You’ll need something to do while you wait for your pre-ordered Apple Watch to arrive — things officially kicked off online at 12:01 PDT last night, or 3AM if you’re on the East Coast like me — so we’re compiling a running list of Watch apps hitting the App Store to keep you busy. When you actually get your Apple Watch — sometime between now and July — will depend on what model and how early you placed your pre-order.
These apps are either already available on the App Store or plan to update with support for Apple Watch by its launch on April 24th. Install the apps on your iPhone now, and you’ll be ready to go when your Apple Watch arrives on April 24th or after. Head below for the full list of apps:
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- 8tracks
- Air Canada
- Air France
- American Airlines
- Ameriana Bank
- AMPLIFi Remote
- Annie Baby Monitor
- AliPay
- Babbel
- BACtrack
- BoxPop
- Bloomberg Business
- BMW i Remote
- Carrot Fit
- Carrot Weather
- Chipotle
- Clear
- CommitTo3
- CNN
- Citymapper
- Citi Mobile
- CopyParrot
- Customers Bank
- Dark Sky
- DataMan Next
- Day One
- Do (do.com)
- Dexcom Share 2
- Dexcom Follow
- Drafts
- ECB Cricket
- eBay
- E Trade
- Eddie
- ESPN
- Etsy
- Evernote
- Expedia
- Fandango
- First United Bank
- Fitnet
- Fitness Point
- Fresco News
- Glide
- Go
- Green Kitchen
- Happy State Bank
- Honeywell Lyric
- Hipchat
- IG Group Trading
- Invoice2go
- JetBlue
- Kitchen Stories
- Lifesum
- Line
- LoungeBuddy
- Lutron Caséta
- Mayo Clinic
- Meteo
- Mint Personal Finance
- MLB.com At Bat
- My Immunizations
- Network – Minimal Podcast Player
- Nike+ Running
- Notation
- Notes for Watch
- Numerics
- NPR One
- OpenTable
- One-Moment Meditation
- PayByPhone Parking
- Pacemaker DJ
- Peak – Brain Training
- PlayKids
- Procreate Pocket
- Qantas Airways
- Quick Hue
- Real Racing 3
- Redfin
- Runkeeper
- Runtastic Six Pack
- Rules!
- Salesforce
- SecSign ID
- Shazam
- Sky Guide
- Sportlobster
- Starbucks
- Strava
- SPG: Starwood Hotels and Resorts
- Tally 2 – Quick Counter
- Target
- Things
- The Whole Pantry
- Todoist
- TransitApp
- TripAdvisor
- Trivia Crack
- TuneIn Radio
- The Score
- The Wall Street Journal
- Twitterific
- Uber
- Watch Chess
- WebMD Medication Reminder
- Wdgts
- Workflow
- Writing Aid
- Wunderlist
- Yahoo Tourney Pick’EM
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That’s quite a lot to go through. Do you think you would be able to do a top 10 article? Not all of these are going to be ‘Must-haves’
We will, when the apps are actually testable on real devices. April 24th baby.
I’d second GadgetBen – we need a shortlist. Thanks
Alternatively titled … “A list of crap you can download that we actually know absolutely nothing about.”
Why do you guys do these “best of” things when you know they aren’t that at all? It’s totally f*cking misleading BS. If you want us to click on your ads, why not actually do your job first?
“Why do you guys do these “best of” things when you know they aren’t that at all?”
Calling it “A list of crap” is just as dumb as calling it “best of”, since YOU haven’t tried out those apps either!
On the other hand we HAVE seen video demonstrations of many of those apps already, so (although it’s not an in depth review) it is still safe to say that the apps we’ve already seen are beautiful and very useful!
You sure seem bitter in your posts seems like you hate anything and everything go away
Apple Watch is not made for me
Is there an app to read the hour?
Overcast
The best podcast client ever.
Update already hit the store.
I find this really useful to get a very real idea of what’s coming to our wrist – http://watchaware.com/watch-apps. You can even preview the app, glance or notification.
You missed 1Password. :-)