Apple Watch helps people track their health and fitness, but it can also be a great tool to help people stay productive and get work done. This is especially true for people who are easily distracted by their phones.
Although the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like Reminders and Calendar, it’s worth exploring some third-party apps designed to boost productivity by offering additional functionality.
Todoist
Todoist It’s a great app for managing tasks on your Apple Watch when you don’t want to pull out your iPhone. The app lets you create and manage tasks, organize these tasks into projects, mark them as complete, and also set reminders. You can add tasks via voice commands or keyboard.
The app is great for people who prefer a quick glance on their wrist rather than pulling out their phone when doing things like looking at the grocery list at the store or jotting down a quick note or reminder.
You can stay updated on the progress of your tasks for the day directly from the Apple Watch interface. For example, you can choose to view your next task or the percentage of tasks completed for the day.
Todoist is free and offers a $4 monthly subscription if you want additional features like custom task reminders, AI assistant, calendar planning, and more.
Drafts
Since the Apple Watch doesn’t have the Notes app, Drafts It is a good app for those who want a digital notebook without a phone. You can take notes with voice command, watchOS Scribble, or your keyboard.
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Your Drafts inbox syncs from your iPhone and shows how many drafts you have, while also showing how many are flagged, so you can quickly access important drafts.
The app defaults to a blank note to give you a place to quickly enter an idea without interrupting your thought process. You can save notes in a folder to organize your thoughts or have a free-flowing canvas.
The app is free and offers a $1.99 monthly subscription if you want access to additional functionality, such as themes and the ability to send your own emails to the app.
to focus
to focus It is a good app for people who want a productivity timer to help them get work done and want to complete tasks one by one. The app is designed to break up your work time into smaller chunks, which it calls “focus sessions.” By working in sessions, you can stay focused on the task at hand before moving on to the next.
By using your Apple Watch instead of your phone to stay focused, you can reduce distractions. You can glance at your wrist to see how much time is left in your focus session and then get right back to work. Focus will also encourage you to take breaks between your sessions.
The app is available for $7.99 per month.
Automatic sleep
Automatic sleep It’s one of the most popular Apple Watch apps for tracking your sleep, and for good reason. The app gives you an informative overview of your sleep quality, heart rate, sleep consistency, and more. It can help you track the time it takes you to fall asleep and measure your sleep efficiency.
AutoSleep shows you all this data through a watch view with sleep rings to give you a quick overview of your stats in a similar way to your watch’s activity rings. You can find out if you are getting enough sleep or if you need to try to sleep more.
The app also shows you a “readiness” score that estimates how mentally and physically prepared you are for the next day based on how you sleep, which is similar to how the Oura Ring app handles the same metric. It can also suggest the best time to go to bed to ensure you catch up on sleep.
You can access the app for a one-time fee of $5.99.
Strips
Strips It is a good app for people who want to form good habits and track their progress. Every day you complete a task, your streak is extended. If you break the chain, your streak will be reset to zero. You can track up to 24 habits, like flossing your teeth, practicing a new language, and eating healthy.
The app also lets you track tasks that aren’t supposed to happen every day as well. For example, you may want to schedule a walk to work Monday through Friday, go to the gym three days a week, or avoid fast food during the weekend.
A quick glance at your Apple Watch lets you quickly see what tasks you still need to complete for the day, see your progress, and mark tasks as complete.
The app is available for a one-time fee of $5.99.
imaginary
imaginary It’s a great calendar app that can help you stay organized right through your Apple Watch. You can use the app to create events and set reminders that you can view at a glance.
The Apple Watch app has three views you can choose from. The “Next” view gives you a quick overview of your next appointment along with the current weather. The List view shows you any upcoming events and tasks over the next few days, along with the expected weather forecast. The Tasks view brings together all your tasks in one view and allows you to check them off with a quick tap.
The app also allows you to receive alerts for upcoming events and tasks. If you want that information on your watch face, Fantastical’s Smart Stack widget gives you a quick peek at your calendar.
Costs a ridiculous $4.99 per month.
Things 3
Things 3 It is a great productivity manager that can help you create to-do lists, manage projects, and track progress toward your goals. It can be used to organize personal, work, financial, and other aspects of your life into special “areas.”
The app features reminders, calendar integration, widgets and tags to categorize your to-do lists, and more. Things 3 also lets you automatically repeat tasks on a schedule you set, and has a special place for evening plans under the “This Evening” section.
As the day goes on, you can quickly check things from your wrist and add new things on the go.
You can get Things 3 for a one-time payment of $9.99.
organizer
organizer It is a simple app that helps you plan your day by combining a calendar, to-do list, habit tracker, reminders, and routines into one timeline.
You can scroll through your organized schedule on your wrist to see your upcoming tasks and stay on top of your routine without having to pull out your phone. The app allows you to quickly store ideas and capture notes in your inbox to sort through later. You can also break down larger projects using Subtasks.
Structured also allows you to customize your different tasks with various icons and colors to visually organize your to-do list. Regular sync with Mac, iPhone and iPad too.
Structured’s basic features are available for free, but you can pay a monthly fee of $6.49 to unlock additional features, such as the ability to use artificial intelligence to craft and plan tasks.
