Best Apple Watch apps 2024: The ultimate 50 apps

The Apple Watch has a virtually endless amount of apps you can download to enrich the experience.

From niche sports tracking to wrist-based extensions of your favorite travel, mapping, and productivity apps, the Apple Watch is undoubtedly the best smartwatch when it comes to third-party apps.

However, knowing which to download can be a tricky task - especially if you've just set up your Apple Watch.

That's why we created this guide to the essential Apple Watch apps. Some we've been using for years, and others are relative newcomers that can help supercharge your device.

Read on to discover the 50 best Apple Watch apps you can download - tried and tested by us.

Note: This article was originally published back in 2014 and was updated in December 2023 with changes to the list of apps. We update it every few months with new favorites and remove any apps that are out of date.

Quick view: Top 10 Apple Watch apps

Not sure which apps to try first? Pick from this selection of the very best.

1. Strava (free) - the champion of fitness apps, designed for serious runners/cyclists.
2. Autosleep ($3.99/£2.99) – our favorite sleep app that adds more to the core Apple Watch experience.
3. Carrot Weather ($4.99 + IAP) - weather with snark, smarts, and a boatload of complications.
4. BFT - Bear Focus Timer ($1.99) - this work/break timer will keep you productive throughout the day.
5. Citymapper (free) - the best way to get from place to place in an unfamiliar city.
6. Cheatsheet Notes (free + $4.99 IAP) - vitally important notes and codes, always available at a glance.
7. MultiTimer (free or $5.99) - the perfect app for when a single countdown timer just isn't enough.
8. WorkOutDoors ($5.99) - a hint of the future, putting advanced mapping right on your wrist.
9. Hole19 (free + IAP) - the golfer's friend, with routing, stats, and score logging.
10. Headspace (free + IAP) - take some time out with the well-known mindfulness app.

More in-depth Apple Watch app guides

Perhaps you're looking for the top apps for cycling, golfing, working out, or tracking runs. Maybe you just want to know the very top exclusives for the Apple Watch Ultra / Ultra 2. If so, check out our other guides.

• Top run tracking apps for the Apple Watch
• Tried and tested Apple Watch golf apps
• Apple Watch cycling apps we recommend
• Workout apps for Apple Watch we love
• The 5 best Apple Watch Ultra apps

Apple Watch travel apps

Top Apple Watch apps for directions, flight information, translations, conversions, and finding local amenities.

Citymapper

Free | App Store

Wareable

If you're in one of the supported cities (which include Paris, San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and London), Citymapper is a must. It zeroes in on public transport and provides clear, precise instructions on getting from place to place.

You're informed about times for upcoming buses, trains, or trams, and can access an outline of the stops to expect on your journey. Citymapper's complications can put your ETA and directions right on your watch face. There's now also better routing for scooters and kick-bikes if that's how you get around town.

The best part? It works with LTE, so if you left your phone back at the hotel you won't have any trouble finding your way around.

Google Maps

Free | App Store

Wareable

While you can obviously use Apple's native Maps app for turn-by-turn directions on the Apple Watch, you may already be embedded with saved addresses and calendar link-ups inside Google Maps. If so - or even if you just prefer it to Apple's solution - this is naturally the best alternative. 

It's super simple to have directions automatically appear on your wrist for easy, live guidance, and you can also use the app independently from your phone if you have an Apple Watch with cellular up and running.

iTranslate Converse

Free | App Store

Wareable

You're exploring the nooks and crannies of Rome and then realize you've left your phone at the Airbnb. Well, iTranslate Converse will make it easy for you to talk to the locals.

You choose the language you want to translate to and tap to begin speaking. The app will automatically pick up who is speaking what language and will translate. Be warned: The more complicated your sentences are, the longer they'll take.

Yelp

Free | App Store

Wareable

In a new area and need some help finding things to eat or drink? You'd normally turn to something like Yelp for that, and, with its Apple Watch app, you can now do that on your wrist. It's extremely simple.

All you do is boot up the app and choose the category you're looking for, and then you'll get a list of recommendations close to your location. All it's missing is some standalone LTE action, but, hopefully, that'll come along soon.

App in the Air

Free + in-app purchases | App Store

Wareable

Self-described 'personal flying assistant' App in the Air now does an awful lot on your wrist. The Apple Watch app tracks your journey, gives you in-flight 'courses' to stop your neck from seizing up, and provides gate and security wait times.

