Apple Watch helps people track their health and fitness, but it's also a great tool to help you stay productive and get work done. This is especially true for people who are easily distracted by their phones.
Apple Watch comes with simple productivity apps like Reminders and Calendar, but it's worth considering third-party apps designed to provide additional functionality and improve your productivity.
Todoist
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Todoist is the perfect app for managing tasks on your Apple Watch when you don't want to take out your iPhone. This app allows you to create and manage tasks, organize these tasks into projects, mark them as complete, set reminders, and more. You can add tasks using voice commands or the keyboard.
This app is perfect for people who want to quickly check their wrist instead of pulling out their phone when doing something, like looking at their grocery list at the store or writing down a quick note or reminder.
Stay up to date on your progress on your day's tasks right from the watch face of your Apple Watch. For example, you can choose to display your next task or the percentage of tasks completed for the current day.
Todoist is free, but if you want additional features like custom task reminders, an AI assistant, and calendar layouts, we offer a $4 monthly subscription.
draft
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The Apple Watch doesn't have a Notes app, so Drafts is a good app if you don't have a phone and want a digital notepad. You can capture notes using voice commands, the Scribble feature in watchOS, or your keyboard.
Your Drafts inbox syncs from your iPhone and also shows you how many drafts you have and how many are flagged, so you can quickly access important drafts.
The app defaults to blank notes, giving you a place to quickly enter your ideas without interrupting your thought process. Organize your thoughts by filing your notes into folders or create a free-flowing canvas.
The app is free, but if you want access to additional features like themes and the ability to send emails to the app, we offer a $1.99 monthly subscription.
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Focus is a good app for people who want a productivity timer to help them get work done and want to complete one task at a time. The app is designed to divide your work time into smaller chunks called “focus sessions.” Working in sessions allows you to stay focused on the task at hand before moving on to the next task.
Minimize distractions by using your Apple Watch instead of your phone to stay focused. A quick glance at your wrist lets you see how much time you have left in your focus session and get back to work in no time. Focusing also encourages you to take breaks between sessions.
This app is available for $7.99 per month.
auto sleep
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AutoSleep is one of the most popular Apple Watch apps for tracking your sleep, and for good reason. This app provides useful information about your sleep quality, heart rate, sleep consistency, and more. It helps you track the time it takes you to fall asleep and measure your sleep efficiency.
AutoSleep displays all this data through a watch view with a sleep ring, similar to the activity ring on your watch, giving you a quick overview of your stats. You can see if you're getting enough sleep or if you need more.
The app also gives you a “readiness” score that estimates how mentally and physically prepared you are for the next day based on your sleep. This is similar to how Oura Ring's app tackles the same metrics. We can also suggest the best bedtime to ensure you get your sleep back.
You can access the app for a one-time fee of $5.99.
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Streaks is a good app for people who want to form good habits and track their progress. Each time you complete a task, your streak is extended. Cutting the chain will reset the steak to zero. Track up to 24 habits, like flossing your teeth, practicing a new language, and eating healthy.
This app also allows you to track tasks that are not scheduled to occur every day. For example, you might set yourself a challenge to walk to work Monday through Friday, go to the gym three days a week, or avoid junk food on the weekends.
With a quick glance at your Apple Watch, you can quickly see what tasks you need to complete for the day, check your progress, and mark tasks as complete.
This app is available for a one-time fee of $5.99.
fantastic
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Fantastical is a great calendar app that lets you organize right from your Apple Watch. You can use the app to create events and set reminders at a glance.
The Apple Watch app has three views to choose from. The “Upcoming Events” view provides a quick overview of your upcoming events along with the current weather. The List view shows events and tasks scheduled for the next few days, along with the expected weather forecast. The Tasks view puts all your tasks in one view and lets you check them off with a quick tap.
The app also allows you to receive alerts about upcoming events and tasks. If you'd like to see this information on your watch face, Fantastical's Smart Stack widget makes it easy to see your calendar.
Fantastic costs $4.99 per month.