So if you've recently been given a new Apple Watch, or just want to refresh your stock, dive in and start getting the most out of your Apple Watch, and make sure to check this article regularly, as we'll add a new app every couple of weeks, highlighted below.
The Outdooractive app delivers highly detailed topographical vector maps based on OpenStreetMap subscribers also get Ordnance Survey ones and enables you to plan and annotate routes, record your travels, and navigate from A to B with visual or audio guidance. Pro subscribers can use the app in offline mode, can see satellite imagery as well as vector maps, and can access more trail maps from providers throughout the globe.
There's no denying that the main thrust of the Apple Watch since the second model is for fitness: it's packing GPS, heart rate, water resistance and improved sensors to make the most of the fact people like to work out with this thing - it even connects to gym equipment.
This list of Apple Watch fitness, running, wellbeing and health apps are nearly all must-have - if you're going to do one thing with your new Watch, use it to become a healthier you in mind and body. Earlier this year the app added Personal Bests to show you your fastest times, and in the latest update Tempo has added Goals.
Goals enable you to set a distance goal, and that goal can be for a single workout or for multiple ones. The app enables you to tag your workouts in all kinds of ways: you can even see if a particular pair of running shoes have affected your performance. You can also add Tempo calculations to many of your Apple Watch faces so you can see your progress. It uses your breathing to identify what your body is up to, and it does that by getting you to inhale, hold your breath for ten seconds and then exhale fully.
You can then use the app to identify the optimal diet, workout and sleep schedule to get the results you want. How fast is your arm? That means you can use it for golf swings and tennis serves, baseball or cricket pitching, frisbee throwing, hockey stick swinging, or anything else that involves speedy throwing, swinging, sweeping or hitting. Using the app is fast and simple.
The app is designed for absolute beginners who want to work towards running a 5K over a period of 9 weeks, and it creates a training plan of three runs per week for nine weeks. The schedule will be different for every week, and if you complete all nine weeks you should be able to achieve 5K in under 30 minutes. The app can work on its own, which is one of the reasons its creator made it: he was fed up with 5K training apps that needed you to lug your iPhone along for the run.
Time to Walk is a new and really rather inspired idea for Apple Fitness Plus subscribers: it enables you to go for a long walk while listening to a notable figure tell their story. As Apple puts it:. The narrative comes to life through photos that appear on Apple Watch, perfectly timed to amplify a corresponding moment the guest shares.
There will be new episodes every Monday until the end of April , and they will be downloaded automatically if you have a Fitness Plus subscription, appearing automatically in the Workout tab on your Apple Watch Fitness app.
But which ones are the best Apple Watch apps? From social networking apps to fitness metrics, here is a list of the best ones released so far:. This app delivers quick, unbiased media coverage and works as a universal app for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users. It also enables users to scan headlines and get notifications on the Apple Watch directly.
This app gives you work out ideas based on scientific studies, allowing you to burn calories in the shortest possible time. The Apple Watch can be used to track your progress and other metrics. Secure all your digital data behind a safe that just requires one password. The app is compatible with watchOS2 and iOS. This is a game that trains your brain.
It is a fun and simple way to engage in brain simulation. The design is like particular mini-games that were made specific to Apple Watch. This app keeps users updated with flight details: status of flights in real-time, airport navigation maps and airport tips. This app gives forecasts that are hilarious. The app gives you the option to sync with Apple Health for your age, weight and height information, or you can input that data manually.
You'll also be asked to enter your activity level, climate and personal goals. Download Water Reminder for Apple Watch free. Under Armour's workout-tracking app is one of the best workout apps on the iPhone, and it's one of the best Apple Watch apps, too.
If you've ever used MapMyRun to log your miles, continuing to train with the watch app is a no-brainer. MapMyRun uses the watch's built-in GPS and heart rate monitor to track a variety of workouts, including outdoor and treadmill runs, walks and bike rides. The app displays your distance, duration, pace and heart rate throughout each workout. That's useful if you're watching your weight or trying to meet a training goal.
MapMyRun can be paired to Under Armour's lineup of Bluetooth-equipped shoes for more advanced details like whether you land on the ball of your foot or your heel as you pound the pavement. We recommend this app if you want your Apple Watch to be one of the best running watches. But you don't have to buy the Nike model to start using the Nike Run Club app, one of the best Apple Watch apps for running.