Complications and Time Travel support, respectively, give you relevant and timely information on your watch face and enable you to zip through your journey virtually by way of the Digital Crown. The smart developer minds behind it have also been making improvements with the UI and offering support for more airlines too.

MiniWiki

Free | App Store

Wareable

This Apple Watch app is exactly as it sounds. It’s putting Wikipedia on your smartwatch and making it a good fit to get a hit of knowledge on your wrist.

You can quickly search for articles using voice, and it has a useful Nearby feature that will offer articles based on your current location.

It’s an app that works without your iPhone as well if you have an LTE-enabled Watch and will also let you download articles if you want them to hand when a connection isn’t available or you don't want to use up your data.

Elk

Free + in-app purchases | App Store

Wareable

This currency conversion app has a very usable, human approach. It knows where you are and sets the currency for you.

Upon picking what you want to convert to, the entire interface becomes a space for conversion. Swipe to the left and your base value increases by ten times. Swipe the other way and it reverts.

Each digit is an editable box. Tap it and twiddle the Digital Crown to update the number within. The conversion below will instantly update. Elk's smart, bold, and nicer to use than calculator-like conversion tools.

Apple Watch fitness apps

The best Apple Watch apps for helping you get fit, whether on your bike, on foot, or in the comfort of your own home.

Strava

Free | App Store

Wareable

The champion of fitness apps has fully embraced GPS-tracked running and cycling on the Apple Watch.

It took a while to get here, but, after testing the app out on the road, the results are good: distances are nailed onto dedicated running watches and the experience was stable and reliable.

Live pacing has improved since it first launched, and now you can check Segment leaderboards. For serious runners and cyclists, though, it's the best on the App Store. It's also a standalone app, so don't be afraid to head out without your iPhone.

Komoot

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

Komoot is our go-to app when we're planning hikes or trail runs in relatively unknown areas, and you can even extend things and view outdoor rides, as well. The real beauty of the Apple Watch app is in the offline route saving, though.

You can load up Tours from your iPhone before you head off the grid, follow directions from the smartwatch, and then save once you're done. 

The usual Komoot subscription applies for all the best features and regions, but we think it's worth it for those who are regulars in the outdoors.

Peloton

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

The makers of that hugely popular indoor exercise bike let you pair your Apple Watch to its connected kit and home workout app to make use of the onboard sensors.

Once you’ve signed up for the Peloton digital membership, you can strap that Watch on and track heart rate during workouts and it can be used to track pace and distance for treadmill runs too.

If you own a Peloton Bike+, too, you can also pair up an Apple Watch using GymKit to make it easier to sync over heart rate to your activity feed.

Runance

Free | App Store

Wareable

Increasingly, running apps are like tiny social networks, albeit ones based on hoofing it at speed and comparing stats, rather than flinging angry hashtagged soundbites at strangers.

Still, they hoover up data, which for some will be a no-no.

By contrast, Runance is all about you. You start a workout on your wrist and can check out live metrics as you go, switching between rolling and average metrics with a tap.

Back on your iPhone, you can view a map of where you went and explore stats, safe in the knowledge your data will only be shared with Apple Health and no third parties.

WorkOutDoors

$5.99 / £5.99 |  App Store

Wareable

WorkOutDoors is one for runners, cyclists, and general outdoor lovers who like to go big on having plenty of stats to glance at and having the freedom to choose how that data is displayed on the Apple Watch.

You can customize screens with up to 300 real-time metrics and the vector-style mapping makes it much easier to view your terrain from the Watch, too. There's support for real-time breadcrumb trail navigation, the ability to store maps for offline use, and even the option to upload GPX route files.

You do have to pay for it, but, in return, you'll get one of the best Apple Watch apps available right now.

Swim.com

Free | App Store

Wareable

The Apple Watch's native swimming app is pretty impressive, but, if you're looking for a bit more post-swim analysis and want to have your pool workouts tracked in one place, Swim.com is your friend.

 It can track stroke type and count and features drills and live feedback while you're in the pool – spitting data out into a dedicated iPhone app.

ViewRanger

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

This is one you'll want to take on your hikes with your LTE-enabled Apple Watch.

ViewRanger gives you live turn-by-turn navigation and trip stats for hundreds of hiking and cycling trails worldwide. You can also download and pay for additional topographic maps.

