Apple Watch complications are little bits of information from apps that appear on the watch face. Different watch faces, Apple Watch models, and versions of watchOS support various complications, and app developers build their complications based on individual specifications. Here are some of the best, most interesting, and most creative complications available for Apple Watch today. 

CARROT Weather

CARROT Weather is a powerful, full-featured weather app. Along with temperature visualization, CARROT Weather provides information about humidity, precipitation, wind speed, and much more. You get quick summaries of the current, 24-hour, and seven-day forecasts on the main screen. Simply select a section to pull up details. Easily switch between locations with Force Touch.

  • A lot of choice and variety.

  • Complications show great detail.

  • It can be hard to find how to customize complications in the Watch app for iPhone.

MLB At Bat

The MLB At Bat complication is a premier tool for following your favorite baseball team. The app’s developers keep up with teams’ updated branding (colors, etc.) and provide scores and quick access to game information.

  • Starting with Apple Watch Series 4, full box scores.

  • Sometimes unresponsive.

MLB At Bat offers two subscription options: a recurring yearly fee or a recurring monthly fee. New features and updates are frequently added.

Citymapper

Commuters and weekend travelers alike can rejoice about the Citymapper app’s helpful complications. The free app is there to get you from point A to point B, but the Apple Watch complication provides information at a glance without you having to pull your iPhone out.

  • Simple and useful information displayed on complications.

  • Could be expanded to show even more on various complication sizes.

The complication works across various watch face size spots and is delightful, regardless of the size used.

Spotify

Spotify (free and paid plans) was relatively late to provide an Apple Watch app and complication, but its offering should be great news for Spotify users.

  • Finally, Apple Watch complications from Spotify.

  • Download Spotify playlists, podcasts, and albums to your Watch.

  • Sometimes buggy and slow.

  • Requires watchOS 4.0 or later.

The complication doesn’t provide anything new or groundbreaking, but if you’re heavily invested in Spotify, the convenience of this complication may be all you’re looking for.

Spotify offers an excellent level of control from your Apple Watch. If you’re a Spotify Premium user, download playlists, albums, and podcasts directly to your Watch and enjoy them on the go without dragging along your iPhone. All Spotify users can use their Apple Watch to control Spotify playback on wireless speakers or TVs.

Bear for Apple Watch

Bear (free) may be a simple complication, but considering it’s one of the best iOS (and macOS) notes apps, it’s invaluable. With Bear for Apple Watch, create new notes with just your voice, append text to existing notes, and check off tasks in notes. Bear for Apple Watch works across all watch faces and integrates with Bear for iPhone and Mac.

  • Simple and playful.

  • Large complication spaces should show a note list.

FITIV Pulse

For those who want or need to track their heart rate in even more detail than Apple Watch provides, FITIV Pulse GPS Cardio Tracker (free) is an excellent option. Its complications display high and low heart rates, even in small versions, which ultimately saves screen space.

  • Great small size complications.

  • Can’t display real-time heart rate info.

PCalc

PCalc is a super Apple Watch app and a calculator on your wrist. What’s even better is the clever complications available for it.

  • Helpful for remembering long numbers.

  • Having a number remain on the display seems like a waste of space for the large complication.

After you’ve computed a problem on the calculator, it automatically shows the answer in the complication after the app has closed and you’ve moved on to something else — handy for the quick-paced, forgetful type.

Things 3

Things 3 is arguably one of the best task apps, and its beautiful complications work on any watch face. It focuses more on task accomplishment than task management.

  • App and complications are updated quickly.

  • Would be helpful to see the number of tasks remaining.

One minor bummer is that the remaining tasks are displayed as a progress bar and don’t show the actual number of tasks remaining. When asked about it, the developer explained that it was more interested in branding (always showing a checkmark) than displaying the number of remaining tasks.

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