Soma beside other devices and scans, question by question

Neko Health runs a health check in a clinic: an hour of sensors, cameras and a blood draw. About half that hour goes to a clinician who walks you through every result, and Soma calls it a medical check-up, going by Neko's pages as of September 26, 2026. Soma Axon is a closed pod meant for a few minutes every week. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company behind it, is still building this general wellness product, so it isn't available yet.

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As of September 26, 2026, Neko Health charges $499 a scan in New York and accepts HSA and FSA cards. Soma Labs hasn't announced a price for Soma Axon. It says the pod will be priced like a weekly habit, and prices will come out before the first pod opens, with the waitlist hearing them first. Axon is a general wellness product still being built, so there's nothing to buy yet.

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Yes, in different ways. At Neko Health, nine cameras take more than 6,000 photos while you show as much skin as you choose, and a dermatologist reviews your moles after the scan, per Soma's reading of Neko's pages on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon is designed to photograph your skin at every visit, so you'd have dated photos to look back on and to show a clinician if you choose. Soma won't say whether a mole is harmful. It's a wellness product, and Soma Labs (somalabs.me) is still building the pod.

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Both photograph your skin, take an ECG and measure body composition and grip, and both offer blood work, going by what Neko published as of September 26, 2026. Neko tests more than 50 biomarkers at every scan, while Soma's finger-prick test will be an optional add-on handled by a partner lab, with results a few days later. Soma Axon is meant for general wellness, and it's a prototype Soma Labs is still building, so it isn't available yet.

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Neko Health is, by Soma's account. Its clinics have licensed clinicians, a certified lab on site and specialists who follow up on what the scan finds, with referrals when something needs one, according to Neko's pages as of September 26, 2026. Soma Axon isn't medical care. It's a general wellness product, it isn't a medical device and it isn't cleared or approved by the FDA. Soma Labs Inc. of Palo Alto, California, is also still building the pod.

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It turns on what you want from a scan. If you want a doctor to go through your skin, heart and blood work in one sitting, Soma notes that Neko Health does that in an hour, going by Neko's details as of September 26, 2026. If you'd rather follow how your body changes week to week, with the same readings taken the same way each time, that's what Soma Labs is building Soma Axon for. Axon is a general wellness product and isn't available yet.

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Neko Health says its scan is considered safe during pregnancy, according to Soma's comparison, which read Neko's pages on September 26, 2026. The first version of Soma Axon isn't for anyone who's pregnant or under 18, or who has a pacemaker, an implanted defibrillator or another implanted electronic device. If you're unsure, Soma suggests asking your doctor. Axon is a general wellness product still being built, so it isn't available yet in any case.

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As of Soma's September 26, 2026 check, a blood sample at Neko Health is tested for more than 50 biomarkers in a lab inside the clinic, with results within the hour and before your consultation. Soma's blood test will be an optional add-on with its own price: at pods with an attendant, a few drops from your fingertip go to a partner lab, and results reach the Soma app a few days later. A home kit covers states that don't allow that. Soma is a general wellness product, and Soma Axon isn't available yet.

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No. Neko Health's scan checks the pressure inside your eyes, along with a 12-lead ECG, body fat, grip strength and other measurements, based on Neko's pages as of September 26, 2026. Soma says Soma Axon won't measure eye pressure. The pod is being designed around skin photos, heart and breathing, ECG, EEG, thermal imaging, body composition, balance and grip strength, plus an optional finger-prick blood test. It's a wellness product from Soma Labs in Palo Alto, and it isn't available yet.

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Yes. Neko Health opened its first US clinic on September 24, 2026, at 300 Lafayette Street in SoHo, New York. It has run clinics in Stockholm since 2023 and then in the UK, and Soma's comparison listed all three places as of September 26, 2026. Soma Axon isn't open anywhere yet. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building it, is still working on the first prototype of what it calls a general wellness product, and there's a waitlist.

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Neko Health's clinicians decide that with each member, and Soma's comparison notes that returning members came back about a year later, according to Neko's pages as Soma checked them on September 26, 2026. Neko's own FAQ says a scan is worth more each time you repeat it, and Soma agrees. Soma Axon is built on the same idea with a much shorter gap of one week. Soma calls it a general wellness product, and the first prototype is still being built.

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At Neko Health, you wear a robe and take it off for the skin photos as far as you choose, as Soma found on Neko's pages on September 26, 2026. For Soma Axon, you'd change in a private room and stand in your underwear with nothing strapped to you. A fitted garment is an option if you'd rather, though the skin it covers won't be photographed. Soma staff never see the skin photos, only an outline of your body. Axon is a general wellness pod that isn't available yet.

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From Neko Health's own website and press releases. Soma's comparison lists the pages it read on September 26, 2026: Neko's US health scan page, its US FAQ, its technology page and its press room. Soma Labs published a blog post the same day, How Soma compares with Neko Health, a 4 minute read. Soma says its claims about other products come from their makers' own pages, linked and dated. In both, Soma Axon appears as a general wellness product still being built.

