It could be argued that the success of the iPhone and iPad is due to creative developers and the amazing apps they’ve made for the devices. As a result, your iPhone is a GPS navigator, personal scanner, fitness coach, news reader, weather forecaster, document viewer, note taker, communication device, really anything you can imagine! Now the Apple Watch is here and we already have some of our favorite developers making some sweet apps for it. Of note is the fact that the Apple Watch does not have it’s own apps, but instead all of these apps will be extensions of the original apps. So if you own these apps, you won’t need to buy them again on Apple Watch. This article is part of our Best iPhone Apps series where we categorize the best apps for iPhone and iPad. Click here to find out more.

Reminders Nano – The reminders app for your Apple Watch

If you own an Apple Watch, one of the first things you probably asked yourself was "where's the Reminders app?" Sure you can add reminders using Siri on the Watch, but an actual app is lacking. Reminders Nano fixes this by bringing all of your wrist in a very native-looking ...
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ETA – The quickest way to navigate to your favorite places

Short for Estimated Time of Arrival, ETA puts the drive time to your favorite places in Notification Center and on your Apple Watch. You can add places you visit often from within the ETA app on your iPhone. Then once the widget is enabled you'll have these shown for quick ...
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Spark from Readdle – Perfecting email on your iPhone and Apple Watch

Have you grown tired of email? Chances are you don't regularly communicate with friends via email anymore. Why is that? Email was once the digital communication powerhouse. But texting and other messaging apps have overshadowed it recently. No doubt this is because messaging is so much quicker and easier than ...
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Drafts – Much more than a common notepad

Drafts is a sweet app for writers and anyone else who wants to quickly create notes and then get on with life. Launching the app quickly brings up a blank screen ready for your text input. Jot a note and exit. Drafts will automatically save your text without you having ...
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Workflow – Make your iPhone your automated personal assistant

Automation is the ability to carry out a complex series of steps with one simple press of a button. This is the entire point of computers, and now even our mobile devices. In fact, we expect them to work this way; automatically executing processes while we sit back and enjoy our ...
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Clear for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch – Tasks and To-do Lists were never this much fun

Clear set the current trend of minimal gesture-based app design that many developers are shooting for. This to-do app is not only efficient, but it's a lot of fun to use. You can pinch, swipe, and poke your way to efficiency. You might even find yourself creating lists just to ...
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Overcast – The Best Free Podcast Player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

There's a new podcast app on the block. Its called Overcast and its the brainchild of an App Store developer veteran Marco Arment. Marco is the co-founder of popular micro-blogging site Tumblr and the creator of read-it-later app Instapaper. Chances are you've heard of his work. with Overcast, Arment sets ...
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Fantastical 2 – The natural choice for iPhone calendaring

Last week we reviewed the stellar iPad calendar app Fantastical 2. But this iPad version sprung from an already established and renowned iPhone app. So, this week I thought we could return to the original iPhone app and see what makes Fantastical 2 so great in the first place. First ...
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Dark Sky – The Best Rain and Snow Alert App for iPhone and iPad

There are a flurry of weather apps for the iPhone and iPad. But the problem is that most these apps require you to keep checking them for updates. Dark Sky, on the other hand, comes to you. How so? Dark Sky's killer feature is alerting you when it is going ...
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1Password – The best password management app on iPhone and iPad

Do you have trouble remembering all of the passwords you use across the Internet? Some people try to solve this problem by using the same username and password for multiple sites. The problem with that is if a hacker gains access to one of your accounts, they'll try those same ...
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