Best 2025 Smartwatches for customization options

#1 Garmin Forerunner 970
5.0

Customization options were a clear strength, with settings, touchscreen behavior, sport profiles, data fields, and watch faces described as highly adjustable.

Pros: heart rate accuracy, GPS accuracy

Cons: battery life, value for money

#2 Garmin fenix 8 Pro
4.8

Customization was a clear strength, with reviewers praising Garmin’s data-field control and flexible connectivity options.

Pros: LTE connectivity, battery life

Cons: value for money, safety features

#3 Garmin Instinct 3
4.8

Customization is strong, especially for watch faces, widgets, data fields, and activity screens.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: mapping and navigation, smartwatch features

#4 Suunto Vertical 2
4.8

Customization was praised for watch-face and data flexibility, with reviewers appreciating how much the display could be tailored.

Pros: battery life, flashlight usefulness

Cons: companion app quality, onboard music storage

#5 Apple Watch Series 11
4.7

Customization is strong, with praise for watch-face variety, case/material choices, and the broader range of configuration options.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: coaching features, recovery insights

#6 Garmin Forerunner 570
4.6

Customization was praised for watch-face colors, layouts, widgets, data fields, and Garmin’s flexible display options.

Pros: heart rate accuracy, GPS accuracy

Cons: value for money, mapping and navigation

#7 Garmin Vivoactive 6
4.6

Customization is strong where reviewed, especially the ability to put more data fields on workout screens.

Pros: battery life, comfort

Cons: heart rate accuracy, sleep tracking accuracy

#8 Garmin Tactix 8
4.6

Customization options were a strength, covering personalized dashboards, settings, bands, watch layout, and menus.

Pros: battery life, durability

Cons: value for money, band quality

#9 Samsung Galaxy Watch 8
4.5

Customization options were praised, especially customizable tiles, watch faces, quick settings, and broad watch personalization.

Pros: comfort, voice assistant quality

Cons: battery life, antioxidant index

#10 Coros Nomad
4.5

Customization is extensive across data screens, widgets, watch faces, and buttons. Reviewers love the flexibility, though per-sport button setup can feel more cumbersome than it should.

Pros: mapping and navigation, value for money

Cons: smartwatch features, contactless payments

#11 Garmin Instinct Crossover AMOLED
4.5

Customization was consistently praised, especially around watch faces, data layouts, and hand-related display tricks.

Pros: style and design, flashlight usefulness

Cons: value for money, mapping and navigation

#12 Apple Watch Ultra 3
4.5

Customization was praised through strong third-party data-screen options for running apps.

Pros: battery life, heart rate accuracy

Cons: comfort, value for money

#13 Amazfit Active 2
4.4

Customization was a clear strength, covering data fields, button behavior, watch faces, and display options.

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: band quality, button controls

#14 Amazfit Balance 2
4.3

Customization was a strong point, especially for watch interfaces and settings, though one reviewer wanted more button customization.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: third-party app support, onboard music storage

#15 Coros Apex 4
4.3

Customization is positive around configurable buttons, activity shortcuts, and purchase/strap choices.

Pros: GPS accuracy, battery life

Cons: display quality, brightness

#16 Coros Pace 4
4.0

Customization was solid for sports fields, structured workouts, and button functions, with some limitations in watch-face flexibility.

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: mapping and navigation, button controls

#17 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025)
4.0

Customization is strong for widgets, dashboards, watch faces, and tiles, but workout data-screen customization drew a complaint.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: value for money, antioxidant index

#18 Garmin Venu X1
4.0

Customization was easy for controls and gestures, but watch-face choice was said to be more limited than Apple’s.

Pros: display quality, comfort

Cons: battery life, value for money

#19 Amazfit Active Max
4.0

Customization options had limited evidence but were described as very easy to adjust through the app.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: companion app quality, heart rate accuracy

#20 Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro
4.0

Customization received limited positive evidence around clear data presentation and configurable workout stat screens.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: mapping and navigation, user interface

#21 Garmin Approach S50
4.0

Customization earned light praise because reviewers liked being able to adjust round settings and score-detail preferences.

Pros: value for money, comfort

Cons: fit, band quality

#22 Garmin Venu 4
4.0

Customization evidence was limited but positive, with focus modes making the watch feel more personalized and adaptable.

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: value for money, voice assistant quality

#23 Garmin Approach S44
3.8

Customization was mixed: reviewers liked color options, custom targets, and adjustable complexity, but disliked limited notification customization on iPhone.

Pros: display quality, value for money

Cons: smartwatch features, coaching features

#24 Motorola Moto Watch Fit
3.8

Customization was strong for straps and workout screens but limited for watch-face indicators and deeper screen personalization.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: value for money, style and design

#25 Suunto Run
3.7

Customization was useful for data screens, buttons, routes, and watch faces, but reviewers disliked limits on widgets or needing the app for last-minute sport-profile changes.

Pros: GPS accuracy, battery life

Cons: onboard music storage, charging convenience

#26 Amazfit Bip 6
3.7

Customization was mixed: reviewers liked designing faces and changing controls, but some found watch-face customization limited.

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: voice assistant quality, sleep tracking accuracy

#27 Apple Watch SE 3
3.7

Customization was useful through watch faces, workout views, and settings, but limited by the lack of third-party watch faces.

Pros: display quality, value for money

Cons: ECG functionality, battery life

#28 OnePlus Watch 3
3.6

Customization was good for faces and buttons, but reviewers wanted more dashboard or personalization flexibility.

Pros: battery life, button controls

Cons: size options, ECG functionality

#29 Google Pixel Watch 4
3.3

Customization was useful for faces and settings, but quick-settings controls and watch-face options left some reviewers wanting more.

Pros: battery life, charging speed

Cons: band quality, button controls

#30 CMF Watch 3 Pro
3.1

Customization was mixed: watch faces, gestures, widgets, and shortcuts pleased reviewers, but losing swappable bezels and limited widget controls hurt.

Pros: style and design, value for money

Cons: customization options, companion app quality

#31 Suunto Race 2
2.9

Customization was uneven: reviewers liked some configurable widgets and screens but criticized limited watch-face options, sport-mode setup friction, and direct customization limits.

Pros: GPS accuracy, heart rate accuracy

Cons: smartwatch features, recovery insights

#32 Garmin Bounce 2
2.7

Glances, contacts, schedules, and appearance can be adjusted, but hardware customization is weak. Fixed band choices and limited protective accessories frustrate some families.

Pros: smartwatch features, safety features

Cons: value for money, call handling