Apple Watch apps may use Handoff and the iPhone to run at present, but that doesn't mean they can't be amazing all on their own. These are the currently our top picks, but check back often as we update!
Best Apple Watch apps
Latest Stories
Best Apps
Relax for a few minutes with these meditation apps for the Apple Watch
Taking some time out of your day to meditate can help reduce stress and help you recharge and your Apple Watch can help! Here are our favorite meditation apps for the Apple Watch.
Mastering Apple Watch
Now that you have the new Apple Watch 4, you need some sweet complications!
6
One of the coolest features of Apple Watch is custom third-party clock face complications, and we've rounded up the best apps with complications currently worth checking out.
Mastering Apple Watch
10 Apple Watch apps to download right now
8
Apps might not be the first things that come to mind when you think about the Apple Watch, but there are many that make great use of the small screens.
Mastering Apple Watch
How to add complications to your Apple Watch
13
Complications are a great way to see a variety of information at a glance—and your favorite third-party apps can have complications of their very own, too. Here's how to set them up.
Popular Discussion
Tap to Dash - Free To Play Hyper Casual Game for Apple Watch
Best of luck with your app.
Moving on
‘Future version’ of watchOS to drop support for watchOS 1 apps
1
The latest watchOS beta comes with a message warning that older watch apps will soon be unsupported.
Wish-list
I'd love lock screen complications in iOS 12
18
Complications are what I miss most when not wearing my Apple Watch, especially when I'm looking at my iPhone lock screen.
Siri on your wrist!
Best Apple Watch apps with Siri integration
Unfortunately, not all third-party apps have Siri compatibility, but there are some very useful apps that Siri can communicate with. Here are our favorite Apple Watch apps with Siri integration.
Mastering Apple Watch
How to find, install, rearrange, and delete apps on your Apple Watch
1
Want to get install, move, or get rid of a third-party app on your Apple Watch? Here’s how.
Popular Discussion
Zombie Overkill - top down shooter for Apple Watch
Looks good, but how much of that is actually seen on the Watch?
Press the big red button
GoPro for iPhone adds recording controls to the Apple Watch
2
GoPro's app for iPhone has been updated, adding support for the Apple Watch. Users can now control recordings from the watch, as well as preview shots and adding HiLight tags
Getting complicated
Things for iPhone gets watchOS 2 support with complications
1
Things for iPhone, the to-do manager from Cultured Code, has been updated, adding support for watchOS 2 to its Apple Watch app, including watch face complications.
watchOS 2 Explained
Custom complications on watchOS 2: Explained
9
"Complications" is a term used to describe anything on a watch face that goes beyond telling the time. Calendar was the first Apple Watch complication that showed time keeping beyond what even a mechanical or digital watch could do. Now, with watchOS 2, Apple is letting third-party App Store apps in on the complications game with a framework called ClockKit. And in so doing, they're...
BBM on your wrist
BBM picks up Apple Watch and quick reply support
5
BlackBerry has updated its BBM app for iPhone, adding an Apple Watch app and iOS 9 support, including the ability to reply to messages directly from notifications.
Popular Discussion
Brick Breaker Watch: simple classic game for Apple Watch
Will you update it to run on Series 4?
Mapping your wrist
Google Maps gets Apple Watch support
7
Google Maps has picked up a new update, adding support for directions on the Apple Watch, along with a number of other new features and improvements.
Sleep smarter
Sleep++ tracks your sleep using your Apple Watch
25
Sleep++ is a new app from David Smith that uses your Apple Watch to track your sleep, measuring not only the amount of sleep you get, but the quality of that sleep as well.
Reviewing watchOS 2
Custom Apple Watch complications are a secret triumph
6
The Apple Watch's custom complications are one of its best features.
Popular Discussion
Your Favorite Apple Watch app?
Overcast to control podcasts, but I am going to try the Apple Podcast app now that it is available for the Watch.