Buy the Google Pixel Watch 4.

WHOOP tracks your body, the Pixel Watch 4 actually runs your day, and you only pay for it once.

What was compared

1. A watch that answers texts, WHOOP can't
WHOOP has no screen at all, not even a clock face, so every text, call and alert still goes through your phone. The Pixel Watch 4 puts calls, messages, Gemini AI and tap to pay right on your wrist, the stuff you actually reach for all day.
2. One purchase beats a subscription forever
WHOOP's Peak plan is an annual bill, with owners reporting renewals climbing toward 359 or even 419 dollars a year, and stop paying and the band tracks nothing at all. The Pixel Watch 4 is a one time buy that keeps working for years with zero recurring fee.
3. Stop paying and it stops tracking anything
One Reddit owner had their membership pulled and was left out 410 dollars with a band that does nothing without an active plan. The Pixel Watch 4 never holds your data or features hostage to a subscription, it just keeps being a watch.
4. Leave your phone at home on a run
The Pixel Watch 4 has built in GPS, so it can log pace and route completely on its own. WHOOP has no GPS of its own and needs your phone nearby to map a route, which defeats the point of a wrist based tracker for runners and cyclists.
5. Yes, WHOOP lasts longer. Charge the watch.
WHOOP runs 14+ days on a charge against roughly a day for the Pixel Watch 4, and if you genuinely cannot manage a nightly top up that is a real reason to pick WHOOP. For most people a 30 minute charge before bed is no bigger a habit than charging a phone, and it buys a screen, calls and GPS that WHOOP never offers.