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If you have an iPhone, an Apple Watch meets your description perfectly. It has GPS, heart monitor, and pedometer data, and stores it in your local HealthKit database, which you can easily read and write with your own Swift code running on an iPhone. You can also write apps for the watch directly, and there is a non-LTE model.

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And you can also export the data without writing Swift apps, if what I’m reading here is true:

https://github.com/kdesch5000/AppleHealthData

Save your effort for the analysis!

> you can easily read and write with your own Swift code running on an iPhone

... after easily paying your Apple Developer Subscription, that is.

No, there is no charge unless you start to put apps on the App Store.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2933052/apple-frees-casual-i...

The app will only run on your phone for 7 days[1] unless you pay Apple an annual fee, which is a non-starter if you want to write an app that you will actually use instead of merely test.

No such restrictions on Android, Windows, or other platforms. Moto Sport 360[2] looks like it will fit OP's requirements.

[1] http://mybyways.com/blog/new-limitations-imposed-on-free-app...

[2] https://www.motorola.ca/products/moto-360-sport#Specificatio...

> which is a non-starter if you want to write an app that you will actually use instead of merely test.

You're assuming OP doesn't want to pay for a developer account. They didn't say that.

Also, OP said they wanted to get data out of the device. The Health app has an export function. So no, you don't need to pay to do what OP wants.

I would take an Apple Watch + paid developer account any day of the week over Android Wear.

> I would take an Apple Watch + paid developer account any day of the week over Android Wear.

You've given no reason why. You're assuming OP is a mindless fanboy who will pay for something that has a free and more hackable alternative.

> You've given no reason why.

I don't have to. It's my opinion.

> You're assuming OP is a mindless fanboy who will pay for something that has a free and more hackable alternative.

I'm sure that's your neckbeard interpretation. There's a reason the Apple Watch is the most popular smart watch by far. You probably think it's solely due to marketing. You would be wrong.

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