Best 2024 Smartwatches for customization options

#1 Xiaomi Watch 2
4.7

Customization was a clear strength, including many watch faces, complications, straps, and Wear OS personalization options.

Pros: value for money, smartphone notifications

Cons: battery life, operating system experience

#2 Garmin Forerunner 165
4.7

Customization was a strength, from watch faces and widgets to activity screens and data pages.

Pros: value for money, GPS accuracy

Cons: recovery insights, onboard music storage

#3 Fitbit Ace LTE
4.5

Customization is a highlight, especially Eejie personalization, band-linked unlocks, and Noodle/watch-face options.

Pros: coaching features, value for money

Cons: battery life

#4 Samsung Galaxy Watch FE
4.5

Customization options were strong, with customizable buttons, gestures, and watch-face options noted positively.

Pros: smartwatch features, health tracking accuracy

Cons: value for money, software smoothness

#5 Apple Watch Ultra 2
4.5

Customization options were strong through Modular Ultra complications, widgets, and configurable watch layouts.

Pros: battery life, voice assistant quality

Cons: value for money, mapping and navigation

#6 Garmin Enduro 3
4.5

Customization remains a Garmin strength, especially customizable data fields, stat widgets, and quick-access tools.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: smartwatch features, size options

#7 Garmin Lily 2
4.5

Reviewers like the band and sport-profile flexibility, especially the standard bands and ability to keep all profiles on the watch.

Pros: battery life, style and design

Cons: sleep tracking accuracy, workout tracking variety

#8 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2024)
4.5

Customization was praised for giving easy access to preferred health information and allowing users to tailor the home screen.

Pros: battery life, sleep tracking accuracy

Cons: wellness insights, style and design

#9 Ticwatch Pro 5 Enduro
4.5

Customization was praised for plentiful watch faces and options, though not every workout or watch-face data field could be customized.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: operating system experience, voice assistant quality

#10 Apple Watch Series 10
4.4

Customization was praised through adjustable goals, personalization options, and enough watch-face/app choices for most users.

Pros: charging speed, display quality

Cons: battery life, water resistance

#11 Amazfit T-Rex 3
4.4

Customization was a strength, with data pages, maps, settings, watch faces, and activity screens praised across reviews.

Pros: value for money, mapping and navigation

Cons: heart rate accuracy, recovery insights

#12 Ticwatch Atlas
4.4

Customization is praised across watch faces, tiles, complications, and low-power display settings.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: operating system experience, voice assistant quality

#13 Garmin Fenix 8
4.4

Customization remains a strength, with reviewers praising deep options for watch faces, text size, widgets, and overall functionality.

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: value for money, call handling

#14 Suunto Race S
4.3

Customization is useful for routes, sport modes, complications, and modes, though it is not presented as a deep smartwatch-level customization system.

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: heart rate accuracy, onboard music storage

#15 Samsung Galaxy Watch 7
4.3

Customization is a strength, with reviewers praising watch-face options, complications, tiles, and customizable software behavior.

Pros: value for money, wellness insights

Cons: battery life, cross-platform compatibility

#16 Google Pixel Watch 3
4.2

Customization was supported through tiles, watch faces, and layouts, though reviewers wanted more flexibility in faces, complications, and broader workout customizations.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: GPS accuracy, charging convenience

#17 OnePlus Watch 2R
4.1

Customization was strong for watch faces and appearance, but button customization had some limitations.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: companion app quality, charging convenience

#18 Xiaomi Redmi Watch 5
3.9

Customization is mixed: photo faces, watch faces, and UI options are praised, but some reviewers wanted deeper watch-face customization.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: smartphone notifications, sleep tracking accuracy

#19 Garmin Lily 2 Active
3.8

Customization is mixed-to-good: notifications and data views have useful controls, but watch-face flexibility is more limited than other Garmins.

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: onboard music storage, mapping and navigation

#20 Xiaomi Redmi 5 Active
3.4

Customization was mixed: widgets and tiles impressed, but limited watch-face customization and tiny storage reduced flexibility.

Pros: call handling, smartwatch features

Cons: display quality, value for money

#21 Xiaomi Redmi Watch 5 Lite
3.3

Customization was mixed: widgets and some controls were liked, but reviewers said watch-face and broader customization remained limited.

Pros: display quality, battery life

Cons: sleep tracking accuracy, voice assistant quality

#22 CMF Watch Pro 2
2.9

Customization was a standout concept through bezels, widgets, gestures, bands, and faces, but reviewers criticized fiddly bezels and limited official options.

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: GPS accuracy, sleep tracking accuracy

#23 Coros Pace Pro
2.7

Customization was limited; reviewers liked configurable workout fields but wanted more watch-face and data-field flexibility.

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: heart rate accuracy, smartwatch features

#24 Polar Vantage M3
2.5

Customization options are limited, especially around data fields, activity organization and route/map creation workflows.

Pros: value for money, GPS accuracy

Cons: heart rate accuracy, companion app quality

#25 Polar Grit X2 Pro
2.3

Customization was limited by four data fields and dated configuration depth despite some configurable faces and sport profiles.

Pros: GPS accuracy, mapping and navigation

Cons: value for money, companion app quality