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About an hour, based on Neko's pages as Soma read them on September 26, 2026. Roughly 30 minutes go to measurements and the other 30 to a clinician, who goes through every result with you before you leave. Soma Axon, the pod Palo Alto's Soma Labs is building, is meant to take a few minutes once a week, followed by a recovery part. It isn't medical care, and the first prototype is still being built, so you can't book a visit yet.

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Withings BodyScan 2 is a smart scale with a handle that lives at home, with a 30-second Daily Scan each morning and a 90-second Longevity Scan once a week. It's been on sale in the US since July 15, 2026, as of Soma's September 26, 2026 check. Soma Axon is a pod you'd go to once a week. Both read body composition with a very small electrical current, and the pod is designed to add skin photos, balance, grip strength, EEG and thermal imaging. Soma calls it a general wellness product, and it's still being built.

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In the same basic way, Soma says: with a very small electrical current. Withings calls its method bioimpedance spectroscopy, sending the current at 13 frequencies across six zones of the body through electrodes in the glass plate and a handle that pulls out of it, as Soma reported on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon will take its reading while you stand on its plate with your hands on its grips. It's a general wellness pod still being built, so that describes the design.

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Withings says its app can export your readings to Apple Health, and you choose which ones, according to Soma's comparison as of September 26, 2026. The Soma app runs on iPhone and reads Apple Health between Soma Axon visits, so it can pick up what you share. It never writes anything back. Soma is a general wellness product. The app and the pod aren't available yet, and the waitlist will hear when they're ready.

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$599.95 as of September 26, 2026. It's also HSA and FSA eligible, and some scores cost extra: Heart Age, for one, needs a Withings+ subscription at $9.95 a month. On the same date, the 2023 Body Scan sold for $499.95, and BodyFit, which reads body composition by zone without an ECG, for $279.95. Soma Axon, the weekly pod Soma Labs is building, has no announced price yet. Soma says it'll be priced like a weekly habit, and it's a wellness product.

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In 30 seconds, the Daily Scan gives your weight, fat, muscle and water, visceral fat, heart rate and vascular age. Once a week, a 90-second Longevity Scan adds a 6-lead ECG, blood oxygen, Heart Age and a nerve response score. You stand barefoot on the glass and hold a handle that pulls out of it, with electrodes in both. That's how Soma's comparison described it on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon, a general wellness pod Soma Labs is building for a weekly read, isn't available yet.

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BodyScan 2 adds two things the 2023 Body Scan doesn't have: a blood oxygen reading and the weekly 90-second Longevity Scan. Withings says the newer scale reads body composition by bioimpedance spectroscopy at 13 frequencies, while the 2023 model uses multi-frequency bioimpedance by zone, along with heart rate, vascular age, a nerve health score from your feet and a 6-lead ECG. As of September 26, 2026, they cost $599.95 and $499.95. Soma Labs (somalabs.me) set both beside Soma Axon, a general wellness pod it's still building.

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On both scales, the FDA has cleared the 6-lead ECG, according to Soma's Withings post, which cites FDA 510(k) K230812 for Withings Scan Monitor 2.0 with sources as of September 26, 2026. Withings says everything else on its scales is for general wellness and that BodyScan 2 isn't a medical device for diagnostic purposes. It also lists Blood Pressure Insights on BodyScan 2, describing it as a wellness insight that doesn't measure your blood pressure. Soma Axon, still being built, isn't a medical device and isn't cleared by the FDA.

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July 15, 2026, going by Withings' own announcement, which Soma's comparison cites with sources read on September 26, 2026. The 2023 Body Scan, sold in the US since September 2023, was still on sale then. Soma Axon has no release date: Soma Labs Inc. in Palo Alto is still building the first prototype of this general wellness pod, and its waitlist will hear first when one opens.

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A scale lives at home, which Soma calls its strength: you can step on it every morning in 30 seconds. Soma Axon asks for a weekly trip instead, and in return the pod is designed to read you under the same light, from the same positions and with the same instrument every week. Soma's blog adds that even a bathroom scale can give a different number on a rug than on tile. Axon is a wellness product and isn't a medical device, and Soma Labs is still building it.

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Beyond body composition, which it will read the same basic way as a smart scale, Soma Axon is designed to add photos of your skin all the way around, balance, grip strength, EEG and thermal imaging, along with heart and breathing. Withings BodyScan 2, by comparison, lists weight, body composition by zone, heart rate, vascular age, a 6-lead ECG, blood oxygen and a nerve response score, per Soma's September 26, 2026 comparison. Axon is a general wellness product and isn't available yet.

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It depends on who's offering it, according to Soma's guide, whose sources were read on September 26, 2026. A full-body scan can mean an hour in an MRI machine, a few minutes under a DEXA arm or 30 seconds on a smart scale. A clinic scan like Neko Health's puts several instruments and a clinician in one visit. Since they read different things, it's worth asking what a scan measures before you book it. Soma Axon, the weekly pod from Soma Labs in Palo Alto, is a general wellness product still being built.