The free app, which is also one of the best running apps , logs stats like distance, pace, splits, heart rate and more. It also offers free audio-guided runs, customized coaching plans to help you meet your goals, and a social element that lets friends cheer you on.
Runners and cyclists who use Strava will love the Apple Watch version of the app. With a cellular version of the Apple Watch, you can stream music and take calls while out on the trail.
The Strava watch app itself is fairly basic: It records runs, bike rides and swims, and displays data like heart rate, mileage and pace. Download Strava for Apple Watch free.
ViewRanger is among the best Apple Watch apps for outdoor sport enthusiasts. You can use ViewRanger to send outdoor routes and related offline maps from your iPhone to Apple Watch. On your wrist, you can follow turn-by-turn directions, see photographs of landmarks and read route facts, all while seeing your GPS location. Your hiking, biking and trail running activity will also sync with Apple Health to fill your Activity rings. Download ViewRanger for Apple Watch free. Using the data gathered by your observations, GoPoop will keep track of the last time you went, as well as offer actionable advice based on your recordings.
The app adheres to the Bristol Stool Scale, a widely-followed research tool used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for gut and bowel conditions, too. Download GoPoop for Apple Watch free. Beyond physical health, the Apple Watch can help you manage mental health. No list of apps would be complete without a couple of games and Trivia Crack is one of our favourites.
It's a very basic version of Trivial Pursuit but if you're any good at general knowledge, it's a great app to try. You compete with an online opponent and choose from six categories of questions. Answers are multiple-choice, which you select on your wrist and you don't even need to get your iPhone out to start a game.
Brainess is all about stimulating your brain and it offers seven brain training games that you can play on your Apple Watch. The games include memorising and tapping dice, choosing the correct number to complete a maths equation and matching pairs of identical cards. The seven games are said to improve and exercise your memory, vision and compute skills.
Whether they will or not is a different story altogether but worth a try right. Rules is a puzzle game with super cute little animations. There are different levels, comprising beginner, expert or timeless and the game includes a daily brain workout mini-game for the Apple Watch. Lifeline 2 is the successor to the original Lifeline, offering a new story of a young woman called Arika who is on a deadly quest to avenge her parents and rescue her long-lost brother.
You will have to make choices to keep her alive and help her succeed. Wallet is one of Apple's own apps so you'd expect it to be good on the Apple Watch and it is. Like the iPhone version, it provides easy access to boarding passes, tickets and cards you've registered to Apple Pay.
Having your boarding pass and tickets on your wrist means you don't have to mess about getting your phone out, which is always good when travelling and you can also pay using your wrist. There are plenty of apps trying to help you stay on top of your finances but we've taken a liking to the Pennies Apple Watch app, which lets you quickly tap in how much you've spent of a given budget target straight on your wrist.
It means you can then track how much you've got left, whether that's keeping an eye on your weekly food bill, or as we would like to imagine, your champagne bar bill. The Philips Hue app is a simple remote control that lets you have a number of lighting presets that you can then control directly from your watch.
You don't even need to pick up your iPhone to turn the lights on now, let alone move from the sofa. The Apple Watch app doesn't allow you to create new Applets, such as turn the lights on at sunset, but download various Widgets through the main IFTTT iPhone app and you can activate any of them through the Apple Watch app. Got a Neato robot vacuum cleaner? The Neato Apple Watch app allows you to start and stop and clean.
You can't get the Neato robot to return to the dock or anything from your wrist so it's basic functionality, but it's still a useful app to start that quick clean. The Hive Apple Watch app not only allows you to control your Hive thermostat, but you can also control any Hive lights or plugs that you have.
Facebook might not be available for Apple Watch but Messenger is so you can get access to all your Facebook Messenger chats.
You'll be able to reply with stickers, or a voice recording or a pre-written message so you can stay in touch without having to get your phone out at all.
Chirp for Twitter is pretty much the only way you'll be using Twitter on your Apple Watch. The app allows you to browse your timeline, lists, like and retweet things. You can also see quotes, pictures, hashtags and mentions directly from your wrist. Learn more Home Smartwatches Smartwatch buyer's guides Apple smartwatch buyer's guides.
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