Do Apple Watches belong with formal wear? Many etiquette experts say no. However, dressing it up with more formal bands can help, and if you're wearing it for health reasons keep it on!
Best Apple Watch Apps
Here's our roundup of the best smartwatch apps we found for the most popular watch in the world—the Apple Watch. For more iPhone tips, check out our Tip of the Day newsletter.
Whisper Memos - Speech to Text - (Free)
Apple Watch can take notes for you using AI. Whisper Memos accurately listens to audio and saves the text on your phone, making it easy to save, share, or email.
Things 3 - ($9.99)
Rated #3 in productivity in the App Store, this app lets you see your upcoming to-dos right on your Apple Watch face with a complication. Simple and distraction-free!
Focus - Timer for Productivity - ($39.99/year)
Carve out blocks of time to be productive and rest. Schedule productivity timers for specific tasks and sync them across your Apple devices to keep you focused.
Streaks - ($4.99)
This habit builder app lets you pick daily to-dos and keeps track of your streaks and successes! It sends reminders and lets you mark it as completed with a tap to your wrist.
Pedometer++ - (Free)
Track your steps and meet your goals with sustainable streaks. Use the Pedometer++ complication to view your step count directly on your Apple Watch face.
Scuba diving Watch | Oceanic+ - ($9.99/month)
Apple Watch Ultra & Ultra 2 function as dive computers when paired with Oceanic+. Track your time underwater, depth, water temperature, and see a no-fly countdown post dive.
SleepWatch - Top Sleep Tracker - (Free)
Track your sleep including your blood oxygen and how much your heart rate slows. Reflect on how restful your sleep was and track the contributing factors.
ECHO Watch Heart Rate Monitor - (Free)
This app pairs with a wide variety of smart gym equipment and allows you to use your Apple Watch as a heart rate monitor.
Withings Health Mate - (Free)
Pair with a Withings Body Composition Scale to track your body fat percentage and muscle mass. This integrates seamlessly with Apple's Health app
Water tracker Waterllama - (Free)
Waterllama sends you reminders to hydrate. It is a great way to track not just your water consumption but how much tea, coffee, juice, and soda you drink. Try the watch face complication!
If you liked this family app list, check out our full list of best iPhone apps in the categories of entertainment, finance, health and fitness, dining and cooking, and staff and reader favorites.
