40 percent off smart cat and dog trackers now (2025)

Wired Reviews The team loves smart rings. These wearable health monitors can track important health metrics like activity, heart rate, and sleep, and you can easily review the results on the connected app without the need for a cumbersome screen like you would with a smartwatch or fitness tracker. Enter now: a smart wearable tracker for your pet.

Many pet tech companies are integrating these popular human health monitoring features with tracking devices, which are known for locating your pet if they are lost, or in your backyard.

These devices promise to provide GPS location tracking, sleep and activity tracking, and alerts when activity or sleep patterns change. I’ve tested several guides for an upcoming guide to pet health collars, and the one I keep coming back to is the first Tractive Smart Cat Tracker I tested (also called the Tractive Cat Mini). This is an interesting way to closely monitor and understand my pet’s daily activities and habits.

You’ll need to get a proper plan to access things like GPS location tracking, live tracking, activity and sleep monitoring, family sharing, global coverage, and more. My cat is a little overweight (we’re working on it!) and I loved how Tractive compared cats of the same age and weight to set a personalized daily activity goal. Through the app, you will be able to see other users’ pets and compare their goals to yours. The Sleep feature works similarly, monitoring sleep duration and dividing it into categories of night sleep, day sleep, and rest; Each day, it records day and night sleep, along with their quiet times, and compares it to the pet’s average sleep.

The Tractive Smart Dog Tracker has more comprehensive health features, including bark, heart rate, and breathing alerts, and lasts up to two weeks in battery saving mode.

Even if you have an indoor-only cat like me, I still find this health tracker extremely useful in better understanding my cat’s daily sleep and activity levels, and comparing them historically. The app provides weekly summaries and alerts if any activity or sleep irregularities occur, making it easier to know immediately if something is wrong. Plus, if my cat escapes, I can track her location via GPS.

They’re usually really inexpensive, and now at 40 percent off, that’s a small price to pay for peace of mind.