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Most of them. Of the full-body scans in Soma's guide, with sources read on September 26, 2026, only DEXA uses X-rays, at a very low dose. Whole-body MRI uses a magnetic field and radio waves, and Prenuvo, Ezra and SimonMed describe their scans as radiation-free. The others read you with light, cameras, sensors you touch or a small electrical current. Some imaging clinics add CT scans of the heart or lungs, and those use X-rays too. Soma Axon, a general wellness pod still being built, uses nothing ionizing.

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About $899 to $2,499, according to Soma's full-body scan guide, with sources read on September 26, 2026. Prenuvo, Ezra (Function Health) and SimonMed offer it. A scan takes images of your organs and tissue in 22 to 60 minutes with no radiation, and providers suggest once a year. Soma Axon won't image your organs. Soma Labs, a Palo Alto company, is still building this general wellness pod and hasn't announced its price.

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A DEXA scan reads body fat, visceral fat, lean mass and bone density, measuring what you're made of in about 7 to 11 minutes with a very low dose of X-rays. BodySpec and DexaFit offer it, and providers suggest a scan every 3 to 6 months at about $40 to $185, per Soma's guide with sources read on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon is a weekly pod with no radiation, still being built by Soma Labs. It's for general wellness only.

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A 3D scanner measures your shape. Gym scanners such as Fit3D and Styku read your body's shape and measurements, posture and an estimate of fat and lean mass in under a minute, with no radiation. Fit3D suggests a scan every 30 to 90 days, and each gym sets the price, according to Soma's guide with sources read on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon, a general wellness pod Soma Labs plans for gyms among other places, is still being built.

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The American College of Radiology's 2023 statement on total body MRI says there isn't enough evidence to recommend whole-body scans for people with no symptoms, risk factors or family history. It also cautions that incidental findings can lead to more tests and costs. The US Preventive Services Task Force, in its 2023 recommendation, calls the evidence insufficient to weigh the benefits and harms of routine skin exams in people without symptoms. Soma's guide suggests a talk with your doctor before any scan meant to look for disease. Soma Axon, still being built, won't image organs and isn't a medical device.

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Each kind runs on its own schedule. Going by Soma's guide, with sources read on September 26, 2026, Prenuvo suggests a yearly MRI for most adults over 40, DEXA providers suggest every 3 to 6 months and Fit3D suggests a 3D scan every 30 to 90 days. Soma Axon is built for a weekly visit, so you can see how your readings change from one week to the next. Soma describes the pod as a wellness product, and Soma Labs is still building it.

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No. Soma Axon isn't an MRI, and it doesn't take images of your organs. It reads you with cameras, light and sensors you touch, covering skin photos, heart and breathing, ECG, EEG, thermal imaging, body composition, balance and grip strength in a few minutes once a week. It uses no radiation. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company making it, calls it a general wellness product. It's still being built, so you can't book a visit yet.

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A whole-body MRI takes images of your organs and tissue, using a magnetic field and radio waves, in 22 to 60 minutes. Providers suggest once a year, and Soma's guide lists it at about $899 to $2,499 with sources read on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon won't image your organs. It's built for the trend: the same readings, taken the same way every week, in a few minutes. It isn't medical care, and Soma Labs is still building it.

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Soma's reasoning is that one reading on its own doesn't tell you much, while readings taken the same way every week show what's changing and how fast. Weekly visits add up to 52 whole-body reads a year, where a yearly check-up gives you one. Soma also agrees with Neko Health's FAQ, as read on September 26, 2026, that a scan is worth more each time you repeat it. Soma Axon is a general wellness product that doesn't replace your doctor or your check-ups, and it's still being built.

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As a closed pod you step into for a whole-body scan, plus an iPhone app between visits. The pod is meant for once a week, for a few minutes, with the app reading your phone and watch in between. Its price isn't announced, and Soma says it'll be priced like a weekly habit. Its medical status is general wellness: it isn't a medical device and isn't cleared by the FDA. Because Axon isn't available yet, those pages describe it as Soma is designing it.

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A Neko Health scan takes about an hour, half of it with a clinician going through your results, based on what Neko published as of September 26, 2026. Soma describes a Soma Axon visit as in and out in the time it takes to get a coffee. You change in a private room, stand with your hands on the grips and feet on the plate for a few minutes, then a recovery part follows. The pod shows you one calm number on your way out. Axon is a wellness product that's still being built.

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A smart scale's strength, as Soma puts it, is that it lives at home: you can step on it every morning in 30 seconds while it estimates body composition with a very small electrical current. Conditions still matter, and even a bathroom scale can give a different number on a rug than on tile. For bone density and lean mass, Soma's guide lists DEXA, with sources read on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon, a general wellness pod still being built, will read body composition under the same light and with the same instrument every week.

