Setting up can be a bit of a hassle, as you’ll need the bridge IP when getting started, but it’s a great way to quickly switch between colours when your phone isn’t to hand.
Starbucks

You’re already pretending to do work in Starbucks, so why not take things to the next level and begin paying from your wrist to impress people, too? The Starbucks app doesn’t act as a portal for Fitbit Pay, because, you know, that’d be pointless, but it does offer a home to your Starbucks Card. From here, you’ll be able to redeem all the coffee house’s goodness without faffing about.
Deezer

It’s not the Spotify or Apple Music app you might be craving, but Deezer is still available for subscribers to stream music directly from the wrist – providing you have a pair of Bluetooth headphones at the ready, too. Once you’re all set up, you’ll have access to 44 million tracks, while Deezer Flow is a nice way to mix up your old favourites with fresh recommendations.
The New York Times

Handily, you won’t need a New York Times subscription to read all the biggest news stories of the day, with the Versa app condensing everything into small reading chunks. It’s a handy tool on your wrist for catching some headlines, but you’ll need to go find stories on the app or website if you want to read more – unfortunately there’s no automatic handover from the watch to a bigger screen.
Tennis

Tennis may seem like a fun time when you watch it on TV, with the score being kept by tournament officials, but those prima donnas won’t be showing up to your game at the local park, unfortunately.
And that means you’re left to argue with your athletic younger brother over what the score is every other game. Leave this first world problem in the past with Fitbit Labs’ Tennis, an app that’ll help you count the score. You’ll have to remember to tap your watch after every point, but you’ll soon pick it up and even receive insights into your shots by forehand, backhand and serve.
Uber

The Versa screen is naturally too small to give you a look at the map of your Uber driver on their way, but it does give you a way to discreetly and quickly order a ride, view estimates and tap through driver details. On a bad date? With the help of the Uber app, you’ll be halfway home and eating that surge charge before they even realise you’re not at the bar. You sly dog.
Flappy

Ah, Flappy Bird, a titan of the early paid-for phone game rush and a close cousin of ‘that helicopter game’. Recreated for the Versa, the magic of Flappy is certainly not in the graphics, complexity or even the paradigm facing urban birds, but instead in the simple addiction. Tap the screen to help your winged friend avoid the pipes – the more you avoid, the higher score you get. Godspeed.
Air Index

Approved by the US’ Environmental Protection Agency, Air Index is able to give you a live update of the air quality at any point in the country. Updated every hour, you’ll be given the air quality figures and, because nobody really knows what those mean, a circular face to tell you if that’s good or not. We’re glad this one hasn’t made it over to London yet, where everybody is breathing in soot like it’s the industrial revolution all over again.
Skateboard