Streaks Workout

$3.99 / £3.99 | App Store

Wareable

There's no messing about with Streaks Workout, a fitness app that leaves you with no excuses. Define on your iPhone which exercises you're happy to do, and then pick a duration on the Apple Watch.

Only got minutes to spare? Go for the six-minute 'Quick' option. A bit of a masochist? Try the half-hour 'Extreme' mode, which you'll find is aptly named as the app flings semi-randomized rep sets at you for 30 agonizing minutes.

Hole19

Free | App Store

Wareable

A comprehensive tool for golfers, Hole19 provides you with hole routing, course stats, and a simple interface for logging your score.

Once you've started a round on your iPhone, your Apple Watch hones the data down to what you need at any given moment: key distances; score input; and putt tracking.

If you pay up for the Pro subscription, you'll also now get to tap into the shot tracker for a hit of individual club stats.

Runkeeper

Free | App Store

Wareable

Runkeeper's a great iPhone app, but it has a lot going on. On the Apple Watch, it's focused on key info: you start an activity, swipe between screens that show stats, cardio info, and split times, and can have haptics give you a buzz when you hit set distances.

When home, open Runkeeper on your iPhone, and stats and a map are pushed across.

Slopes

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

Having detailed speed, altitude, and distance stats to hand when careening down a mountain on skis or a snowboard is all very well, but an iPhone's not the best of devices to access during such occasions.

The Slopes app, therefore, enables you to start recording data right from your Apple Watch, giving you important stats on your wrist, such as how much time you've spent zooming along on snow compared to riding boring lifts, and how high up you happen to be at any given moment.

Apple Watch health and wellbeing apps

The best Apple Watch apps to keep you in good health, whether that means reminding you to take medication or get a good night of rest.

Air Matters

Free | App Store

Wareable

Plenty of Apple Watch weather apps have AQI readings, but Air Matters goes much further. Specific allergens can be tracked, and real-time updates for things like grasses are displayed in a complication.

Particulate matter levels are provided and color-coded by severity. There's basic weather forecasting, too, with key stats and a weekly outlook.

But even if you favor another weather app, Air Matters is essential for knowing if it's safe to venture out, or whether breathing in some fresh air will result in hours of endless sneezing.

Endel

Free (trial followed by subscription) | App Store

Wareable

Endel was named Apple Watch app of the year in the company's 'App Store Best of 2020' list and is another one to look to if you're seeking out something to keep you calmer and to help de-stress.

It's all about soundscapes that are designed to reduce stress, help you focus, or get you into a sleepier state. Those soundscapes factor in your location, your heart rate, and even the weather to make it a more personal experience, and are fully integrated with Apple Health.

You can trial it for a week, but then you'll need to decide whether to pay up monthly, annually, or for life. It's a beautifully designed app and a great one to check out if you've been looking for something you can turn to at home or on the move when you need to refocus, relax, or get a good night's sleep.

Headspace

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

We've been fans of the Headspace app for years, and the Apple Watch app is a really handy supplement to the experience that largely runs on your phone or tablet.

It's a little more discreet, and the fact you can load up a session on your wrist also means you can avoid getting sucked into other notifications. 

It will urge you to pick exercises each day, and some won't find these prompts all that relaxing, but we still think it's a must-have tool for those aiming to add a bit more mindfulness into their day.

There's even an SOS mode for calling for help from the app immediately, which is a neat feature.

The only real downside is the monthly subscription. Headspace costs around $12.99 / £9.99 per month, so we suggest digging out a free trial and then seeing if it's a good fit for your lifestyle - and your wrist.

Heart Analyzer

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

Fire up Apple's Heart Rate app and you can see how your ticker's doing, and how it performed during a recent bout of exercise.

Heart Analyzer ramps up the detail, drawing on your existing Health data and presenting it in a manner that lets you delve much deeper into your stats.

You get metrics of heart rates over the past week, and graphs of recent exercise sessions. Custom complications complete the picture, including a large live heart rate graph that's more immediately readable than Apple's equivalent.

It's also added support for newer Cardio Fitness and VO2 Max and will display ECG readings that are taken on new Apple Watch models.

Streaks

$4.99 / £4.99 | App Store

Wareable

For forming habits - in a good way - there's nothing better than Streaks. On your iOS device, you define up to 12 habits (although the interface prefers six).

