Just_Me_D said:
I've had an Watch for almost two years, and I've worn it every day since getting it. With that said, you need to first understand that it is an iPhone companion that excels in notifications, dictation, quick reply, fitness & health as well as keeping track of the time. With that tidbit, choosing the right apps should be fairly simple, in my opinion. The only 3rd-party apps I have installed on my Watch are weather apps and the WaterMinder app. I've had numerous installed, but many weren't practical for my usage and so I uninstalled them and only keep the ones I actually use.
This.
The iPhone is the place for bunches and bunches of apps. The Watch has only 8G of storage, less because of the wOS. Loading it up will only slow the Watch down. With most apps, using it as an extension is key.
What Watch are you using? The Series 2 has it's own GPS so there may be an app or two it will benefit from where the other Watches don't.
Outside of the Apple apps, I have:
Navigon (a genuine nav app for offline navigation
WF at Hand ( a quick look at my Wells Fargo accounts)
Carrot Weather (I didn't pay/subscribe(?) for the complications feature
Hue (for my Philips Hue lights)
Deliveries (for the status of all my online orders)
Calcbot (calculator, unit converter)
TV Show Tracker (I have a lot of spare time for TV!)
I've a few more apps on the phone, paid and free, but I've yet to use them so they remain uninstalled on the Watches.
I have several weather apps (paid and free) but then to use Apple's app most of the time. Whatever you choose, a weather app you like makes a good complication (if that's an option) for just about any Watchface.
FYI— if you're not familiar already familiar with the term— 'complication' is a term in the watch world for something in addition to a watch's ability to tell the time. This applies to the date, extra dials for seconds, minutes, and hours, moon phases, etc. On a smartwatch, there are even more options.
Finally, the biggest thing for me is Notifications. Be they from email (VIPs for me), Messages, Activity, or any of my third party apps, being able to quickly read and or respond from the Watch without dragging out the phone is HUGE for me.
Answering a call on it giving me a chance to get to the phone before missing the call is pretty cool too. Since it doesn't have it's own cellular radio, it has to be near the phone or on the same WiFi network as the phone. Still pretty cool.
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