Expert's Rating
Pros
- USB charging
- Full-color screen
- Supports multiple users
Cons
- No Wi-Fi connectivity
- No user manual
- Some oddities with features
Our Verdict
Anyloop’s Smart Scale Pro is well priced, easy to use, and provides a wealth of data. But it has a couple of quirks and its app isn’t as helpful or polished as those linked to premium smart scales.
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A smart scale will give you access to health data beyond your weight, so you can get fitness information without getting too hung up on a single metric.
The Anyloop Pro has a number of advantages over similarly low-priced rivals, including a large, color on-device display that shows heart rate, muscle mass, and BMI, as well as weight. It provides 24 different body measurements and evaluations in all. Plus, it charges via USB, and a single charge should last you around one year. And all for a decent price.
Design & Build
- Full-color screen displays a range of metrics
- Supports multiple users
- Heart rate measurement included
The Anyloop Smart Scale Pro stands out from its minimalist competitors, thanks to an eye-catching, and arguably unnecessary, logo badge and its 3.5-inch, color display. Weight can be measured in kilograms or pounds, and you can cycle through the options using a button on the scale itself. The Smart Scale Pro has a maximum weight capacity of 400 pounds (180 kilograms).
It’s easy to find key information in Anyloop’s app, including weight, fat ratios, muscle mass, water ratio, and protein ratio measurements, with trend graphs for each.
Its tempered glass surface is reflective and glossy but prone to pick up fingerprints, like all smart scales of this design. Measuring 11.8 x 11.8 inches (30 x 30cm), it has less surface area than Withings Body Comp and similar luxury scales, but it’s larger than many budget rivals, with enough space to be comfortable for bigger bodies. It stands sturdily on four wide feet.
Anyloop doesn’t mention how many users it supports; it only says “multiple,” which likely means an unlimited number. You can add more users (including children, for weight measurements only) on the same account, or invite other users via the app, although they will need to have set up their own account. You can also use the scale in no-current mode if you’re pregnant, weighing a child, or only want to weigh yourself.
The brand claims that the scale is accurate to 0.11 pounds (0.05kg), which again is difficult to confirm, although when comparing with another smart scale, the weights matched fairly closely. However, we did find the scale to be sensitive to placement, so we’d advise you to use it in the same stable spot each time, on tile or other hard flooring.
Stand on the scale with bare, dry feet (any water on your feet can affect the reading) and the scale will display a number of measurements, beginning with weight. You can see your profile at the top of the screen. Anyloop says that if that profile isn’t the correct one, a tap with your right foot will scroll through other users. In practice, we couldn’t make this feature work and found that the best option was to choose the user you want in the app before standing on the scale.
It then displays your heart rate, body fat percentage, BMI, muscle mass, body water percentage, ideal and goal weight before signing off with a “Bye!” The display also shows the current time and the scale’s remaining battery life.
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Emma Rowley / Foundry
While the user’s weight and heart rate are displayed in large digits, the rest of the measurements are smaller and less easy to read. They also pop up and are replaced quickly, so it’s difficult to read them all during a weigh-in. But that’s where the app comes in.
One more point. During testing, we spotted a bit of an oddity. After the body fat percentage was displayed, the screen showed an unidentifiable trend graph (it once read minus 378.3 pounds). I still have no idea what this referred to. There’s no manual in the box (only a quick-start guide), and Anyloop’s product page didn’t shed any light on this either.
Performance & Features
- USB charging
- Bluetooth connection
- 24 measurements and evaluations
The scale charges via USB-C and you’ll get a charging cable in the box. Anyloop says a single charge will last for a year, assuming two weigh-ins per day. We can’t confirm this but we can say that the battery indicator had hardly registered a change by the end of our testing period.
Also in the box is a tape measure, which you can use as another means of measuring progress. Still, we couldn’t see anywhere in the app to input measurements, which seemed an odd omission. Eufy’s P2 Pro smart scale also comes with a tape measure. Input your bicep, waist, hip, and thigh measurements and its app will create a 3D model of your body. If a similar function is available for the Smart Scale Pro, we couldn’t find it.
Once you’ve downloaded the free Unique Health app, available for both iOS and Android, you’ll need to create an account and a profile. You can add other users afterwards.
The Smart Scale Pro only connects via Bluetooth, not Bluetooth and Wi-Fi as many rivals do, but we found that it was quick to connect and transfer data. We also found that, unlike many other smart scales, it’s easy to ensure that weigh-in data is sent to the correct account.
In the app, you can access all the information displayed on the scale during your weigh-in–and much more. It provides 24 measurements and evaluations in all, including separate scores for subcutaneous and visceral fat (the less and more dangerous types of bodily fat respectively), BMR (the amount of calories your body needs per day at rest), a health evaluation score, body age, and an overall health score.
As we don’t know how the secondary calculations are made, it’s hard to know exactly how accurate they are. Considering a smart scale’s primary use case is to measure fitness progress, it’s more important to see the numbers moving in the right direction than to worry about a single figure. So, for most people, we’d say it’s accurate enough.
The app is simply designed and it’s easy to find all the key information. Weight, fat ratios, muscle mass, water ratio, and protein ratio measurements are all accompanied by trend graphs you can view by day, week, month, 90 days, or since the start of use.
Most other measurements, including BMR, heart rate, fat mass, and bone mass, are accompanied by a red-green chart that shows you where on the scale you are and how healthy the app considers that measurement to be. Most metrics are also paired with an explanatory glossary, although these vary in terms of usefulness.
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Emma Rowley / Foundry
Emma Rowley / Foundry
We found the evaluations to be fairly strict when compared with those from smart scales aimed squarely at Western countries, and it’s important to note that these evaluations may not line up with health advice in the U.S. and U.K., which some users might find off-putting or discouraging.
The app also has some translation issues, and a couple of the charts are not well annotated, with the three segments in the visceral fat chart, for example, reading “Standard,” “High,” and “High.” Users might also find that to have their overall health summed up as “Not Good,” “Good,” or “Average,” with very little supporting information as to how the conclusion was reached, to be reductive.
All in all, it’s in these details that this smart scale loses points: a high-quality manual, better-quality in-app text, and more information on Anyloop’s website would inspire more confidence in its measurements.
Price & Availability
Anyloop’s Smart Scale Pro has a MSRP of $59.99 and is available to buy direct from Anyloop and from Amazon U.S., where it’s currently on sale for $47.98. It’s better priced than the similarly featured mid-range Eufy P2 Pro scale, which is available for $79.99. Altogether, the P2 Pro is a more polished product, but that doesn’t mean Anyloop’s model isn’t worth considering. If you’re looking for a premium scale or something more budget-friendly, check out our round-up of the best smart scales we’ve tested for the best options at all price points.
Should you buy the Anyloop Smart Scale Pro?
If you’re looking for a smart scale that delivers a full range of metrics, including heart rate–a feature that’s not widely available at this price range–and want to keep the cost down, Anyloop’s Smart Scale Pro is a good option. You’ll need to accept a couple of compromises, however: It won’t connect via Wi-Fi, you’ll need to overlook some less-than-helpful text in the app, and use your own judgement where some of the evaluations are concerned. Altogether, though, it does a lot for its price point.
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Author: Emma Rowley, Group Home Tech Editor
Emma is Group Home Tech Editor at Tech Advisor. She covers everything from kitchen appliances to smart home devices, from floor care to personal care to air care technology. She’s particularly interested in environmentally conscious brands and products that save people time and money.