The Best Kegel Trainers in 2026

Our picks at a glance

For most women, the best place to start is the Perifit Care. It is FDA-cleared for over-the-counter use for stress, mild-to-moderate urge and mixed urinary incontinence, it never needs charging, its app is free, and you can return it within 100 days. If the standard probe feels too big, the Perifit Care+ is smaller and flexible and adds a motion sensor, for $40 more. Our Perifit Care vs Care+ guide compares them.

If you would rather not insert anything, or you struggle to feel the right muscles, Elitone takes a different approach: a pad on the skin delivers electrical stimulation that contracts the pelvic floor for you. It costs more ($399) and has no app, but it is FDA-cleared for stress incontinence without a prescription.

For men recovering from prostate surgery, Elitone for Men received FDA clearance in January 2026 to aid early recovery of bladder control. See our guide to kegel trainers for men for the alternatives.

Many "best kegel trainer" lists still name the Elvie Trainer as their top pick. It was sold out on Elvie's US store when we checked on November 8, 2026, and its maker went into administration in 2025. See Elvie Trainer alternatives.

Our four picks

Prices are from each maker's US store and were checked on the date shown on each card. Perifit's prices were sale prices.

Every trainer we compared

Prices from each maker's US store on November 8, 2026; several were sale prices. FDA status from the FDA's 510(k) database. See FDA-cleared kegel trainers for what each clearance covers.

Three kinds of kegel trainer

Biofeedback trainers

You insert a sensor and do the squeezing yourself; the device shows you how well you are doing, usually in a phone app. Perifit, kGoal, Emy and Elvie work this way. They suit people who can do a kegel but want help doing it correctly and sticking with it.

Electrical stimulation

Mild electrical pulses make the muscles contract for you, through pads on the skin (Elitone) or an inserted probe (Yarlap, Kegel8). They can help people who cannot contract the muscles well on their own, but you are not practising the squeeze yourself. See does Elitone work?

Weights and simple guides

Weighted exercisers such as Laselle, and vibration-guided devices such as KegelSmart 2, are cheaper and need no app. They give less information about how you are doing. See kegel trainers without an app.

Do you need a trainer at all?

Not necessarily. Pelvic floor muscle training without any device can cure or improve stress incontinence: in the trials pooled by a 2018 Cochrane review, women who did it were about eight times more likely to report a cure than women who did not. The UK's NICE guidelines recommend supervised training for at least 3 months as the first treatment for stress or mixed incontinence, and advise against using pressure or EMG biofeedback as a routine part of it.

A trainer can help if you are not sure you are squeezing the right muscles, or if games and reminders help you keep going. If you have symptoms, the best first step is a doctor or a pelvic floor physical therapist, who can check your technique. Our guide to whether kegel trainers work covers the research.

How we compare

We have not tested these devices ourselves. We compare them using each maker's published specifications, prices, return policies and warnings, the FDA's 510(k) database, and published clinical research, and we date-stamp every price. We do not give star ratings. Some links earn us a commission; see our affiliate disclosure.

Not sure which trainer fits you?

Our main comparison lines up every device by how it gives feedback, whether it needs an app, its FDA status and its price.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best kegel trainer?

For most women, Perifit Care: it is FDA-cleared for over-the-counter use for stress, mild-to-moderate urge and mixed urinary incontinence, needs no charging, has a free app and a 100-day trial, and cost $119.20 on sale when we checked. If you would rather not insert anything, Elitone is an FDA-cleared external option for stress incontinence.

Are kegel trainers worth it?

They can help if you are not sure you are doing kegels correctly or need motivation. Pelvic floor training without a device also works: a 2018 Cochrane review found women who did it were about eight times more likely to report a cure of stress incontinence. A pelvic floor physical therapist can tell you whether a device would add anything.

Which kegel trainers are FDA-cleared?

Of the devices we compared, Perifit Care (K221476), Perifit Care+ (K231780), Elitone (K183585), Elitone for Men (K253285) and Yarlap (K141643, K160773) have FDA 510(k) clearances, and Leva is cleared for prescription use. We found no clearance for Elvie, kGoal, Emy, KegelSmart 2 or the current Kegel8 models.

Is the Elvie Trainer discontinued?

Elvie has not marked it discontinued, but it was sold out on Elvie's US store when we checked on November 8, 2026, while the UK store still sold it. Elvie's parent company went into administration in March 2025 and its business was sold the same day.

Who should not use a kegel trainer?

Makers list warnings that include pregnancy, the first 6 weeks after giving birth, recent surgery, infection, pelvic pain or an overactive (tight) pelvic floor, and, for stimulation devices, pacemakers and other implants. Check each device's list and ask a clinician first.