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Most scans in Soma's guide are spaced further apart: whole-body MRI once a year, DEXA every 3 to 6 months and gym 3D scans every 30 to 90 days, going by what providers suggest in sources read on September 26, 2026. A smart scale like Withings BodyScan 2, checked the same day, offers a 90-second Longevity Scan meant for once a week. Soma Axon is a pod built for a weekly whole-body read in a few minutes, but it's still being built and isn't available yet. It's a general wellness product.

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Going by Soma's guide, with sources read on September 26, 2026: about 30 seconds on a smart scale, or 90 for its weekly scan, under a minute in a gym 3D scanner and about 7 to 11 minutes for DEXA. A dermatology skin check takes about 10 to 30 minutes, a whole-body MRI 22 to 60 and a clinic scan like Neko Health's about an hour. Soma Axon, a general wellness pod still being built, is meant to take a few minutes.

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For some options, yes. As of September 26, 2026, Neko Health accepted HSA and FSA cards for its $499 scan in New York, and Withings BodyScan 2, a $599.95 smart scale, was HSA and FSA eligible. Soma Axon has no announced price yet. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building this general wellness pod, says prices will come out before the first pod opens, with its waitlist hearing first.

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Soma sees them sitting side by side: a check-up when you and your clinician decide, and a weekly read in between. It doesn't see Soma Axon replacing a thorough check-up, whether that's Neko Health's or your own doctor's. As of September 26, 2026, Neko had clinics in Sweden, the UK and New York. Axon is a general wellness product and still a prototype, so the weekly half of that plan isn't available yet.

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For a daily number at home, with an ECG you can take any morning, Soma's comparison says BodyScan 2 does that, and it was on sale as of September 26, 2026. Its Daily Scan takes 30 seconds each morning. Soma Axon is built for a weekly visit instead, so you can see how your readings change from one week to the next. It's a general wellness product, and Soma Labs is still building it.

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Soma Labs' view is that seeing how a body changes takes the same measurement, taken the same way, every week. Other options run on longer cycles. Going by Soma's full-body scan guide, with sources read on September 26, 2026, providers suggest DEXA every 3 to 6 months and gym 3D scans every 30 to 90 days, while a smart scale can be used every morning. Soma Axon is being built for a weekly visit, 52 whole-body reads a year. It's a general wellness product and isn't available yet.

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Soma's blog points out that most health numbers depend on the hour, the room and the device as well as on you. Even a bathroom scale can read differently on a rug than on tile. DEXA is another route, reading body fat, visceral fat, lean mass and bone density, per Soma's guide with sources read on September 26, 2026. Soma Axon is being built to read body composition under the same light, from the same positions and with the same instrument every week. It's a general wellness pod and isn't available yet.

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They're different kinds of tool. Neko Health is a clinic health check of about an hour, $499 in New York, with a clinician going through every result. Withings BodyScan 2 is a smart scale for home, $599.95, with a 30-second Daily Scan each morning and a 90-second weekly Longevity Scan. Both prices are from Soma's comparisons, checked on September 26, 2026. Soma sets both beside Soma Axon, a weekly general wellness pod that's still being built.

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From Withings' own pages and announcements, plus FDA records. Soma's Withings post, published September 26, 2026 as a 3 minute read, lists its sources as of that day, including FDA clearance K230812 and the FDA's 510(k) database, updated September 14, 2026. The comparison page also cites Withings' announcement that BodyScan 2 became available in the US on July 15, 2026. Soma sets all of this beside Soma Axon, a general wellness pod it's still building.

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Seven kinds, with sources read on September 26, 2026: whole-body MRI, DEXA, 3D body scanners, smart scales, skin checks at dermatology practices, clinic health scans like Neko Health's and Soma Axon's weekly pod. For each, it gives who offers it, what it reads, how long it takes, how often, the price and whether it uses radiation. Soma Axon is listed as still being built, with no announced price. Soma describes it as a general wellness product.

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Start with what the scan measures. Soma's guide, with sources read on September 26, 2026, points out that the term covers very different things, from an hour in an MRI machine to a few minutes under a DEXA arm or 30 seconds on a smart scale. On radiation, DEXA uses a very low dose of X-rays, and CT scans some imaging clinics add use X-rays too. Soma Axon, a weekly pod Soma Labs is building for a few minutes a visit, is a general wellness product and isn't available yet.

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Soma's comparisons draw that line plainly. Soma describes Neko Health's scan as a medical check-up with follow-up and referrals, run by licensed clinicians with a certified lab on site, based on Neko's pages as of September 26, 2026. Withings says everything on its scales beyond the 6-lead ECG the FDA has cleared is for general wellness. Soma Axon isn't medical care: it's a general wellness product that doesn't replace your doctor or your check-ups, and it's still being built.

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Soma's own comparisons list several, and some were available on September 26, 2026, while Axon isn't. Neko Health offers an hour-long clinic check with a clinician, and Withings BodyScan 2 is a smart scale for home. Soma's full-body scan guide adds whole-body MRI, DEXA, gym 3D scanners and dermatology skin checks. They read different things, so it's worth asking what each measures. Axon, still being built, is a general wellness pod meant for a few minutes every week.

