For such people, fitness trackers (or fitness bands) like the ones from Fitbit are a better choice. They cost less and pack most of the essential fitness and health tracking features in a slim and compact form factor. But again, with this approach, you’re faced with a problem: Apple doesn’t offer a native integration between Fitbit and Apple Health, so you can’t sync your Fitbit data (steps, workouts, weight, etc.) with the Apple Health app on your iPhone. Fortunately, though, there’s a way to do this. We’ll go over the instructions to connect Fitbit to Apple Health on the iPhone in this guide to help you sync your Fitbit data to the Apple Health app.
Using the PowerSync App to Sync Fitbit With Apple Health
On the App Store, you’ll find various third-party apps that make it possible to sync Fitbit with Apple Health. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate syncing using the Power Sync app for Fitbit app, which is free to use and allows you to sync the following data:
Steps Heart Rate Weight Calories Burned Sleep Analysis Flights Climbed Walking and Running Distance
Here’s how to use Power Sync to sync Fitbit data to the Apple Health app: Once your data gets synced, you’ll see the success message. Now, open the Health app on your iPhone, and these synced data fitness and health metrics should start reflecting inside it. In the future, when you wish to sync your data again, open Power Sync and hit the Sync Now button. Alternatively, you can also use auto-sync, which is a paid feature that automatically syncs data from your Fitbit device with the iOS Health app multiple times in a day in the background without your intervention. Plus, it also gets rid of ads inside the app.
Prevent Data Duplication in Apple Health
One of the problems with connecting Fitbit to Apple Health using third-party apps is data duplication. Basically, when you sync your Fitbit data to Health using Power Sync or any other app, the Health app shows data from multiple sources. As a result, you end up seeing steps from your iPhone’s counter in addition to your Fitbit, for instance. However, there’s a way to prevent this data duplication and only see your Fitbit recorded data in the Health app. It involves setting Power Sync as the primary source of data in Health, and here’s how you do it: Repeat the same steps for all other metrics in the Health app. Once done, your Fitbit will be used as the primary source of data for all those metrics, and, moving forward, you’ll no longer see duplicate data inside Apple Health.
Other Third-Party Apps To Sync Fitbit With Apple Health
Besides Power Sync for Fitbit, there are a few other third-party apps on the App Store that you can also use to sync Fitbit data to Apple Health. Here’s a list of all such apps, free and paid:
Fitbit to Apple Health Sync FITIV Sync for Fitbit Activity Sync Solver
All Your Health and Fitness Data in One Place
The Health app makes it really easy to keep track of all your various health and fitness metrics on the iPhone. As such, if you use a Fitbit device, thanks to the apps listed in this guide, you can easily sync your data from it to Apple Health with a few simple clicks and have all your important metrics in one place when you need them. That way, when you need access to health data, you don’t have to jump back and forth between different apps to find out different metrics you’ve got recorded on them.
