Titanium Smart Rings: Which One Charges a $5.99 Monthly Fee?

Pick your phone first. Then pick the titanium smart ring.

If you own a Samsung Galaxy phone, the Galaxy Ring has the lowest listed price here. It starts at $299.99, or $149.99 with Samsung’s $150 trade-in credit, and the sources name no monthly fee. If you don’t use a Galaxy phone, the Galaxy Ring is out, and the pick is the Ultrahuman Ring PRO, Wareable’s “Best subscription-free ring.” It costs $479, claims up to 15 days of battery, has no required subscription and comes with a free sizing kit.

How we evaluated: every price and spec below comes from the maker’s own page, the seller’s listing or Wareable’s smart ring guide, all read on 2026-10-22. If you have a medical condition or an injury, talk to a doctor before you start a new activity routine.

What titanium does and does not get you on a smart ring: light weight and scratch resistance, not fit or battery

Titanium is common in this category. Wareable says many rings, RingConn and Oura among them, are made of it, and calls it light and “supposed to be very scratch resistant.” Samsung lists a “durable titanium frame” on the Galaxy Ring page. Ultrahuman calls the Ring PRO’s build a “Unibody Titanium Build” on its buy page.

What the metal won’t decide for you is whether the ring fits, how long it runs between charges, or whether you’ll pay every month. Those three things are what set these rings apart.

Galaxy Ring, Ultrahuman Ring PRO and RingConn Gen 2: what each listing says

1. Samsung Galaxy Ring. Price is “From $299.99 before trade-in,” and the page offers a “$150 instant trade-in credit.” Samsung says the ring now comes in two new sizes. The catch: Samsung’s page says a Samsung account must be registered on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, and Wareable describes it as a ring for Android users. If you don’t own a Galaxy phone, skip it and look at the Ultrahuman Ring PRO or RingConn below.
2. Ultrahuman Ring PRO. It costs $479, with “Trade-in. Save up to $115.” Battery is “Up to 15-day” for the ring itself; the page’s “Up to 45 days” figure is with the PRO Charging Case. Sizes run 5 to 14. The page also says ring data links up with “120+ Blood Vision biomarkers, M1 CGM glucose trends, and Ultrahuman Home environmental data.” Each of those is a separate Ultrahuman product, so that part of the page is about things you would buy on top. Weak spot: it has the highest listed price here.
3. RingConn Gen 2 and Gen 2 Air. Wareable lists RingConn among the titanium rings and says neither model needs an ongoing subscription. The newer RingConn Gen 3 shows at $349.00 in an Amazon search result read on 2026-10-22, and its listing title claims “No App Subscription” and a “14-Day Battery Life.”

Subscriptions: Oura’s $5.99 a month is the only required fee these sources name

• Oura: Wareable says it needs a $5.99/month subscription. Over three years that’s $5.99 × 36 = $215.64, on top of the ring.
• Ultrahuman: Wareable names the Ring Pro its “Best subscription-free ring.” Ultrahuman does sell an optional Ultrahuman Max plan, “Starting at $9.99/mo” or $99.99 for one year. The checkout lets you say “No, I’ll buy plug-ins and coverage separately.”
• Galaxy Ring: neither Samsung’s page nor Wareable names a monthly fee.
• RingConn: no ongoing subscription for Gen 2 and Gen 2 Air, per Wareable; the Gen 3 Amazon listing title says “No App Subscription.”

Here’s what the pages leave out. Max seems to bundle “plug-ins and coverage,” but it’s up to you to price those separately and decide whether you’d use them. If you do want Max, the yearly plan beats monthly. Three years of monthly costs $9.99 × 36 = $359.64, while three years of yearly costs $99.99 × 3 = $299.97, so yearly saves $59.67.

Size before you buy: a snug fit matters more than the metal

Wareable recommends wearing the test ring for a day or two to check the fit, because a snug fit matters for accurate sensor readings. It also notes that most rings ship with a sizing kit. Ultrahuman’s sizing kit is free and comes with “no returns required,” per its buy page. Samsung’s answer to fit is the two new sizes.

