The best Apple Watch apps to boost your productivity

The 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 phone.

While the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like reminders and calendar, it’s worth checking out some third-party apps designed to improve productivity by offering more functionality.

The Todoist

Todoist is a great app for managing tasks on your Apple Watch when you don’t want to take out your iPhone. The app allows you to create and manage tasks, organize these tasks into projects, mark them as complete, and set reminders. You can add tasks by voice command or keyboard.

The app is great for people who prefer a quick glance on their arm instead of pulling out their phone when doing things, like checking a grocery list at the store or jotting down a quick note or reminder.

You can stay up-to-date on the progress of your day’s activities directly from your Apple Watch. For example, you can choose to display your next task or the completed percentage of the day’s tasks.

Todoist is free and offers a $4 monthly subscription if you want more features like custom task reminders, AI assistant, calendar layout, and more.

Draft

Since the Apple Watch doesn’t have a Notes app, Draft is a great app for those who want a digital notebook without a phone. You can capture notes with a voice command, the watchOS Scribble feature, or the keyboard.

Your drafts inbox syncs from your iPhone and shows the number of drafts you have, while also showing the number of flagged drafts, so you can quickly access what’s important.

The app automatically turns into a blank note to give you a place to quickly enter an idea without interrupting your thought process. You can put 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 emails to the app.

Concentrate

Focus is a great app for people who want a productivity timer to help them get work done and like to complete one task at a time. 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 task.

By using your Apple Watch instead of your phone to stay focused, you can minimize distractions. You can quickly glance at your wrist to see how much time is left in your Focus Session and 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

AutoSleep is one of the most popular Apple Watch apps for tracking your sleep, and for good reason. The app gives you an informative view 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 in 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 see 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 ready you are for the day ahead based on how well you’ve slept, similar to how the Oura Ring app deals with the same metric. It can also suggest the best time for you to go to bed to ensure you catch up on sleep.

You can get access to the app for a one-time fee of $5.99.

Strokes

Streaks is a great app for people who want to build good habits and track their progress. Each day you complete a task, your chain is extended. If you break the chain, your steak resets to zero. You can track up to 24 habits, such as brushing your teeth, practicing a new language, and eating healthy.

The app also allows you to track random activities that happen every day, too. For example, you might want to commit to commuting Monday through Friday, going to the gym three days a week, or avoiding junk food on 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.

Amazing

Fantastical is a great calendar app that can help you stay organized from 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 to choose from. The “Upcoming” view gives you a quick overview of your next time with the current weather. The “List” view shows you any events and activities you will do in the next few days, according to the expected weather forecast. The “Tasks” view consolidates all your tasks into one view and lets you check them with a quick tap.

The app also allows you to receive alerts for upcoming events and activities. If you want this information on your watch face, Fantastical’s Smart Stack widget gives you a quick glance at your calendar.

The amazing cost is $4.99 per month.