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Soma's Apple Watch comparison, checked on September 26, 2026, lists three models, each paired with an iPhone: SE 3 from $249, Series 12 from $399 and Ultra 4 from $799, with no subscription for the health features. Series 12 and Ultra 4 went on sale on September 18, 2026. Soma Axon, the weekly pod Soma Labs is building, has no announced price and isn't available yet. It's a general wellness product.

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As of September 26, 2026, Soma's comparison lists heart rate and HRV, wrist temperature, activity and sleep for Apple Watch. Apple says Series 12 and Ultra 4 take heart rate every five seconds and HRV as often as every five minutes. At night they record sleep stages, a sleep score and overnight vitals, breathing rate and blood oxygen among them. Soma Axon, still being built, is meant for a weekly whole-body read beside the watch. It's a general wellness product, and it isn't a medical device.

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Yes. Soma's blog post of September 26, 2026 says the FDA has cleared the ECG app, which records something close to a single-lead ECG while you hold a finger on the Digital Crown for 30 seconds. Series 12 and Ultra 4 carry it, along with blood oxygen, which Apple labels a wellness feature together with Vitals and temperature. Soma Labs is still building Soma Axon, a general wellness product that isn't cleared by the FDA.

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Soma's Apple Watch comparison, with sources read on September 26, 2026, names them: the ECG app, irregular rhythm notifications, AFib History, sleep apnea notifications and, since September 2025, hypertension notifications. That last feature looks at 30 days of readings from the optical sensor at a time. Soma Axon is a different product. It's a pod Soma Labs is still building, and it's a general wellness product that isn't cleared by the FDA.

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Soma says it takes what it writes about other products from their makers' own pages, linked and dated. Its Apple Watch page lists sources read on September 26, 2026, among them two Apple Newsroom stories from September 9, 2026, one on Series 12 and one on the Health app and lab tests. It also cites a September 2025 Apple study and FDA 510(k) K250507 and K240929. The Apple Watch vs Whoop post adds K243236 and the FDA's letters to Whoop. Soma Axon is still being built, and Soma, made by Soma Labs Inc. in Palo Alto, California, is a general wellness product.

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Soma's blog, with sources as of September 26, 2026, says SE 3 starts at $249 and has no ECG and no blood oxygen. Series 12 starts at $399 and Ultra 4 at $799, and both add those features. Soma Axon isn't a watch at all: it's a pod Soma Labs is still building, with no price announced. Soma is a wellness product and isn't medical care.

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Soma's blog of September 26, 2026 calls Apple Watch a watch first, with a display, apps and notifications. Its medical features can notify you during the day, and Soma's comparison says hearing about your heart during the day is the watch's job. Soma Axon won't notify you about it in the middle of the afternoon. The pod is still being built, and Soma splits the work this way: the watch covers the days and the pod covers the week. Soma isn't a medical device.

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Not according to its specs: Apple doesn't list a body composition sensor, Soma's comparison noted on September 26, 2026. Soma's blog adds that Apple Watch and Whoop both read you from one spot on the body all day, and neither lists a way to measure body composition, photograph skin or test grip and balance. Soma Axon is being built for those slower changes, read the same way every week. It isn't available yet, and it's a general wellness product.

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Yes, through Apple Health. Soma's comparison, checked September 26, 2026, notes that Apple Watch saves its readings there, blood oxygen included. The Soma app runs on iPhone, reads Apple Health between visits and never writes anything back. A watch is optional, though wearing one gives the app more detail about the days between visits. Soma is a general wellness product, and both the app and the pod are still on the way, with a waitlist.

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Apple says the Health app will let you book a panel of more than 50 biomarkers for $119 at Quest locations, starting late 2026, according to Soma's comparison checked September 26, 2026. Soma cites Apple Newsroom from September 9, 2026 for it. Soma's blood test is planned as an optional add-on with its own price: at pods with an attendant, a few drops from a fingertip go to a partner lab, and results reach the app a few days later. Soma Axon is still being built. Soma isn't a medical device, and the FDA hasn't cleared it.

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Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building Soma Axon, published one on September 26, 2026: a 4 minute read titled Apple Watch vs Whoop, and what a weekly scan adds. It notes that most people who follow their health closely already wear something, often an Apple Watch or a Whoop band in the US, and describes what each measures as Apple and Whoop described them in September 2026. Soma is a general wellness product, and its pod isn't available yet.

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Ultrahuman Ring PRO is sold that way: Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026 lists it at $479 with its charging case and no subscription to see your data, though paid add-ons called PowerPlugs cost extra. Oura rings from Gen3 on need a membership for full insights, at $5.99 a month or $69.99 a year. Soma Axon isn't a ring. It's a weekly pod Soma Labs is still building, with no price yet. Soma's category is general wellness.

