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The Apple Watch arrives today and if you’re getting one you’ll want to fill it up with fun and useful apps. Even if you’re not getting an Apple Watch you may be curious about exactly what the Watch can do. Apps can help the Watch do a lot.
Apps on a watch are very different from apps on a phone or tablet. The screen size is minimal and the lack of a keyboard means developers have to be creative in designing how you interact with apps. These apps are useful in their form and function to help you make the most of your Apple Watch (or maybe make you wish you had an Apple Watch?)
WatchAware
If you want to check out how apps work on the Apple Watch, check out WatchAware, a very cool, interactive website that shows you how apps works on the Apple Watch. Read the description of the apps and see animated images of how the apps work on the Watch.
Check out the WatchAware Search page to search for the Watch app you want or look by category or top lists to find apps for your new Apple Watch. Check out the Gallery to find the images of the apps from WatchAware.
Gallery
Check out these images for the apps listed in this article:
Apple Watch Apps
Note that to use an app on the Apple Watch you must also have the app on your iPhone that’s connected to the Watch. All of the apps listed below are free in iTunes.
Utility Apps
You may not think reaching into your pocket or purse for your phone is a big deal until you discover the convenience of wearing a smart watch on your wrist. These apps make the most of the Apple Watch so that soon you’ll wonder how you lived without one.
Evernote
See your notes on your wrist and create new ones. You can dictate quick notes, get reminders of notes and see which notes were created near your current location.
⇒ Check out, Evernote: A Powerful Organizational Tool! for more information about Evernote.
Evernote is available free in iTunes.
Yahoo Weather
The Yahoo Weather app on the iPhone gives you plenty of information that you may want to see at a glance on your Watch. Get hourly, 5-day and 10-day forecasts and view Flickr photos of your location and weather conditions. See the forecast on a graph, change locations and see times for sunrise and sunset.
You can get the Yahoo Weather app free in iTunes.
OpenTable
See restaurants near you on a map, check availability and make reservations using OpenTable. You can also get reminders of upcoming reservations and get directions to the restaurant on a map.
⇒ Learn more at Open Doors with OpenTable!
Get the OpenTable app free in iTunes.
WebMD
Get reminders to take your medicine, see when your next dose is due and learn more about the medicine you’re taking such as drug interactions and whether to take it with food.
WebMD is free in iTunes.
Epicurious Recipes and Shopping List
Have your favorite recipes ready on your wrist with the Epicurious app. Keep a shopping list handy, set a timer, and get inspiration for new recipes to try from the app. Learn which produce is in-season according to your location. Use voice control so you can use the app hands-free.
Epicurious is free in iTunes.
Pandora Radio
Listen to your favorite stations, pause music and vote a song up or down on the Pandora app on your watch. Add a new station by using voice controls from the Watch app.
⇒ Find out more about Pandora at Pandora: Music to Your Ears?
The Pandora app is free in iTunes.
News
Get information about breaking news on your Apple Watch with these apps:
CNN
Get personalized breaking news when you choose from 12 categories in the CNN app. Pick from Top Stories, U.S., World, Politics, Tech, Health, and/or Entertainment to get breaking news alerts. Tap on a notification to read the story, then you can choose to save it or continue reading it on your iPhone. You can even use the app to launch CNN TV live on your iPhone.
You can get the CNN app free in iTunes.
ESPN
A glance at your wrist can keep you up to date with the latest scores from your favorite teams and important news in sports. Get notifications about score changes and major plays. See real-time scores and key plays with the ESPN app for Apple Watch.
Find the ESPN app free in iTunes
Social Media
Keep up with social media from your wrist with these Watch apps.
See what’s trending on Twitter from your wrist so you’re always in the know about what people are tweeting about. Check out your mentions and follow people back. You can even tweet the song you’re currently listening to. Get notifications that you can act on with a simple tap of the screen. Retweet from the Watch app.
Twitter is available in iTunes for free.
