The Best Apple Watch Apps for Weather, Chats, Anime, and More

Unlike the iPhone, the Apple Watch isn’t exactly known as a place for apps. Apple rightfully continues to focus on improving the strengths of the device, including health and fitness tracking.

But while not every iOS app makes sense for the Apple Watch, there are a number of great choices that focus on providing a quick glance of information.

Here are of some of the best Apple Watch apps in a number of different categories.

Best Apple Watch Weather App: Carrot Weather

Carrot Weather isn’t your usual weather app. Along with up-to-date information about what’s happening outside, the main draw of this awesome app is the hysterical Carrot AI that brings a big dose of personality to the weather. And that fun transfers over to the Apple Watch.

The best feature on the wearable device is the ability to customize the app’s screen to display the information most important to you.

Two different subscription options bring even more features to the watch. These include background updates, precipitation notifications, complication customization, and even an animated radar image. The app is completely optimized to work with the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE, so you can check the weather even away from your iPhone.

Download: Carrot Weather ($5, subscription available)

Best Apple Watch Chat App: WatchChat for WhatsApp

While there’s no official WhatApp app for the Apple Watch, a number of third-party options will give you access to the chat service on the small screen. The best available is WatchChat for WhatsApp.

On the Watch, you can easily view all your chats, including group chats. The app also lets you start a new chat directly from the watch. You can reply to friends and family using a keyboard, quick replies, dictation, and Scribble. It’s also possible to listen to voice messages and view pictures sent through WhatsApp.

If you’re a WhatsApp fan, make sure you’ve checked out the best new WhatsApp features.

Download: WatchChat for WhatsApp ($3)

Best Apple Watch Twitter App: Chirp for Twitter

If you can’t get enough of Twitter, there’s no need to pull out your iPhone to catch up on all the latest tweets. Designed specifically for the Apple Watch, Chirp for Twitter is a full-featured client even on the small screen.

With the free version, you can get a taste of the overall experience. An in-app purchase will unlock Chirp Pro. This enables the ability to post your own tweets, browse your timeline, and more. You can even customize the look of the app by enabling or disabling certain features.

Download: Chirp for Twitter (Free, premium version available)

Best Apple Watch Fitness App: Workouts++

If you’re looking for a different take on Apple’s built-in Workout app for the Watch, you can’t beat Workouts++.

The best feature of the app is the ability to completely customize the fitness data shown on the watch screen during a workout. Along with real-time graphs that show performance, the app can also provide haptic alerts to help keep you on target.

During a workout, you can also listen to podcasts. Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE users can stream shows, while others will need to transfer the podcast over beforehand.

Download: Workouts++ (Free)

Best Apple Watch Sleep App: AutoSleep Tracker

Getting enough quality sleep is a big part of a healthy lifestyle. AutoSleep Tracker for Watch is a no-fuss way to track the metric during the night. If you wear your Watch to bed, tracking will automatically begin when you call it a night.

In the morning, you’ll receive a notification with an analysis that tracks time asleep, time awake, restlessness, and heart rate. You’ll also see an overall sleep score.

All this sleep data is also available to view in the comprehensive Apple Health app.

Download: AutoSleep Tracker for Watch ($3)

Best Apple Watch Calculator App: Calcbot 2

Calculators are another quick way to use the small screen of the Apple Watch effectively. With Calcbot 2, you can do more than just simple arithmetic. The app offers conversion calculators for common units, like miles to kilometers and pounds to kilograms.

And when you eating out at a restaurant, the app also features the ability to calculate a tip and split the bill equally.

Download: Calcbot 2 (Free, premium version available)

Best Apple Watch Anime App: Next Anime Episode

Many anime fans want to know when the next episode of their favorite series will be available. As you could probably guess by the name, Next Anime Episode will let you know when new anime episodes are available in Japan. You should be able to view it soon after on one of the many anime video services available.

The Apple Watch app will show you information about the series you’ve chosen. There are also a number of different complications to choose from.

Download: Next Anime Episode (Free, premium version available)

Best Apple Watch Relaxation App: Headspace

Headspace is a great way to deal with any stressful situation. The full iPhone and iPad app is one of the best relaxation apps available, and offers a variety of different features. But the Apple Watch app can also step in during a quick moment when you need to calm down.

There are two different choices on the Watch. The first, an SOS session, is three minutes long and provides audio to help you relax and handle the stressful situation. The other option is a touch-based session that forces you to focus on placing a finger on the watch’s screen with a particular level of force. This should help clear your mind.

Download: Headspace (Free, subscription available)

Best Apple Watch Calendar App: Fantastical 2

Fantastical 2 offers a top-notch calendar and reminder app in one great package. And on the Apple Watch, the app lets you interact with both of those important options in a number of different ways. You can quickly view calendar events on the Watch app, and even use the complication to view it on a number of different Apple Watch faces.

Using Scribble or voice dictation, it’s also easy to create a calendar event or reminder that will also sync to the iPhone version.

Download: Fantastical 2 ($5)

Kick Your Apple Watch Up to the Next Level

As you can see, there are all kinds of great apps on the Apple Watch perfect for providing a quick glance at the information important to you.

And once you’re done exploring the different apps you can use, check out these lesser-known Apple Watch features you’re missing out on.

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