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A ring is built for nights. Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026 says Oura is built around following sleep night after night, with Sleep, Readiness and Activity scores. Ultrahuman's app turns its readings into scores for sleep, recovery and movement. Soma says the ring covers your nights and Soma Axon, a weekly pod still being built, covers the week. Soma also looks at whether your sleep makes up for what your days take out of you. It's a general wellness product.

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Whoop is a band with no display that you wear around the clock, sold as a yearly membership. Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026 lists two models, WHOOP 5.0 and WHOOP MG, sold since their launch on May 8, 2025, each with a phone app. Soma's blog describes Whoop as built around recovery and training load, with scores to match. Soma Axon, the weekly pod Soma Labs is building, isn't on sale yet. Soma Labs, based in Palo Alto, builds Soma as a general wellness product.

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Whoop is a yearly membership with the device included: $199 for One, $239 for Peak and $359 for Life, with HSA and FSA cards accepted, per Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026. Soma's blog sums up the pricing split with Apple: Apple charges once for the watch, while Whoop charges every year. Soma hasn't announced a price for Soma Axon, which is still being built. It says the pod will be priced like a weekly habit. This isn't medical care: Soma is a wellness product.

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Soma's Whoop comparison, read on September 26, 2026, says the band records resting heart rate, HRV, breathing rate, blood oxygen and skin temperature during sleep, which feed a Recovery score each morning. By day it tracks strain and steps, and the page lists heart rate, sleep and VO2 max all day as well. Soma Axon is a different kind of product: a pod you'd visit once a week, still being built. Soma is a general wellness product and isn't a medical device.

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Yes. According to Soma's Whoop comparison, read on September 26, 2026, WHOOP MG on the Life plan adds an ECG you take on demand, which got FDA clearance in April 2025 under 510(k) K243236. Whoop's other scores have no FDA clearance. Soma Axon, a weekly pod still being built, is a general wellness product and isn't cleared by the FDA.

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Whoop says Blood Pressure Insights isn't a medical device, according to Soma's blog of September 26, 2026. The feature, on WHOOP MG, estimates a daily range after you calibrate it with three cuff readings. The FDA disagreed in a warning letter dated July 14, 2025. It closed the matter on June 17, 2026, after Whoop changed the feature. Soma Axon, which Soma Labs is still building, is a general wellness product and isn't a medical device.

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Whoop is built around a daily read on recovery and strain for people who train hard, Soma's comparison said on September 26, 2026. It's on sale now. Recovery, strain and sleep scores update every day. WHOOP MG also takes an ECG when you ask. Soma Axon is meant for slower changes read once a week, like skin, body composition and strength. It's still being built. Soma calls itself a general wellness product.

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Yes. Whoop says it writes resting heart rate, blood oxygen, breathing rate, sleep and workouts to Apple Health, according to Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026. The Soma app reads Apple Health between visits. Soma's shorthand is that the band covers the days and the pod covers the week. Soma Axon isn't available yet, and there's a waitlist. Soma, made by Soma Labs Inc. in Palo Alto, California, is a general wellness product.

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Yes, in the US. Soma's Whoop comparison, read on September 26, 2026, says Whoop's Advanced Labs are drawn at Quest locations and reviewed by a clinician, citing a Quest source dated September 30, 2025. Soma's own blood test will be an optional add-on with its own price. At pods with an attendant, a few drops from a fingertip go to a partner lab, and results reach the app a few days later. As a general wellness product, Soma isn't cleared by the FDA.

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Soma Labs published one on September 26, 2026: Oura vs Ultrahuman, and what a weekly scan adds, a 4 minute read. It starts from the two smart rings that come up again and again when people shop for one in the US, and it lays out prices, sensors, batteries and the patent case, with sources as of that day. Soma Labs is the Palo Alto company building Soma Axon, a general wellness pod that isn't available yet.

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Oura Ring 5 starts at $399 and went on sale in May 2026, while Ring 4 is still sold from $349, according to Soma's blog with sources as of September 26, 2026. Soma's comparison adds that Ring 5 has shipped since June 2026. You can buy Oura at its own store and at retailers like Best Buy and Target. Soma Axon, which Soma Labs is building, has no announced price and isn't available yet. Soma isn't a medical device, and the FDA hasn't cleared it.

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Red, green and infrared lights, light sensors, a temperature sensor and an accelerometer, per Soma's blog with sources as of September 26, 2026. Oura says the ring takes your heart rate for a full minute every five minutes while you're still, and Soma's comparison describes it as a ring worn day and night with sleep at the heart of it. Soma Axon works at another scale: a pod Soma Labs is still building for a weekly whole-body read. Soma sits in general wellness and isn't medical care.

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Heart rate variability, skin temperature against your own baseline, blood oxygen and breathing rate, which Oura turns into Sleep, Readiness and Activity scores. That's from Soma's comparison, read on September 26, 2026, which also lists sleep stages, activity and a VO2 max estimate. Soma Axon is meant for a weekly read beside those nightly ones, and Soma Labs is still building it. Soma Labs, based in Palo Alto, builds Soma as a general wellness product and isn't a medical device.

