12 Indispensable Apps for Your Apple Watch

Overcast

If you love listening to podcasts, then Overcast will be your next favorite Apple Watch app. Overcast is filled with many different features that will take your listening experience to a new level.

For starters, you can find pretty much any podcast you can think of inside the app. There are countless episodes you can listen to online or download so you can take them with you on the go.

Besides that, you'll find a bunch of cool features that will help you listen to more episodes each time. For instance, you can speed up any episode or raise the volume of the voices without having to compromise quality.

Spotify - Music and Podcasts

Spotify is one of those apps that needs no introduction. With countless songs, playlists, and even podcasts, you'll find everything you need inside the app and then some.

With the Apple Watch app, you can control what you're listening to and even download the songs into your Apple Watch so you can listen to them offline.

You can also control where you're listening to your music. Whether you're driving, at work, or at home, you can control if you want to blast your music through your audio system, your iPhone, or your AirPods.

Gola: Goal Tracker

Gola is one of those apps you should try if you're looking to build new habits. With this app, you can keep track of all your progress on any given task and remember what you need to do on any given day.

The Gola app on the Apple Watch works the same. You can manage your tasks, build new habits, and keep track of your progress.

What's more, you also get a complication and widget that lets you see how much time of the year has gone by, which is helpful to remind you how much time you have left to complete your New Year's resolutions.

Flighty – Live Flight Tracker 

If you're someone who travels a lot, you've probably heard of Flighty, but did you know it also comes with its own Apple Watch app?

Flighty is the perfect app to keep track of your next trip or to see the current status of any plane. It provides information about a flight almost instantly, including whether the plane is delayed or has just arrived.

Another great feature is that you can also check the taxi times, so you know how you're going to get to your hotel when you land.

Streaks

Streaks is a great app for building better habits or getting rid of the bad ones you already have.

All you need to do is create your goal and set reminders and targets for it. Streaks will handle the rest. You'll get notifications on your iPhone or Apple Watch reminding you to do something — or stop doing something. Then, you can log it in Streaks right from your wrist, and you're done.

Whenever you want, you can check your progress for the day, week, or even month. And if you're not doing so well with your goals, you can always start from scratch without any issues.

One of the best parts about Streaks is that it's a premium app from the start. This means that, unlike other options, you won't have to pay a monthly or yearly subscription to get all the premium features. Just pay once, and you're done.

Water Tracker WaterMinder

We probably don't need to tell you how important water actually is. It helps your cells and protects your most important organs.

Of course, you need to actually drink water to get these benefits, which is hard for some of us. Fortunately, we have apps like Waterminder to help us out.

Waterminder is a simple, effective app. You log some data about yourself, and Waterminder will suggest how much water you should drink during the day.

You can also set reminders so you never forget to drink a bit of water every now and then. And when you're too busy to reach for your iPhone, you can log how much water you've drank with the Apple Watch app.

You can see your progress throughout the day or the week and even get a few achievements to give you a small reward for your hard work.

Apple Weather

Checking the weather is an important part of the day. Whether you need to know what to wear or if you need to take an umbrella with you, a weather app can help you out a lot in the mornings.

And what better weather app than Apple Weather? This app is really simple to use, and it works great with the Apple Watch ecosystem.

Not only will you get accurate and fast forecasts whenever you want, but the app also appears automatically when your sleep time is over, so you know what the day will look like as soon as you wake up.

Google Maps

You can choose Apple Maps or Google Maps, and either will work with your Apple Watch.

Sadly, Google's Apple Watch app doesn't offer quite as many features as its iPhone app. You can't enter the place you want to go and get instant directions.

Instead, you'll need to create shortcuts in the iPhone app for places you visit often — like your home or office. Once you've done that, you can quickly access them with your Apple Watch and you'll get directions on how to reach your destinations as quickly as possible.

Nike Run Club: Running Coach

The Apple Watch was first created as a way to keep your health in check. Not only can you check your vitals, but you can also work out and record your exercises with it.

If you love running, you'll love the Nike Run Club app for the Apple Watch. The app is pretty straightforward, but it'll help you keep track of all your morning jogs. You can track things like your distance, pace, and heart rate.

You can also get workout plans that fit your life and your goals and even share and compete with your friends to keep all of you accountable.

And once you're done, all of that data can be logged into your Health app automatically.

iTranslate Converse

As you can guess by its name, iTranslate Converse is a great app that will help you translate any conversation to almost any language.

There are almost 40 different languages to choose from, and you can switch between them whenever you need. You can use the Apple Watch app to listen to someone speak and then make the app translate it in real-time.

Then, whenever you need to say something, you can speak to your Apple Watch and translate it into a different language so the other person can understand you.

If you travel a lot or are trying to learn a new language, this app will fit great on your Apple Watch.

Audible: Audio Entertainment

If you love audiobooks, you've surely heard of Audible before. It's only one of the biggest audiobook stores in the world, and it provides access to hundreds of thousands of titles.

With the Apple Watch app, you can easily control what you're listening to without having to touch your iPhone. You can choose your audiobook, choose the playback settings, and choose where you want to listen to your book.

Then, it's just as simple as hitting play and enjoying the best titles in your library.

Todoist: To-Do List & Planner

Keeping up with your to-do list can be hard, especially if you don't have it with you at all times. Fortunately, we have apps like Todoist to do the heavy lifting for us.

With the Todoist app, you can create a different list for every aspect of your life. You can even share them with other people so you can manage a team or a project more easily.

With the Apple Watch app, you'll be able to quickly check your tasks for the day and mark them as completed once you're done with them.