The Top 5 Free Apple Watch Apps of 2017
Just having the Apple Watch is not enough. Filling your Apple Watch with the best Apple Watch Apps is actually the best way to bring your Apple Watch to life. The ecosystem of the Apple Watch Apps is pretty impressive. With the watchOS 3 update, many Apple Watch apps run natively on the device itself. So which apps should you download first? We have surfed through the App Store and listed some of the best Apple Watch Apps, which are also favourites of a lot of people.
1. Shazam:
Shazam is used by more than 100 million people. Shazam is really helpful to identify music and get song lyrics. It is also now used to discover the music that artists discover themselves. Using Shazam, you can identify music instantly and share in the thrill of music discovery with the artists you love. You can see what your top favourite artists are Shazaming. You can follow new artists with a tap of a button and see what those artists are Shazaming. It is easy to stay updated about new singles, albums, and videos from the artists you follow. You can enjoy music lyrics and YouTube videos and preview songs with Apple Music and add them to Radio and Spotify playlists.
With Auto Shazam, you will keep getting tunes even when you leave the app. Launch Shazam on your Apple Watch and for the artists, songs, and their lyrics. You can check out your past Shazam with a simple swipe up. Use Handoff on Apple Watch and iPhone to buy the song on iTunes, watch videos, and much more. Turn on Auto Shazam and Shazam will keep on finding tunes for you.
2. Instapaper:
Instapaper is the simplest way to save and store articles for reading. Instapaper offers a mobile-optimized text view. This makes reading Internet content a clean and uncluttered experience. Instapaper enhances the standard reading experience. Thanks to its features like text-to-speech, which can be controlled via the Apple Watch. Instapaper has been inducted into the iPhone and iPad Hall of Fame. With Instapaper, you can strip away all clutter and save the content of web pages into iOS-optimized formatting. You can read anywhere. You can access your articles on airplanes or subways or Wi-Fi-only devices away from Internet connections. Save to Instapaper from other iOS applications with one tap.
3. Mint:
Mint is the free money manager and financial tracker app from the makers of TurboTax that does it all. Mint is an effortless way to manage your money in one place. With Mint, you can see what you’re spending, where you can save money. You can stay on top of bill pay in Mint like never before. Mint helps you keep a track of your credit score. It helps you to be smart about it. No credit card required for this. Your account balances, net worth etc are brought together with the help of Mint. You can track and pay bills right alongside your account balances. This gives you one single place to keep track of your finances. So there is no need to log into multiple sites. Plus, you will also receive savings tips to help with budgeting and debt. Effortlessly create budgets you can stick to.
It helps you save smarter from day one. For this, Mint makes a few budgets for you based on your spending. Mint gives you bill pay reminders so you pay your bills on time. You can also schedule payments on the spot or for later.
4. Citymapper:
Citymapper is the ultimate award-winning transport app. It makes traveling in new cities easy for you. With Citymapper, you receive real-time departures, transport maps, line status and real-time disruption alerts, Uber integration, live cycle hire info and much more. Please note that the app requires data access and works best with GPS / location on. Also, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Background GPS is only used when in ‘GO’ navigation mode. Citymapper covers the following major cities: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Paris, Lyon, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels / Belgium, Amsterdam / Randstad, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Rome, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Moscow, St Petersburg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Baltimore, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Mexico City, São Paulo.
5. Strava:
If you like to run, ride or just adventure outside, you’ll totally love Strava. Millions of runners and cyclists use Strava. They use it to record their activities, compare performance over time, connect with their community, and share the photos, stories and highlights of their adventures with friends. Strava gives you key stats like distance, pace, speed, elevation gained and calories burned, as well as an interactive map of your activity. You can follow friends, training buddies and pros to view each other’s activities and encourage them with kudos and comments. Strava works with almost all GPS running watches. It also works with activity trackers. Train with a heart rate monitor for additional performance data.
Conclusion.
Out of hundreds of Apple Watch Apps in the market, we have listed the top 5 Apple Watch Apps in different areas. These are some of the best apps and are much-needed apps by the Apple Watch audience.
Nisarg is the Business Development Manager at Nimblechapps, a top mobile game development company and has been with the organisation since its inception in 2014. He likes to update his knowledge on changing trends in technology and marketing and pens his thoughts regarding the same on various blogs and LinkedIn.