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Hey, It's Chris! I've really been looking forward to making this particular video
because every time I run into a really awesome Apple Watch app
which is not all the time, by the way, they're tricky to find
then I make a note of it, and when I save up enough
then I turn it into an episode.
This one is going to be really great
I really think it has the potential to change how you use
and think about your Apple Watch. The Apple Watch is one of the
important devices in my life, Apple or otherwise.
I wake up with it's alarm, the reminders keep me on task,
the Siri watch face always knows what I have coming up.
I use it to control audio on my TV, Homepod,
and Airpods.
It's always pushing me to burn more calories.
It's my favorite way to text.
I use it to get directions and I mean the list goes on.
Yeah, the Apple Watch is great out of the box. Literally, it's amazing
but, adding the right apps to the powerful computer on your wrist
can, in turn, make you just a little bit more powerful
as well. Now, when you think about Apple Watch apps
you probably think about health apps first, which is fine.
I don't blame you, this is a very health and fitness
focused device. But, I get really excited
about Apple Watch apps that are more about productivity
and actual content. So, those are the kind
of apps that I have rounded up in this video with one exception.
Before really getting in to it, there are a few things I want to talk about, I want to talk about
the state of Apple Watch apps in general
cause it's interesting. Also, I want to catch everybody up
on all the great Apple Watch apps that I mentioned on
the channel so far, so I gonna hit those really quickly
and just to let you know I'm going to put the time stamps
to everything that I am talking about down in the description
so if you want to skip right into the apps that you came
for, please feel free to do so and at the end of the video, I am
gonna answer some of the questions that you guys just submitted
while I have been sitting here recording this video.
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you have to go here.  Good Apple Watch apps
are kinda hard to find, even for me. If you look
in the Official Apple Watch app store in the Apple Watch
app on your Iphone, you might think, "Wow,
there's really not that many Apple Watch apps out there" but,
some of the best apps aren't the ones that are featured in the official store.
Okay, well,  if they aren't there then where are they?
Well, every now and then you may run into a good one
featured in one of the Apple blogs, or you can find some
on an Apple Watch subreddit
or you might be able to find some more on a community site like Product Hunt.
But, they are kinda scattered all over the place. Unfortunately,
several official apps have been disappearing off
the platform recently. Like there's no more official
Twitter, or Instagram apps, for instance.
Although, there are some good alternatives
and I am going to talk about one of those down below. But even though it can
be kind of hard to track down some of the new
and unique and maybe non health and fitness focused
Apple Watch apps, and even though some big companies
are pulling their apps off the platform, there are still some
really great developers making some thoughtful
and useful apps. But first, let me just mention six
of my favorite Apple Watch apps that I have already covered
on the channel, there's a lot more. I'm going to link you to the videos
where I have covered all of them, if you want to check them out, down in the description.
Because these are just essentials that you need to know
about before we get into the new apps.
Nano, gives you a pretty incredible Reddit experience
right on your wrist. I mean seriously, it's kind of mind blowing.
Drafts is basically known as the fastest way to record notes,
on any Apple device, and on the Apple Watch
that's really no different, it's one of the best Apple Watch apps,
of all time. Cheatsheet is super
unique. It lets you set a mini note as a complication
on your watch, so your important info is always at hand.
Hindsight is a great way to track how long it's been since
you did anything. Drink a cup of coffee, or worked out,
whatever. It's fast and it's amazing.
Numerics is a business
data platform that helps you track important numbers
and its great to get those numbers on your wrist.
I use it to track YouTube subscribers
and other important YouTube metrics.
Finally, Just Press Record is amazing
for recording audio very quickly. It's saved my butt many times.
So let's get into the new apps starting with
Bear, which is a note taking app you might have heard about
before that recently added
Watch support. It's one of the most fully featured
Apple Watch apps I've ever seen. It really makes great use
of everything Apple lets you do, which is actually kind of
constrained. Now even though I have been very dedicated
to Apple's own Notes app for years
and you should check out my Apple's Notes video if you haven't seen it yet.
I recently made the switch to Bear, because
I love the interface and all the options and the look,
and a big part why I decided to try it out is because
it works with the Apple Watch and Apple Notes doesn't.
Bear on your Apple Watch is very
straightforward. The first thing you see when you open it
is a new note button which will let you dictate a new note.
If you deep press into that button
you'll also get an option to scribble a new note.
Just in case you are in a place where you can't talk.
Underneath that you will be able to scroll through your ten latest
notes which stay saved at all times. So that's cool
because you will be able to see whatever it is you have been working on
most recently. If you have any pinned notes, which pins a note up
to the top of the note list, then those are gonna show up here too,
but it does count towards your ten note limit, so if you
ten pinned notes that's all you gonna see.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