These can be one-off or timed tasks; each can be assigned to a specific day or to be completed a certain number of times per week or month.

It's all very flexible, and the Apple Watch app becomes a means to get a brain buzz as you track tasks, run timers, and mark everything complete.

Moodistory Mood Tracker

$4.99 / £4.99 | App Store

Wareable

If you find your mood is often all over the place, this app provides a low-friction way of tracking it, and perhaps the means to find out what's going on.

Right on your Apple Watch, you can at any point log your mood, and create a brief journal entry. A mood calendar is gradually constructed, potentially enabling you to figure out trends.

Most of the analytics ultimately happens on your iPhone, but at-a-glance entries and simple ups and downs graphs can be perused on your wrist.

One Drop

Free, App Store

Wareable

If you're diabetic, then keeping track of your glucose and everything around it can be difficult.

One Drop wants to make that easier, allowing you to log glucose, meds, food, and activity directly from your wrist. It can also integrate into HealthKit and now offers widget support to better keep track of the main watch screen.

All of this together will help you manage your diabetes better than ever before.

AutoSleep

$3.99 / £2.99, App Store

Wareable

This one is true to its name. There's nothing you need to do with AutoSleep, just make sure the app is installed and you're wearing your Watch to bed. It'll automatically track your sleep. In the morning, it'll send you a notification with your sleep analysis, including how restless you were or how long you were in deep sleep.

There's even a mode for if you don't wear your Watch to bed, as long as you sleep right after you charge your Watch and put it on when you wake up. Although we'd argue that feature is a little pointless when you could just as easily hit a stopwatch.

Vekt

$1.99 / £1.99, App Store

Wareable

You can track weight using Apple's Health app on your iPhone, but Vekt makes inputting your details a bit easier. Launch the app, twiddle the Digital Crown, tap Save Weight, and you're done.

The app will outline how far you are from any target set in the iPhone app; and over on your phone, you can see how you're doing, checking out your recent progress by way of a wiggly graph.

Start With Yoga

$2.99 / £2.99, App Store

Wareable

Often cited as a great way to relax and become more mindful, yoga can nonetheless be tricky to get started with. But this app removes distractions, presenting routines as a simple series of static images.

You can define how long each position should be held for –  it's wise to add 30 seconds, though, since there's no pause between them. And if you want to concentrate on specific positions, you can define your routines on your iPhone.

Apple Watch essentials apps

Those apps you can't do without - calendars, timers, money management, and Wikipedia on your wrist.

Cloud Battery

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

Cloud Battery is a must-download for those firmly embedded in the Apple ecosystem, with it able to give you a quick view of the battery status of all your devices at once. 

Whether it's a major device like the MacBook, iPad, iPhone or an accessory like the Magic Mouse, Apple Pencil, or AirPods, the Cloud Battery app can keep you up to speed - and you can even set up a watch face with complications for individual devices you want to track.

Barcodes

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

Store loyalty and membership cards bulk out your wallet, but not all cards have digital twins for Apple Wallet. Even if they did, you’d still need to fish out your phone to use them. With Barcodes, scans can be done right from your wrist.

You use the iPhone app to import cards using your camera or Photos. Each can have a name, icon, and color assigned. Then you later select the card on your Watch and hold it under a card reader until you hear the magic beep. Easy!

Barcodes stores ten items for free. Go unlimited with IAP, which also removes adverts and adds Apple Wallet sync for supported card types.

ESPN: Live Sports & Scores

Free | App Store

Wareable

While it might be favorable to get sports scores filtered to your watch via an iPhone app's push notifications, you may still want an option that's just on your Apple Watch.

Enter, the Worldwide Leader in Sports - ESPN - with the dedicated app allowing you to remain updated on the scores from your chosen team in almost any sport. Add in a decent helping of breaking news alerts and complications that can keep you in the know at a glance, and there's no better solution for sports fans.

Solar Watch

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

Most weather apps are concerned with whether you’re going to get baked or drenched. Solar Watch is instead obsessed with light. On the Apple Watch, you can browse locations defined on your iPhone.

Each is represented as a disc that outlines when sunset and sunrise are going to be - along with the all-important golden hour for top snaps.