What to do:

1. Order the sizing kit before the ring.
2. Wear the sample through a normal day or two, including at your desk and in bed.
3. Choose the size that stays snug without pinching, then order.

Wearing a ring around dumbbells: take it off or use a ring protector

Wareable suggests taking a smart ring off for activities like lifting, because it will get scratched. A light, scratch-resistant metal doesn’t change that advice. Wareable’s fix is a ring protector. The other fix costs nothing: keep a small dish next to your dumbbells and put the ring in it before your first set.

Titanium smart ring claims side by side

Prices and claims below were read on 2026-10-22.

Ring	Titanium claim	Required subscription	Stated battery	Sizing help	Price / offer	3-year cost from these figures
Galaxy Ring	“Durable titanium frame”	None named	Up to 7 days, per Samsung’s battery graphic	Two new sizes	From $299.99; $150 trade-in credit	$299.99 ($149.99 with trade-in)
Ultrahuman Ring PRO	“Unibody Titanium Build”	None; Max optional at $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr	Up to 15 days (45 with PRO Charging Case)	Free kit, sizes 5–14	$479; trade-in up to $115 off	$479, or $778.97 with yearly Max
RingConn Gen 2 / Gen 2 Air (Wareable); Gen 3 (Amazon search result read on 2026-10-22)	Titanium	None ongoing; Gen 3: “No App Subscription”	Gen 3: “14-Day Battery Life”	Most rings ship with a kit	Gen 3: $349.00 in an Amazon search result	Gen 3: $349.00
Oura (Wareable)	Titanium	$5.99/mo	—	Most rings ship with a kit	—	Ring price + $215.64

A dash means none of the pages above gives the figure.

The three-year math: Ultrahuman $479 + ($99.99 × 3 = $299.97) = $778.97 with Max, per Ultrahuman. Galaxy $299.99 − $150 trade-in = $149.99, per Samsung. RingConn Gen 3 is $349.00 with no app fee, so its three-year cost is the ring price. Oura’s fee alone is $5.99 × 36 = $215.64, per Wareable.

The Ultrahuman Ring PRO has the highest listed price on this page at $479. Before any trade-in, that’s $179.01 more than the Galaxy Ring. Its page also gives space to Blood Vision, M1 and Home, which are all separate purchases. But it claims up to 15 days of battery, more than double the “Up to 7 Days” Samsung shows for the Galaxy Ring. It also sends a free sizing kit with no returns required and doesn’t make you pay a fee. So buy it if you don’t use a Galaxy phone and want to pay once. If you already carry a Galaxy phone, the Galaxy Ring at $299.99 is the cheaper way in.

Using a ring to reach 150 active minutes a week from zero

The WHO recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week. The US current guidelines are worth reading too. Here’s how the ring fits in:

1. Check whether your ring’s app shows a weekly activity total, and note where you start.
2. Set 150 minutes as the weekly target and work up to it at your own pace.
3. Do the split on paper: 150 ÷ 7 is about 21 minutes a day if you’re active every day.
4. Wear the ring for walks. Take it off before dumbbell sets, as Wareable advises.
5. Pick one charging day a week so the ring is on your finger for the days that count.

For more on this topic, see the Trackers, rings and scales guides.

FAQ

Do any of these rings need a subscription? Wareable says Oura needs one at $5.99/month. Ultrahuman Max is optional. RingConn Gen 2 and Gen 2 Air need none, per Wareable. Samsung’s page and Wareable name no Galaxy Ring fee.

Will the Galaxy Ring work with an iPhone? Samsung’s page says a Samsung account must be registered on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. If you don’t have a Galaxy phone, look at the Ultrahuman Ring PRO or RingConn instead.

Can I keep a titanium ring on while I lift? Wareable suggests taking it off, because it will get scratched. If you’d rather keep it on, use a ring protector.