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Apps your top 5 apps?

swandy said:
Mine almost never does. Are you keeping the app on the Watch and your iPhone open? Perhaps that is why I don't see it updating because my other news app that has glances (NY Times) does not need the app open to update the glance.
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CNN just updated the iPhone/Watch app. Might perform better?
 
I have yet to find five third-party apps that I like... but I do have two that I like:
1) Twitterrific (to reply to tweets) and
2) Deliveries (for package tracking).

I've tried a lot of others and either the lag time is awful or they just don't work (I'm talking to you, Tides Watch and Strava!).

I find I mostly just use the watch to tell time and get notifications. I occasionally reply to a text or listen to a voicemail. But I'm mostly dismissing notifications from Mail, Twitter, and Instagram.

I'm actually glad there isn't a Facebook app; I think that would get annoying real fast.
 
I'm here looking for killer watch app suggestions...

"Do Button" is the only app that I really like not yet mentioned. Can control Nest and Wemo.

"CalculatorU" - nicest icon for a calculator that i found on day 1. ha
"Sky Guide" - lets me know when ISS will pass by.
"At Bat"
"Rangers" :-( have to find something else for that coveted right of Clock spot.
 
elemenohme said:
I have yet to find five third-party apps that I like... but I do have two that I like:
1) Twitterrific (to reply to tweets) and
2) Deliveries (for package tracking).

I've tried a lot of others and either the lag time is awful or they just don't work (I'm talking to you, Tides Watch and Strava!).

I find I mostly just use the watch to tell time and get notifications. I occasionally reply to a text or listen to a voicemail. But I'm mostly dismissing notifications from Mail, Twitter, and Instagram.

I'm actually glad there isn't a Facebook app; I think that would get annoying real fast.
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Well you could disable notifications from Facebook at anytime, I would like a Facebook app on my watch for sure just like the Instagram app.
 
Workflow. It runs scripts you can make -

  • play Playlists
  • record a sound note to Dropbox
  • Dial my wife
  • order an Uber etc

The Glance is wacky, but being able to scroll using the Crown is awesome. I have my favourite playlists/albums/songs there, must faster to get to.

With a few taps I can play The Imperial March as I go up the stairs, and my 7 year old squeals herself silly that Darth Vader is coming.
 
2DO was just updated with apple watch support and i gotta say it seems pretty well designed! its available for free this week on itunes
 
  1. Thermo Diem - Feels like comparison weather app
  2. Google News - New (duh)
  3. Xfinity Remote - Control TV
  4. HipChat - Alerts me to IM's if I'm away from computer/phone
  5. Gmail - Does Email
 
Feedly - for news
GMAIL - for email
Rollin - for creating funny video replies to friend's photos
Snapchat - for messaging
 
Am I missing something here? The Gmail app does not yet support Apple watch. Why are people listing it as one of their top 5?
 
Smurphy Gherkin said:
Workflow. It runs scripts you can make -

  • play Playlists
  • record a sound note to Dropbox
  • Dial my wife
  • order an Uber etc

The Glance is wacky, but being able to scroll using the Crown is awesome. I have my favourite playlists/albums/songs there, must faster to get to.

With a few taps I can play The Imperial March as I go up the stairs, and my 7 year old squeals herself silly that Darth Vader is coming.
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I use Workflow to get the top 5 RSS feeds from my favorite news sites directly to my watch. :D
 
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TreoRenegade said:
Coming Light
Photography is my zen zone cool out, vital to maintaining productivity. This superb app alerts me to Magic/Golden/Blue Hour nuances, no matter where I am. Alerts are configurable by date! Overall, a dream come true. (Never could get exactly what I wanted on the Pebble.)
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Arrrghh!!!!! Thank you for sharing this otherwise I never would have known about it! I've been wanting something like this. I calculate on my own (or try to) but sometimes I get sidetracked and miss it. lol

EDIT: I paid for the upgrade for other locations but it crashes the app and can't be reopened w/o deleting & reinstalling. Bummer. Requested a refund but the free portion is still good.
 
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I just got Coming Light too, and it's pretty helpful. When I found it, I saw another golden hour app called Lumy, has anyone tried it and compared it to Coming Light? If so, which do you like better?
 
Delta-NC said:
Developers have very little flexibility when it comes to apps...(edited) If I wanted animation I'd need to render it frame by frame and send it over to the watch, it's archaic! messy and not worth my time. When the native SDK comes along expect much better things.
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Looks like it's unfortunately the same on WatchOS 2 ;-( The logic can run directly on the watch but no native animations. Sigh.
 
Jack426 said:
I just got Coming Light too, and it's pretty helpful. When I found it, I saw another golden hour app called Lumy, has anyone tried it and compared it to Coming Light? If so, which do you like better?
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Lumy is much cleaner and I think more useful. Really like its NC widget on iPhone and clean Glance on watch.

Wasn't able to install Coming Light on watch (iOS 9b1 & wOS 2b1) so my feedback is iPhone comparison and looking at the screenshots of the Glances from App Store.

Here are some pics from Lumy...
 

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Weather need looks like a better version of dark sky but has a small yearly subscription. If I hadn't just bought dark sky is probably have bought weather nerd
 
I don't understand waterlogged. What's the difference between setting an hourly reminder to drink 8 ounces of water and this, outside of waterlogged taking a bunch of time to record something pretty simple to do?

Top Five so far
IF DO button to control basic wink function (I can't believe wink didn't release a watch app yet)
One password for Google auth functions
Calcbot
Radarcast elite and weather. I use dark sky but there's no point in using the app. Just the push notifications. Here's a post detailing Radarcast elite
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A couple honorable mentions
Workflow integration with Apple watch is pretty good too but I'm still working on the application for the application
USAA mobile allows account status viewing
Deliveries
Woot star plus to check woot daily and fast

Thanks to the thread I added theScore but that's just for my phone
And stocard
 
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nheilweil said:
Lumy is much cleaner and I think more useful. Really like its NC widget on iPhone and clean Glance on watch.

Wasn't able to install Coming Light on watch (iOS 9b1 & wOS 2b1) so my feedback is iPhone comparison and looking at the screenshots of the Glances from App Store.

Here are some pics from Lumy...
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Thanks! I might just purchase it.
 
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