Scroll down using the Digital Crown and you can peruse a list of times. The app works best as an at-a-glance complication, though, fitting into even the smallest circular spots.

PB: Lost Phone Alert for Watch

$4.99 / £4.99 | App Store

Wareable

This app might have a name only its mother could love (PB stands for ‘Phone Buddy Notifier’), but it’s an effective security system for the forgetful. In short, you set a distance threshold between your iPhone and Apple Watch, and should they be separated for too long, alarms start blaring.

It’s effective. Forget your iPhone in a restaurant and alerts will very quickly put you on the path to set things right. But the app also has nuance, enabling you to adjust distance alerts and disable alarms on home Wi-Fi, so your iPhone doesn’t deafen everyone when you leave a room without it.

Just Press Record

$4.99 / £4.99 | App Store

Wareable

On iPhone, Just Press Record is a very efficient app for making quick recordings: tap the record button, capture some audio, stop the recording, and your audio then syncs to the cloud.

This is all now on your wrist too, and you can even record without your iPhone around. Your recordings will transfer into the cloud and there's even a complication that'll launch you into a recording automatically.

When Do - A Complication

$0.99 / £0.99 | App Store

Wareable

As evidenced elsewhere on this list, there’s a lot of ambition for the Apple Watch, but the fact remains you primarily want to interact with it briefly. That means simple apps often appeal – and you don’t get much simpler than When Do.

In effect, it’s a little like Cheatsheet, but rather than offering a static reminder, this one gives you a countdown. Plug in the details of your important event, and it’ll be right there on your home screen, ready to make you smile.

Mint

Free | App Store

Wareable

Our lives are dictated by bills, and there's no app better at helping you keep track of bills than Mint. The Apple Watch app, like its older iPhone brother, is a simple way to see which bills you've got to pay soon, how much money you have coming in and out of your accounts, and how good (or bad) your credit score is.

All of this essential financial information is huddled into three separate screens, so you can quickly slide between them to get everything you need at a glance. Best of all, everything is neat and color-coded, so you don't have to squint your eyes trying to figure out maths.

Fantastical

Free with in-app purchases | App Store

Wareable

Apple's Calendar app is fine for reading appointments, but Fantastical saves you from fishing out your iPhone to add events. 

Here, what you dictate hooks into Fantastical's natural-language input, and so it usually correctly interprets things like 'lunch on Friday at 2pm for an hour,' making you feel like you're living in the future. The stiff monthly outlay means it's not for everyone, but if you're already using Fantastical on a Mac or iPad, it makes sense to get it on your Apple Watch, as well.

MultiTimer

Wareable

Free (in-app purchases, $5.99 / £5.99) | App Store

Apple's own Timer app is straightforward but limited to just one countdown timer. It's no good if you need to time several things simultaneously - unless you buy loads of Apple Watches and strap them to your arm, of course

MultiTimer is a far more sensible choice, and even in its free incarnation provides six timers. These are defined on the iPhone (color, icon, default length) and show up in the Apple Watch app, where you can view a single timer or several at once. Pay for the in-app purchase and you can have unlimited timers – although you should perhaps ask yourself at that point if you're getting a bit obsessed.

Pay for the in-app purchase and you can have unlimited timers – although you should perhaps ask yourself at that point if you're getting a bit obsessed.

Pennies

$3.99 / £3.99 | App Store

Wareable

If you need to keep track of your money after blowing a huge amount of it on, say, a new Apple Watch, Pennies can help. The app enables you to set up multiple lists, to which you can add and remove funds as and when you need them.

On the Apple Watch, the app's stripped back compared to its iPhone counterpart, but you can still discover what you have left to spend (even using a Complication as a constant reminder), and quickly deduct cash from your budget when you rashly splash out on a new Apple Watch strap you didn't need.

Deliveries

Free (in-app purchases) | App Store

Wareable

The Deliveries app is pretty great on every platform, tracking goodies that are winging their way to you, and ensuring you're not out when a courier is about to hurl that new laptop over your fence.

On the Apple Watch, you get the same list, location maps of where your things currently are, and handy notifications when a delivery is imminent.

Things 3

$9.99 / £9.99 | App Store

Wareable

We're deep into GTD (Get Things Done) territory with Things, a to-do manager turned up to 11.

On iPhone, it quickly becomes the hub for organizing your entire life, sorting items into Today, Upcoming, and Anytime views.

