Buying guide
Whoop (5.0 / MG) vs Withings ScanWatch in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- Whoop (5.0 / MG) has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (2 vs 0).
- Whoop (5.0 / MG) has the lower recorded price.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Whoop | Withings |
| Form factor | biometric | biometric |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial |
| Autonomy | ✓ 2 verified autonomous | — |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | $199-$359/year lease (actual sale price) | $349-$600 (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims |
| — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 1Whoop | 1Withings |
| Privacy practices | 13data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-sale, third-party-sharing, biometric-storage, training-data-use, data-deletion-control, third-party-sharing, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention, biometric-storage | 4biometric-storage, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention |
| Sources on file | 22 | 10 |
Editorial summaries
Whoop (5.0 / MG)
Whoop (the 5.0 and the 'Medical Grade' MG, both launched May 8, 2025, from Whoop, founded 2012 in Boston by Will Ahmed) is a screen-free biometric wrist band and the subscription-only archetype of the biometric cohort: there is no standalone hardware sale. Access is a membership, Whoop One at $199/year, Peak at $239/year, and Life at $359/year (which includes the MG hardware), with the band provided inside the subscription. Its PPG, skin-temperature, SpO2, and respiratory sensors feed Strain, Recovery, and Sleep Coach analytics and an LLM 'Whoop Coach'; the MG adds ECG, Blood Pressure Insights, and a Healthspan / 'Whoop Age' feature. DEPLOY records commercial maturity and a reported $10.1 billion valuation (March 2026). Whoop is the strongest verified-vs-claimed cautionary exemplar in the cohort: its ECG is FDA-cleared (2025), but it marketed Blood Pressure Insights without clearance, drew an FDA Warning Letter on July 14, 2025, refused to remove the feature, and as of May 2026 the matter is unresolved with a class action filed, the market-first contrast to Oura's study-first posture.
Withings ScanWatch
The Withings ScanWatch (the ScanWatch 2 at about $349 and the ScanWatch Nova, including the Nova Brilliant at about $600, November 2024; from Withings, founded 2008 in France and independent since buying itself back from Nokia in 2018) is the hybrid-analog entry of the biometric cohort: a conventional analog watch dial paired with medical sensors (optical PPG, electrical ECG, SpO2, and TempTech24/7 continuous temperature) and about 30-day battery. Its cleared features include ECG (for AFib, sinus rhythm, and high heart rate, cleared 2021, with an OTC ECG clearance in 2025), SpO2 with breathing-disturbance detection, and temperature trends, with an optional Withings+ subscription (~$9.95/month). It carries substantial peer-reviewed cardiologist validation for the size of the company. Cap-flag: as a French maker it is cleared in both the EU and the US, with different specific indications by region.
Common questions
- What is the difference between Whoop (5.0 / MG) and Withings ScanWatch?
- Whoop (5.0 / MG) and Withings ScanWatch are both biometric robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
- Which is cheaper, Whoop (5.0 / MG) or Withings ScanWatch?
- Whoop (5.0 / MG) has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Withings ScanWatch. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
- Is Whoop (5.0 / MG) or Withings ScanWatch more autonomous?
- Whoop (5.0 / MG) has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Withings ScanWatch. DEPLOY counts a capability as autonomous only when verified at a real deployment, not from a demo or a vendor claim.
- Which has more verified deployments, Whoop (5.0 / MG) or Withings ScanWatch?
- Whoop (5.0 / MG) and Withings ScanWatch each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).
Recent coverage
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