10 Really Useful Smartwatch Apps

Smartwatches, they were a foreign concept just a few years ago but now you wake up everyday and without thinking you're checking your Facebook, Twitter and Gmail feeds on your smartwatch. There are many other useful Bluetooth-enabled smartwatch apps out there that will satisfy every corner of your life. There are productivity apps, wather apps, cooking apps...you name it, it's all there. Just catch a quick glimpse at Google Play or App Store and you will get your head spin. With so many apps to choose from it can be nearly impossible to separate out the useful apps from the gimmicky ones.

From weather apps to settings assistant, we made a list of 10 really useful apps for Android Wear and Apple Watch that will Supercharge your wrist and make you craving for more. And did we mention they're FREE? Start clicking the download button now!

Wear Audio Recorder

Handy for recording conversations, lectures and meetings, as well as any thoughts, song lyrics or poems that your mind may spring on you throughout the day. It's all very simple, just start and stop the recording as you wish and then scroll through a list to revisit previous recordings. You can share, delete and rename them as you see fit, and it also works when the screen is off, for covert missions.

Compatibility: Android

Wear Buddy

Wear Buddy: small, straightforward, and designed specifically for Android Wear. You can check up on the status of your phone's battery and find it when it's lost - it's even possible to control the ringtone remotely, swipe it away to make it stop or and get an alert if you leave the house without your phone connected.

Compatibility: Android

Duolingo

Duolingo lets you learn another language on the go, for free. You basically earn achievements by answering linguistic conundrums correctly in fun, bite-size lessons. The application keeps it simple, displaying flashcards for you to have a go at when you're, say, on the bus. Take enough bus rides and one day you'll realise you're fluent in French.

Compatibility: Android & iOS.

InstaWeather

Have 24-hour forecasts a wrist lift away. Choose from multiple attractive weather faces, satellite view (visible and infrared) and receive notifications if a shower's heading your way, with distance details included. There's also the option to run in low power mode so your obsession with meteorology doesn't drain your battery.

Compatibility: Android

Endomondo

Allowing you can tag your runs, cycles, hikes, climbs and about every other exercise you take part in. Also, if you're rocking a Sony SmartWatch 3 with its GPS skills, you don't even need a companion smartphone; a standalone mode stores all the metrics from your exercise sessions directly on your watch.

Compatibility: Android; iOS;

MarkO

Your productivity now is at your fingertips and being productive is just a few taps on the screen away. Easy as 1,2,3. Create your to do list on the go, quickly catch what’s on your mind and put your thoughts at rest. With feautures like “AI recognition”, create reminders with voice commands and get suggested where do you want to complete that task or with whom you want to share it. If you finish a task, you can always choose the option “Complete” or tap on "Reserve" and collaborate on your friend's reminder right into the smartwatch. MarkO can recognize the location, time and people involved in the reminder and in seconds you get reminded at the right place and time. With MarkO for Android Wear bring up and complete tasks with a few taps of your finger!

Compatibility: Android; coming soon to iOS;

Coffee SMS 

It lets you both send SMS and reply to SMS without talking to your Android Wear watch in awkward situations. If you just want to let your friends know you're on your way, or send them any other precustomized messages that you can pull up via handy little icons, then Coffee is a great way to communicate while you're on the move.

Compatibility: Android;

WebMD

WebMD’s app for the Apple Watch is a very helpful tool designed to get you to take your medication at the right times (after you set up your medications in the iPhone app). You can see your dosing schedule, and also know if you need to take food with your medication.

Compatibility: iOS;

Epicurious 

It is one of the best cooking resources anywhere, and now you can use a helpful cooking timer right on your Apple Watch. This will help ensure that you always know when the food that you are cooking is done so you don’t end up overcooking your culinary masterpiece.

Compatibility: iOS;

Shazam

Shazam will use your watch’s built-in mic to listen to the track, then display all necessary information right there on your wrist. In addition to track information, if you swipe right after receiving your results, lyrics will be placed on your smartwatch, allowing for a quick singing session. We all know you have a beautiful singing voice!

Compatibility: Android; iOS;