If you’ve unpacked a new Apple Watch this holiday season, we & # 39; ve already gathered some of our top tips for getting started. There are also a variety of third-party Apple Watch apps that you can install to take your experience to the next level. Here are some of the best Apple Watch apps to try.
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Flow type
While the Apple Watch offers some innovative ways to enter text on the small screen, FlickType is a powerful and essential application that adds a real QWERTY keyboard to the device. FlickType uses gesture type to enter text as easily as possible, and begins a powerful algorithm to make sure the app always registers the correct word.
Unfortunately, watchOS has several limitations that affect how well FlickType can integrate with system applications. There is also an SDK that third-party developers can use to bring FlickType to their applications.
FlickType is available in the App Store as a one-time purchase for $ 1.99. If you’re looking for a way to streamline the typing process on Apple Watch, FlickType is a great solution.
AutoSleep
This year’s release of watchOS 7 provides support for native Apple sleep tracking for the first time, but I still recommend AutoSleep to people as a way to get more comprehensive sleep data from the Apple Watch. I have been using AutoSleep for years, and it has been proven to be a reliable and consistent way to monitor my sleeping habits with Apple Watch.
AutoSleep features include:
- Using Advanced Heuristics AutoSleep determines how long you have slept, so you do not have to.
- If you carry your watch to bed, you do not have to do one thing. AutoSleep will track your sleep and quality and send you a notification in the morning.
- AutoSleep will also analyze your sleep quality. By using sleep, restlessness, waking time and heartbeat, it can achieve the quality of your sleep and provide you with a comprehensive analysis at night
AutoSleep is available in the App Store for $ 3.99.
Watchmaker
If you used Widgetsmith to customize your iOS 14 home screen, you should also check out Watchsmith for Apple Watch. As we explained in our full review, Watchsmith can create your dynamic Apple Watch complications that can change throughout the day.
Here’s how developer David Smith describes the app:
It starts with a wide range of very adaptable complications, ranging from function to date, to weather, to astronomy. Each can be precisely customized to fit the best function and appearance.
This set of complications can then be dynamically scheduled to appear on your watch according to the rules you define. For example, a specific complication lock may show the weather the first morning, then your calendar during your work day and then switch to your progress with the activity ring as you end your day. This allows you to take full advantage of every slot on your watch without having to constantly switch back and forth between faces.
You can download Watchsmith for free in the App Store with subscribers in the app.
CardioBot
One of the most useful features of Apple Watch is the ability to measure your heart rate during the day and during workouts. CardioBot is a powerful third-party app to visualize the data. You can view data in the CardioBot app on Apple Watch or iPhone:
CardioBot is an iPhone app that reads the heart rate data stored by the Apple Watch in HealthKit. The app separates readings into low, normal, elevated and high heartbeats by different colors and charts so you can see averages at a glance.
CardioBot also supports viewing data captured during workouts and meditations, and it can also provide the sleep analysis information for a complete dashboard of your heartbeat. All this is done with a minimal and elegant interface that makes it easy to see statistics for individual days, browse detailed timelines and compare daily changes.
CardioBot is a free download in the App Store with in-app subscribers to unlock all features.
Chirp
Chirp for Twitter is one of our favorite dedicated Apple Watch apps here at 9to5Mac. As the name suggests, Chirp allows you to browse directly from Apple Watch on Twitter, including access to your timeline, instant messaging, trending topics and more.
Chirp is available in the App Store as a free download with in-app purchases to unlock all features.
Deliveries
Delivery has been an important part of the Apple community for years and is an easy way to monitor upcoming package deliveries from your Apple Watch. Delivery supports dozens of services, including UPS, FedEx, US Postal Service, DHL, TNT, Canada Post, and more, so you can track all your deliveries in one place.
Deliveries are available in the App Store as a free download with a monthly subscription of $ 0.99 or an annual subscription of $ 4.99.
PCalc
While watchOS offers a built-in calculator application, PCalc takes things to the next level with a range of additional and more powerful features.
PCalc is the powerful choice for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anyone looking for a functional calculator. It includes optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of buttons, an extensive set of unit conversions and constants, a paper tape, multiple undo and repeat, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations.
You can download PCalc in the App Store as a one-time purchase for $ 9.99.
Cloudy
If you are looking for a podcast player that is more powerful and capable than Apple Podcasts, my best choice is Cloudy. For the Apple Watch, Overcast includes standalone playback and cellular streaming support, so your iPhone does not have to be near to listen to the latest episodes of your favorite apps.
Cloudy is available in the App Store as a free download with an annual subscription of $ 9.99 to hide ads.
Spotify
If you are a Spotify user, you can now stream Spotify directly on Apple Watch. After years of complaints from users, Spotify finally added support for streaming music and podcasts directly to Apple Watch last month. If you’re a new Apple Watch user signed in to Spotify, this’s one of the most handy features to try on the first day.
Download Spotify for free in the App Store.
HomeRun
If you are a HomeKit user with an Apple Watch, HomeRun is something you should add to your setup. HomeRun is the best way to run HomeKit scenes from Apple Watch with support for personal complications and more. In essence, this is the HomeKit app for Apple Watch that Apple should have made from day one.
Set daily routines on your watch with complications that change your context, icon and color during your day. In the morning, your complications can start your day, make your coffee, and then in the evening, it can turn off your bedside lights.
Download HomeRun for HomeKit for $ 2.99 in the App Store.
Carrot weather
Last but certainly not least, Carrot Weather unlocks a number of different complications for your Apple Watch. With Carrot Weather, you can add data, such as forecasts, real-time precipitation for precipitation, and more, directly to your Apple Watch face.
In addition, Carrot Weather takes full advantage of the latest support for watchOS 7 for multiple complications. This means you can use several Carrot Weather complications to ‘build your own weather watch’, or you can choose from the preset watch option.
Carrot Weather is available in the App Store for $ 4.99 by subscribing to the app to unlock all features and data sources.
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