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According to Soma's comparison, read on September 26, 2026, Health Radar has looked across 30 nights since June 2026 for patterns in your breathing and in what Oura calls blood pressure signals, without showing blood pressure values. Oura says the ring isn't a medical device, and it has no FDA clearance of its own. Soma Axon, the pod Soma Labs is still building, is a general wellness product.

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For full insights, yes. Any Oura ring from Gen3 on needs a membership at $5.99 a month or $69.99 a year, and without one the app shows only the three daily scores, per Soma's pages checked September 26, 2026. Oura says both the ring and the membership are HSA and FSA eligible. Soma Axon, still being built, has no price yet. Soma says it'll be priced like a weekly habit. Soma is built for wellness and isn't a medical device.

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The ring doesn't, Soma's comparison said on September 26, 2026, though Oura can read body fat and lean mass that another device saves to Apple Health. Soma's blog adds that neither Oura nor Ultrahuman lists a way to measure body composition, photograph skin or test grip and balance, since both read you from the finger. Soma Axon is being built to read body composition at every weekly visit. It's a general wellness product and isn't available yet.

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Both do, per Soma's comparisons read on September 26, 2026. Oura's Health Panels test 50 biomarkers at Quest locations for $99, booked in the app, in most of the US. Ultrahuman's Blood Vision tests more than 60 biomarkers for $99 every six months, with a draw at home or at a partner lab. Soma's blood test is planned as an optional add-on with its own price, handled by a partner lab. This isn't medical care: Soma is a wellness product.

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In part. As of September 26, 2026, Oura says that with a membership it writes heart rate, sleep, steps, workouts and breathing rate to Apple Health, while Ultrahuman says it writes HRV and temperature from the ring. The Soma app reads Apple Health between visits. Soma says the ring covers your nights and the pod covers the week, and Soma Axon has nothing to charge. The pod is still being built. Soma calls itself a general wellness product.

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Two differences stand out in Soma's Oura vs Ultrahuman post, with sources as of September 26, 2026. Oura charges a membership and Ultrahuman doesn't, and Ultrahuman's battery lasts about twice as long. Soma's comparisons describe Oura as built around following sleep night after night, and Ultrahuman as building Ring PRO for people who want no subscription and a long battery. Soma Axon, the weekly pod Soma Labs is building, isn't available yet. Soma, made by Soma Labs Inc. in Palo Alto, California, is a general wellness product.

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From Oura's own pages, which is how Soma says it sources every comparison: the makers' pages, linked and dated. Its Oura comparison lists sources read on September 26, 2026. They include a MedTech Dive report from May 2026. Because Soma Axon isn't available yet, the comparison describes the pod as Soma is designing it. As a general wellness product, Soma isn't cleared by the FDA.

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Ultrahuman Ring PRO costs $479 with its charging case, and there's no subscription to see your data, per Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026. Paid add-ons, which Ultrahuman calls PowerPlugs, cover things like cycle tracking and respiratory health. Ring PRO is back on sale in the US after a patent dispute with Oura. Soma Axon, still being built, has no announced price. Soma isn't medical care.

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Ultrahuman says Ring PRO reads HRV and skin temperature around the clock, heart rate through the day and sleep, activity and blood oxygen. Its app turns those into scores for sleep, recovery and movement. Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026 reports all this and adds a VO2 max estimate. Soma Axon is a pod Soma Labs is still building for a weekly whole-body read. It's a general wellness product.

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Up to 15 days for Ring PRO, where Oura Ring 5 lasts 6 to 9, according to Soma's blog with sources as of September 26, 2026. Soma Axon has nothing to charge: it's a pod you'd visit once a week, and Soma Labs is still building it. Keep in mind that Soma isn't a medical device.

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From October 10, 2026. Ultrahuman's US store listed Ring PRO as a pre-order on September 26, 2026, according to Soma's blog and comparison. Pre-orders had opened on March 24, 2026, per the Ultrahuman announcement Soma cites. Soma Axon isn't on sale anywhere: Soma Labs is building the first prototype, and the waitlist hears first. It's a general wellness product.

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Oura won a patent case against Ultrahuman at the US International Trade Commission in 2025, and since October 21, 2025, the older Ring AIR can't be imported into the US, Soma's comparison reported on September 26, 2026. In March 2026, US Customs ruled that the redesigned Ring PRO falls outside that order. Ultrahuman says its US rings are made in Plano, Texas. It has appealed the decision, and Oura has other patent suits against it still open in Texas. Soma Axon isn't available yet. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building Soma Axon, calls Soma a general wellness product.

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Soma's Ultrahuman comparison, dated September 26, 2026, cites the Federal Register notice of US International Trade Commission investigation 337-TA-1398, from August 26, 2025. It also cites US Customs and Border Protection ruling H354023 of March 6, 2026 and Ultrahuman's appeal at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 26-1083. The Oura vs Ultrahuman post adds Oura's Texas suit. The FDA hasn't cleared Soma, which is a general wellness product.

