Do you have a new Apple Watch and want to fill it with applications? This device allows you to download a large number of apps of all kinds: from designed for sports, even to offer us greater productivity on a daily basis. I use the Apple Watch for everything: both for exercise and for work. I wanted to collect the essential applications, which cannot be missing from this Apple device . Here are seven.
All apps shown are compatible with all Apple Watch models. So if you have a Series 1, Series 2, Series 3 with GP or GPS + Cellular, Series 4 or Series 5, you can use the apps. Of course, you must have Watch OS 6 on your watch. If you don't have it, you can update from the Apple Watch app, in the system settings.
Shazam: to recognize music
One of the most essential applications, and possibly the one that can be used the most. How many times have you been to a coffee shop and heard a song whose name you don't know? Taking out the phone, turning it on, looking for the Shazam app and waiting for the app to detect the song can be cumbersome. With the Apple Watch, using Shazam is much easier, since you only have to access all the applications (or put the app on the dial), look for the Shazam one and click on the icon. It will automatically detect the song that is playing. In addition, as it is synchronized with the app of our mobile, we can send it to the iPhone to play it or save it in Apple Music or Spotify.
Shazam is completely free, you don't have any purchase option. You can download it here.
Spotify finally on Apple Watch
Until recently, if you had Apple devices, it was best to be subscribed to Apple Music, since the synchronization with Apple products and all their services is very complete. Just under a year ago, when the Apple Watch Series 4 was announced, Spotify didn't even have a compatible app, so we couldn't use it on the watch. Now, there is its own app for the Apple Watch. It is free, although if you want to take full advantage you must have a Premium subscription.
With the Spotify app on Apple Watch you can listen to music or podcast directly from the watch , just by connecting the AirPods or through the speaker. You will be able to access the music in your library or the PlayLists that you have saved in the music application.
You can download Spotify here.
Pillow: the sleep meter missing from the Apple Watch
While we wait for Apple to incorporate a sleep monitor into the Apple Watch (at least in app form), we'll have to settle for third-party apps that work great too. Of course, you should know that this type of application consumes a lot of battery, since it is constantly collecting information about your keystrokes to offer you the best result of your sleep. It's about Pillow . It is free, although it has purchases within the application (they are not necessary). In this case, I want to delve a little deeper into the app and explain my experience.
The application measures our sleep through different factors , such as our heart rate at rest or even the movements we make. It is quite accurate, although it is not always correct. Even the application itself warns us that, if we are lying in bed without sleeping (reading, watching a movie ...), it may count as a dream. Therefore, it is best to leave the watch on the bedside table and place it on the wrist once we go to sleep.
Throughout the night, it is doing an analysis of how we sleep, and when we get up it shows us a summary with the hours slept, the quality of sleep and the different phases . The free version only shows us the sleep cycles, and not the heartbeat. The truth is that it is quite accurate. In the captures we can see the different phases of sleep and the hours that the app has been analyzing are the correct ones. Possibly the most negative point is that the option to see the sleep history is paid.
Pillow has a very intuitive design , very similar to what we see in Apple Watch's own apps. The clock shows more than enough information, but if we want a more complete report we will have to look at the mobile app.
You can download Pillow from here.
Your bank's app
I cannot put a specific application here, since each user can be from a different bank. Most of the main banks: La Caixa, Banco Sabadell, BBVA, Banco Santander, Revolut ... have an app for the Apple Watch.
The bank app on Apple Watch can be useful to see income and expenses in a much easier way, without having to enter the application. Here you can download the main banking apps for the Apple Watch.
- La Caixa App.
- Santander App.
- BBVA App.
- N26 App.
- Revolut App.
- Banco Sabadell App.
WaterMinder: to control water consumption
This app is paid, with a price of about 5 euros. WaterMinder allows us to control daily water consumption. We will have to set a goal, which may be the one provided by the application due to our weight. Afterwards, the application will remind us when we have to drink water and from the Apple Watch we can record the intake so that it finally shows us a graph and if we have met the objectives. The application for the Apple Watch is very intuitive, since it shows us the water consumption in the form of rings.
You can download WaterMinder here.
Just Press Record
Another paid app, but one of the most useful that we can have on the Apple Watch. With this application we can make recordings with the push of a button. It is compatible with many of the spheres that we can apply to the Apple Watch , so we can start recording quickly and in a much more stealthy way. In some risky situation it can be useful to record discreetly. In addition, the app allows us to automatically convert the audio to text.
This app is compatible with external microphones , so we can use the iPhone as a recorder. It also allows us to synchronize the recordings with our Apple devices through iCloud.
Just Press Record can be downloaded from the App Store.
For sport: Nike Run Club
It is the only sports app that I have included in the list. Mainly because the Apple Watch already has different applications designed for sports that work very, very well. Like the training or activity application (the one that allows us to fill in the circles).
In this case, I wanted to select Nike Run Club, an application that is very, very well optimized for the Apple Watch, and which is also free (although it has purchases within the app). The app allows us to perform runing activities and monitor them . In addition to creating routes thanks to GPS. After each exercise we will be able to see the history with the kilometers we have traveled and the achievements we have achieved. It also has an app for the iPhone and all races are synchronized.
You can download Nike Run Club here.