Fancy yourself as a bit of a shredder, slick? Well, with the Skateboard app for Fitbit Versa, you’re now able to track your sessions in the park on your wrist. Your heart rate will feature throughout, while you’re also able to get live looks at the current speed, average speed, max speed, distance travelled and session duration.
Your wood-pushing activity stats are even beamed over to the Fitbit app and counts towards your daily goals – just don’t go wild trying to max out your speed with a coffin down a hill. That’ll end, probably, in your Versa being a watch orphan.
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The simplicity of a Fitbit is one of its biggest selling points. Put it on your wrist, load up the app, and you’re good to go. But there’s a lot more you can do with a Fitbit than you might have realized.
You aren’t restricted to using just the official app either. The Google Play Store is full of Android apps that will work with your fitness tracker. From gaming to Weight Watchers, there are some great options to choose from. And they’ll all help you be more active.
- Wokamon – Monster Walk Quest
Any task that requires motivation can be made a lot easier by gamifying it. Breaking something down into easily reachable achievements, and letting you level-up to receive rewards is a proven technique for helping you stick to a task.
Wokamon is the gamification of Fitbit. If you’re struggling to keep up your step count, give it a try.
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Taking inspiration from a more famous game with a similar-sounding name, the aim of Wokamon is to collect, feed, and grow your own set of cute cartoon monsters. To do this you need to earn points, and to earn points you need to walk.
Download — Wokamon – Monster Walk Quest (Free)
- Calorie Counter – MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal is the most comprehensive health and fitness app for Android. It encourages you to track everything you eat and offers advice on how you can improve your diet.
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The app imports your steps and sleep data from your Fitbit account to give you a thorough and highly detailed picture of your lifestyle. You can also add friends to give you some moral support as you work on your new fitness regimes together.
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You need to commit to using it, though. Notifications appear regularly should you ever forget to log a meal.
Download — Calorie Counter – MyFitnessPal (Free)
- Under Armour Record
If the official Fitbit app is too basic for your needs, you can check out Under Armour as an alternative. Although designed primarily for the UA range of fitness trackers, it’ll also work with your Fitbit data to give you more detailed reporting, and better support for workouts.
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Challenges, either solo or with friends, can be created easily, and you can add ratings and notes describing how you feel. Over time, you might be able to spot patterns relating to how well you sleep, or how much activity you do.
Under Armour also owns MyFitnessPal, and the two apps integrate perfectly with one another.
Download — Under Armour Record (Free)
- IFTTT
IFTTT is the go-to tool for making all your apps, devices, and services work together. It has a lot to offer the Fitbit user.
With IFTTT recipes, you can receive a reminder notification if you haven’t walked far enough by a certain time in the day. You can have your Philips Hue lights or coffee machine turn on when Fitbit identifies that you’ve woken up. Or you can combine your data with other fitness devices including those from Jawbone or Misfit.
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You can make your own too. If there’s some way you wished you could use your Fitbit data, there’s a good chance IFTTT has the answer.
Download — IFTTT (Free)
- Fitstar Personal Trainer
Fitstar is an official Fitbit app for anyone who wants custom workouts that can be done anywhere or anytime.
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On offer are full programs with a personal trainer of your choice, motivational audio tracks to keep you going on the treadmill, or freestyle sessions where you can choose the kind of workout you want. A lot of the content is free, and you can access more detailed premium content for a monthly or yearly fee.
And everything you do syncs with your Fitbit, so there’s no need to log your sessions afterwards.
Download — Fitstar Personal Trainer (Free)
- Finder for Fitbit
The rubbery straps on some Fitbit models can be prone to cracking and breaking over time, making the trackers easy to lose.
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Finder for Fitbit helps you locate a lost device. It works over Bluetooth, so it has limited range. It won’t help you find something you lost in the street three hours ago, but if it fell off at home or in the gym, you should be able to recover it.
Once the app locks on to the Fitbit, it tells you when you’re getting nearer or further away, eventually leading you right to it.
Download — Finder for Fitbit (Free)
- Leaderboard for Fitbit
Fitbit encourages you to add your friends to the service, saying that it’ll make you 27 percent more active than if you go it alone. But what if you don’t have any Fitbit-owning friends? Enter Leaderboard.
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Leaderboard lets you compete against people you know, as well as anyone else in your local area, and everyone globally. It doesn’t have a huge number of users at the moment, but it still serves its purpose. Seeing how you match up against others really spurs you on to do that little bit more and chase down new targets.
Download — Leaderboard for FitBit (Free)
- DriveBit
A Fitbit can sometimes mistakenly identify certain types of motion as walking even when they aren’t. Driving is a common example: sometimes the bumps and vibrations on your journey can cause you to rack up hundreds of steps while you’ve just been sitting.
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You can’t remove these from from Fitbit, but you can adjust for them. That’s what DriveBit does. Hit the Start button when you begin your trip, and Stop when you end. Any steps accrued during that period are labelled as a Driving activity and no longer count towards your step totals.
Download — DriveBit (Free) [No Longer Available]
- Walkadoo: Daily Walking Goals
If you’re serious about increasing your activity levels, then setting yourself daily goals is a great way to go about it.
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With Walkadoo, you get personalized daily targets based on your current activity levels. That means they’re always achievable, and you don’t get the discouragement that comes from an unrealistic goal.
Download — Walkadoo: Daily Walking Goals (Free)
- Weight Watchers Mobile
Your Fitbit fitness tracker integrates with the Weight Watchers service. Sync your data through the mobile app, and your activity levels with be counted towards your daily goals. Steps are converted to the service’s main currency, FitPoints.
To set it up, you need to login to your Weight Watchers account either in the app or on the desktop before connecting to your device and entering your Fitbit login credentials.
Download — Weight Watchers Mobile (Free)
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