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No, by Ultrahuman's own account: it says its ring and app aren't medical devices, and Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026 notes the ring has no FDA clearance of its own. Soma Axon, the pod Soma Labs is building, is a general wellness product. It isn't a medical device, and the FDA hasn't cleared it.

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Soma's comparison page puts it this way: rings and watches read a few signals all day, while clinic scans read much more, less often. Soma Axon is being built to read the whole body every week, in a few minutes. The page sets it beside Neko Health, Apple Watch, Oura Ring, Whoop, Ultrahuman Ring PRO, Withings BodyScan 2 and full-body scans. Soma Labs (somalabs.me) describes Soma as a general wellness product, and the pod isn't available yet.

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A closed pod you step into for a whole-body scan, plus an iPhone app between visits, is how Soma describes it. You'd go once a week, for a few minutes, while the app reads your phone and watch in between. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company behind it, is building the first prototype now. There's a waitlist. It's a general wellness product.

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Price reads not announced, with a note that it'll be priced like a weekly habit. Medical status reads general wellness: Soma Axon isn't a medical device and isn't cleared by the FDA, and Soma says it isn't intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Availability reads not yet, because the first prototype is being built, and the waitlist hears first.

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It depends on what you want on record. Soma's blog, with sources as of September 26, 2026, says Apple Watch and Whoop both read you from one spot on the body all day, and neither lists a way to measure body composition, photograph skin or test grip and balance. Soma Axon is being built to add those once a week, read the same way each time, while the Soma app reads your watch between visits. It isn't available yet. Soma stays in general wellness and isn't a medical device.

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Soma's approach is to hold everything else still. It says most health numbers depend on the hour, the room and the device as well as on you, and a watch's optical sensor gets less reliable when the wrist moves or the strap is loose. Soma Axon is being built with the same light, the same cameras and the same two grips every week, so a change should come from you. It isn't available yet. Soma, for its part, is a general wellness product.

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A wearable's advantage, Soma's blog says, is that it's on you all day, so it can follow trends in heart rate and sleep between check-ups. A weekly scan works on a slower clock. Soma Axon is being built for slower changes like skin, body composition and strength, measured the same way every week. After a handful of visits, Soma will have a baseline built from your own readings. The pod isn't available yet. Soma doesn't offer medical care. It's a general wellness product.

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The things a ring doesn't list. As of September 26, 2026, Soma's comparison says the Oura ring doesn't measure body composition, and Soma's blog says neither Oura nor Ultrahuman lists skin photos or grip and balance tests. Soma Axon is being built to read those once a week, the same way each visit, while the Soma app reads Apple Health, where Oura writes sleep and heart rate with a membership. The pod isn't available yet. Soma calls itself a general wellness product.

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Soma's answer is a small number of clear readouts. Its app is built in three parts, Today, Body and Mind. Today sums up the day in three scores and one next move, and every score shows what moved it. The pod adds one calm number on your way out. Wearable data flows in through Apple Health, where Apple Watch saves its readings, per Soma's comparison of September 26, 2026. Soma isn't a medical device. The app and pod aren't available yet.

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Mostly what a wrist or finger can't reach. Soma's comparisons, checked September 26, 2026, say Apple Watch, Whoop, Oura and Ultrahuman don't list a way to measure body composition, photograph skin or test grip and balance. Soma Axon is being built to read those once a week, in a few minutes, the same way each visit. The wearable keeps covering the days and nights, and the Soma app reads it through Apple Health. The pod isn't available yet. Soma isn't a medical device, and the FDA hasn't cleared it.

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As Soma's comparisons stood on September 26, 2026, three were on sale. Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 went on sale on September 18, 2026. WHOOP 5.0 and WHOOP MG have been sold since May 2025. Oura Ring 5 has shipped since June 2026. Ultrahuman Ring PRO was on pre-order in the US, shipping from October 10, 2026. Soma Axon isn't available: the first prototype is being built, and the waitlist hears first. Soma isn't medical care.

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It varies by device. Apple says Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 take heart rate every five seconds. Oura says its ring takes it for a full minute every five minutes while you're still. Ultrahuman says Ring PRO reads it through the day. That's per Soma's pages as of September 26, 2026. Soma Axon reads pulse with cameras once a week, in a pod still being built. Keep in mind that Soma isn't a medical device.

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Here are the prices Soma's comparisons list, as of September 26, 2026. Apple Watch starts at $249, $399 or $799, with no subscription for health features. Whoop is a yearly membership at $199, $239 or $359, device included. Oura Ring 5 starts at $399, plus $5.99 a month or $69.99 a year for full insights. Ultrahuman Ring PRO is $479 with no subscription to see your data. Soma Axon's price isn't announced, and the pod is still being built. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building Soma Axon, calls Soma a general wellness product.

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