Meetup
Getting together with others will be easier with Meetup on the Apple Watch. See Meetups happening near you, view and respond to invitations and see a list of who else will be attending.
⇒ See, Meetup – Get Out There! for more information about Meetup.
The Meetup app is free in iTunes
Fun Apps
Your Apple Watch shouldn’t be all work and no play. Check out these fun games you can actually play on your Watch!
Trivia Crack
If you’re already addicted to Trivia Crack this app won’t help. Or maybe it will because you’ll be able to play the game from your wrist. Spin the wheel, choose categories and answer questions from your wrist.
⇒ See, Trivia Crack – Can an App Be Too Much Fun?
You can start playing the Trivia Crack app by downloading it free on iTunes.
Letterpad
Play this fun word game right on your watch. Use the letter tiles to form words on your watch. This demo shows you how the game works both on your iPhone and on the Apple Watch:
Letterpad is free on iTunes
Your Thoughts
Which of these apps would you like to see on your Apple Watch. Do you have any favorite apps coming to the Apple Watch? What do you think makes for a useful or fun app for the Watch? Share your thoughts with us in the Comments section below!
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* App images used with permission of WatchAware.
Hi Carolyn,
Evernote seems to be an app I’d love on my Apple Watch. I use it a lot and I imagine that it would be a lot quicker to add short notes via the watch. On the other hand, the app I’d really love to see is either Omnifocus or Todoist. This way I could keep my projects and tasks closer to me 🙂
Hi Jens, Good news! Omnifocus and Todoist are available as Apple Watch apps. Here’s how they look and what they can do:
Omnifocus on WatchAware
Todoist on WatchAware
My wish list for Watch apps has Audible at the top of it. My podcasting app has an Apple Watch app, now I need Audible to get one!
That’s awesome. Is it possible to connect headphones to the Apple Watch? I actually didn’t think you could listen to audible on it 🙂
Hi Jens, Great question. You can connect Bluetooth headphones and speakers to the Apple Watch. You can download one playlist to the Apple Watch so you can listen to the music without having your iPhone connected. For example, if you wanted to go on a run without your iPhone, you could listen to the music on your Apple Watch with Bluetooth headphones and leave your iPhone behind.
The Music app on the Apple watch lets you control audio from your iTunes songs and from 3rd party apps such as Audible. You can pause, play, fast forward, rewind and adjust the volume of music, podcasts, audiobooks, etc. from your watch.
You may like the Joy for Spotify app that lets you use voice control with Spotify on your Apple Watch, Jens.
Great share, to be honest I don’t own an apple watch but I have planned to order it next week and I guess I’ll make a note of these best apps.
Thanks
Hi Samantha, Yes, while you’re waiting for your Apple Watch you can download these apps to your iPhone to see if you like them first. They’re all free so you can test them out on your phone. If you like them on your iPhone you may like them on your Watch too.
Hi Carolyn,
these day mostly people use Apple watch, this is smart gadget, I Iove twitter, meetup, and evernote apps, I think all these apps are more popular for apple watch.. and mostly people like.. very useful app list thanks so much, you can increase this list..
Regards
Mohd Arif
Hi Mohd, I’m so glad you enjoyed this list. Yes, I’m sure everyone with an Apple Watch will quickly form their own list of favorite apps. More and more Watch apps are being added to iTunes each day so this list is just to get people started. Please feel free to come back and add any Watch apps that you enjoy!
thats really incredible ..technolgy is moving from super computer to this tiny touch that is in watch omg… i cant wait to see this in real time. Thanks for this info.
Hi Honey, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! You’re exactly right, we now can have a computer on our wrists. Very cool and useful. We used to marvel at having a mini computer on our smart phones and now we have them on our wrists.
I like the Apple watch very much, though it is way above my budget. Though I wish I will buy one very soon.
Hi David, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Yes, the price range of the Watch is quite wide. I’m thinking the $17,000 watch is above most people’s budgets. But the good news is that you get the same tech with the least expensive Watch as you do with the most expensive Watch!