Get free applications for Apple’s amazing smart watch
MOST APPLE WATCHapplications are bundled with iPhone apps. For example, if you have the Roku app on your phone, you can control it with an Apple Watch app, and you can tick off to–dos using the Things watch component. There are also some completely free apps that are solely Watch–specific. Let’s take a look at some.
PEDOMETER++ FROM pedometer.app ALSO ON iPhone, iMessage This ad–supported freebie is an iPhone app with a very worthy watch component. With Pedometer++, you can keep track of your daily and weekly step counts, see how far you’ve walked, and as it integrates with the Health app, it can help keep an eye on your overall fitness regime. You can share your results through iMessage too.
PARRITY FROM App Store ALSO ON iPhone Apple has yet to release a version of Safari for Apple Watch, but this doesn’t mean you can’t browse the web from your wrist. Harnessing the power of your iPhone, Parrity brings rich web content to your watch, with an interface designed specially for the smaller screen. A watchOS complication gives quick access too.
PING PONG FROM App Store ALSO ON iPhone Remember the old arcade game Air Hockey, where you had to defend your goal using a circular paddle and bat the puck into your opponent’s net? This Apple Watch version of the coin–op classic is free, with more games available via in– app purchases. Controlled with the Digital Crown, it’s a perfect gaming title for your Apple smart watch.
MAP MY RUN FROM www.mapmyrun.com ALSO ON iPhone, Android Map My Run offers tracking and training tools to help with your fitness runs. You get real–time visual, haptic, and audio updates on your watch, and you can log over 600 different activities. It syncs with other devi
