You don't need to spend big money on a fitness tracker — here are 5 devices that are perfect for beginners, and four of them are under £100
THE SO WHAT
Sub‑£100 trackers with decent UX mean population-scale health data is no longer gated by premium devices. Any product that touches wellness or insurance should assume cheap, noisy but ubiquitous step/sleep/HR data as an input channel.
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