The Apple Watch app is for properly focusing on your current tasks, which can be displayed as a complication, ticked off when complete, and added to when something urgent looms into view.

Twilio Authy

Free | App Store

Wareable

We assume you're using two-factor authentication - at least for your vitally important internet accounts. The snag with this level of security is friction – having to fish around for your iPhone authentication app to access the likes of Google or PayPal.

Not when you've got the Authy app on your Apple Watch, which gets you those magic digits by way of a couple of taps.

Carrot Weather

$4.99 / £4.99 | App Store

Wareable

To help save you from White Walker attacks or being fried to a crisp by the sun, Carrot Weather dishes up a gorgeous, flexible Apple Watch app interface, packed with information and snark.

The app's 'AI' laughs at your misfortune when it's pouring down, but you can at least customize Complication slots to your liking (including an extra slot if you also own Carrot Fit) – assuming you subscribe to the app's premium in-app purchases. It's worth every penny.

Spotify

Free (monthly subscription required) | App Store

Wareable

The Spotify Apple Watch app has been around for a while, and it's now a rounded experience for those who subscribe to the streaming service. The best part? You can sync playlists and other audio ready for offline playback.

In addition to that, you can control music playing on speakers, add songs to your Spotify library from your Watch, stream music without using your iPhone, and use Siri to control playback, too.

Check out our guide on how to use Spotify on Apple Watch to make the most of it on Apple's smartwatch.

YouTube Music

Free (monthly subscription required) | App Store

Wareable

If you like the idea of using an alternative music streaming service to Apple Music, YouTube has made a dedicated Apple Watch app for its Music service that offers a pretty solid on-watch experience, too.

We should state first that it doesn't offer offline playlist support. What it can do is browse collections and control playback, and there's a Watch complication you can drop onto your Watch face, as well, letting you control where music is being cast.

If you've got an Apple Watch Series 3 or later and are already signed up for one of YouTube's Premium subs, then it's one you'll likely want to make use of.

Tidal

Free (monthly subscription required) | App Store

Wareable

There’s been a glut of streaming services that have decided to offer offline playback support from their Watch apps and that also includes Tidal.

That means you can pick from the 70+ million strong catalog and sync playlists and tracks to your Apple Watch. Like fellow music streaming services, you will need to subscribe to Tidal before you can start making the best use of these useful new Watch features.

Apple Watch productivity apps

Make your Apple Watch earn its keep by saving you time and helping you work with our pick of the best apps for productivity.

LookUp: English Dictionary

$5.99 / £5.99 | App Store

Wareable

You’re probably not going to splash out six bucks on a dictionary for your wrist — although it is admittedly pretty impressive that you can get definitions for thousands of words right from your Apple Watch. Where LookUp excels on Apple’s wearable is in providing you with a word of the day to enhance your vocabulary, and with short daily quizzes that let you discover whether recently learned words have been committed to memory.

Countdowns

Free | App Store

Wareable

Elsewhere on this list, we recommend Cheatsheet Notes for glanceable vital nuggets of info. The Countdowns app is in similar territory but is used to remind you about specific dates.

The Apple Watch app is very basic, and you need to define everything on your iPhone. Once that’s done, though, you’ll be able to browse your list and set individual items (or the dynamic ‘next upcoming’) as complications. Ideal for never forgetting an important anniversary again.

BFT - Bear Focus Timer

$1.99 / £1.99 | App Store

Wareable

We elsewhere in this list mention Focus - a great option to track productivity, and later bask in the glow of wiggly lines and stats. BFT, though, is more immediate. For a start, it works entirely on your Apple Watch (although there is an equally impressive iPhone app).

Set durations for work and breaks, and your wrist will buzz when the timers are up. Motivational pictures starring cartoon bears further cement the app's good feeling as you try and stay on the straight and narrow.

Cheatsheet Notes

Free ($4.99 / £4.99 in-app purchases | App Store

Wareable

On the iPhone, Cheatsheet Notes shoves vital nuggets of info into the Today view. But it’s a better fit for the Apple Watch – with Complications you can get at up to three vital digital scribbles with a flick of the wrist.

It’s an excellent app for details you regularly need but might forget – the office’s new Wi-Fi password; your boss’s extension; your name – and although your list can be created on iPhone, you can also dictate entries and assign icons on Apple Watch.