Recently came across a post saying watchtube is dead. I didn’t even know it existed :/ Wondering if there are any other apps dedicated for the watch OS that you use on a daily basis?
Two weeks into owning an AppleWatch and am enjoying AutoSleep, WaterLlama and Gentler Streak.
What is auto sleep?
Sleep tracking app, I like it because it does “smart alarms” so will try and wake me up during light sleep within the half hour window that I set my alarm for.
ActivityTracker to quickly see my daily step count, Water Reminder to stay hydrated and AutoSleep for sleep tracking.
VoiceinaCan to control my Alexa
Nano for reddit
APNews
Aautosleep
heartwatch
Workoutdoors
These plus Carrot Weather for me.
Carrot is hilarious. Getting insulted by my weather app 10/10 would recommend.
I used to use nano, till I discovered lolllybot on this sub. Check it out!
I thought nano was broken with the API changes?
Nope I think it read it doesn’t meet the traffic threshold or something like that, same as Lollybot
Wrist temperature - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/wrist-temperature-analyse/id6443753237
Convenient, but not worth it. That goes to the Watch 8 onwards. I currently have a watch 7
Built in to Apple Health
Will this read temps at all times or only during the sleep focus on
Drafts Things Zones Autosleep Lyd Sports alerts
Trying to stay off my phone, but here we are
Gentler Streak, HeartWatch & AutoSleep, Training Today, CardioBot and Hello Weather.
What does Training Today provide that Gentler Streak doesn’t?
A simple scale from 1-10
ARadar to connect to my Garmin Varia for my commutes and rides!
Here are my favorite third party apps:
WorkOutDoors - Offline maps!
Just Press Record - If you set it as a complication, as soon as you press it it starts recording and you’ll be able to see the recording on all your devices and get a transcription of what you said.
Athlytic - Basically turns your Apple Watch into a Whoop strap for much cheaper.
Watch for Tesla - Control my Tesla from my Watch + turns it into the key for my Tesla
MiniCord - Discord for my Watch. I only use it for messages
Pro Compass For Watch - It’s similar to the built in compass app BUT it actually shows your waypoints on an actual freaking map (it’s mind blowing that the stock compass app doesn’t have this)
ThermoWatch - Control Nest thermostat from Watch
uBrowser - Browser for the Watch.
Hello Weather - The new Apple weather app requires too many clicks to see what I want. Hello Weather shows me it much faster.
What do you use Just press Record for? There are probably a bunch of things but I just never think of it.
I will give uBrowser a try.
Note the Apple Watch natively supports some web browsing if you ask Siri to “Search web for…” and click then click “open page” on the results.
Thanks for the detailed app write-ups!
Just adding that you don’t need to ask Siri, you simply can create shortcut and expose it to the watch, from there you can use it in many ways, including the action button
Liking the look and sound of Athlytic! Good shout.
Do you have a link to Pro Compass? Can’t find it anywhere.
It’s hard to find because it’s only available on the Watch. So you have to search on the App Store directly on your Watch. I don’t think I can link to it
I was able to find it here
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-compass-for-watch/id1480791726
Thanks!!
Voice in a Can. Carrot weather. The Oregon trail step tracker.
I remember when I had a Fitbit I heard about this app and was jealous I couldn’t get it. I am now running to the App Store
Oregon Trail Steptracker?!?! Technology is amazing.
Streamlets. Plays radio from the watch. Handy if I don’t have my phone and I don’t want my girlfriend to hear me pooping.
This is gonna be super boring, but my 2FA apps. Especially Duo.
I’m about to go through all of my accounts and make sure 2FA is on where available. Currently everything’s spread across a few different auth apps but I’d love solid Watch support that won’t be yanked later.
Is Duo a winner? Any other favorites?
SwingU is great if you’re a golfer
Somebody let me know if there is an app that lets you control Wiser TRVs from your watch pls