• Price: Free / In-app payment

C25K is one of the best walking and running apps for beginners, and it aims to help people who are lazy and turn them into regular runners. Like the Fitbit app, the C25K’s layout on Wear OS is simple. This Samsung Galaxy Watch app tracks and displays the number of calories you burn and the distance you run each time you run, and you can also choose your daily workouts through the app menu.

• Price: Free

Plenty of Wear OS watch faces are available on the Play Store, but what should you do to make your watch face? Facer is one of the Galaxy Watch applications in the Wear OS operating system. It does the same thing and allows users to create their watch face designs by customizing, personalizing, and giving a beautiful effect to their smartwatch.

• Price: Free

Since its launch in 2021, the Galaxy Watch 4 has only had Samsung’s voice assistant called Bixby; But now users in newer watches can use Google Assistant. You can use the mentioned intelligent assistant to play music, ask questions, search for directions, etc.

• Price: Free

After the launch of the Pixel Watch, Google made its Home app available on all Wear OS smartwatches. Like the smartphone version, Google Home on the Watch allows you to control devices on your intelligent home network and more. This feature is available to the public, But its performance is not as accurate as expected.

• Price: Free

Accessing your notes from your wrist is very useful. One of the features of Google Keep is the ability to convert voice to text and take voice notes, which makes it very convenient to use in smartwatches. Additionally, you can add notes directly from the Galaxy Watch utilizing the watch’s keyboard. Voice-to-text is especially useful if you can’t type with your eye on the go.

• Price: Free / about $2.88 per month

Ourdooractive is a must-have Wear OS app for those who enjoy walking, cycling, running, climbing, and other outdoor activities. Outdooractive lets you find nearby trails using your Galaxy Watch 5 or 4’s GPS. The app also provides turn-by-turn navigation, current altitude, and GPS coordinates. When you are walking, you can recall one of the saved routes.

• Price: Free

Smartwatches often display phone notifications, But what if you want to change your phone’s settings? SimpleWear is a Samsung Galaxy Watch app you probably didn’t know you needed. This helpful app effectively transfers information and settings for your phone and displays the phone’s battery life status on the watch.

It also provides access to quick settings, including sound profile, Wi-Fi, location, phone lock, and more.

• Price: Free

SofaScores is an app for sports lovers. This application can provide World Cup matches and all competitions with live results and complete information about the games, such as the number of goals, game schedules, and tables. In general, it can be said that SofaScores provide appropriate information to users.

• Price: Free

Soundcloud is a great free music streaming platform. This application is exclusively provided for the Wear OS operating system, which allows you to access your favorite music, create playlists, and the “For Your Workout” section, where you can listen to music at a higher speed during exercise. Therefore, the mentioned application is worth adding to your collection of applications as one of the best Samsung smartwatch applications.

• Price: Free / Spotify Premium in-app payment

Spotify is one of the world’s most popular Samsung smartwatch apps for playing music and podcasts. Regardless of its popularity, this is one of the best apps for the Galaxy Watch 5 series; Because it acts as a controller for playing music from the phone application.

The Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will automatically display playback controls when playing music on Spotify through the phone app. Additionally, you can use the Spotify app to download music to the watch for offline listening. This is great if you leave your phone at home. Then you must connect a pair of wireless or hands-free headphones to the eye and enjoy.

To use more features of this Samsung Galaxy Watch app, you need a monthly Spotify Premium subscription for $9.99.

• Price: Free / $7.99 per month / $59.99 per year

Strava is one of the most well-known fitness apps out there, and if you’re into multiple sports, it’s a must-try. This application is used for many activities, including running, cycling, and swimming, and records statistics and data in real time. If you don’t like exercising alone, Strava has an exciting feature that allows you to compete with other application users and even share your results and photos with others.

• Price: Free

It is beneficial to have a calculator on your wrist. Although the Samsung calculator application may not be essential, it allows users to perform basic mathematical operations. This application is very light, so it is worth installing.

• Price: Free

Customization is part of the user experience; Therefore, an application that allows you to access different styles is necessary. Facer does the same. The Samsung Galaxy Watch app, now known as the Wear OS app, is also available for Tizen-powered Samsung Galaxy Watch users and offers similar functionality.

Facer allows users to customize different parts of their watch face and find a collection of designs from other users worldwide.

• Price: Free

Here WeGo is the most popular map and navigation app in the Samsung Galaxy Store. This application provides a map with voice navigation with Persian language support, warnings, and traffic information to Samsung Watch users. Support for offline maps also makes Here WeGo a great companion for tourists.

• Price: Free

Under Armour’s MapMyRun is another essential app for casual runners. This Samsung Galaxy Watch app helps runners view and track all the routes traveled and marks all their favorite ways for faster access. MapMyRun also uses the built-in GPS of the Samsung Galaxy Watch to calculate the distance traveled and pedometer. Heart rate monitoring and live map are other features of the application.

• Price: Free

Samsung SmartThings is the perfect app for those who own other Samsung intelligent home devices. SmartThings lets users control the brand’s smart TVs and command brilliant lights. For example, air conditioner owners can adjust the temperature from their wrists. Those with Samsung washing machines can get the wash cycle status. This app turns your Samsung Galaxy Watch into a mobile command center.

Price: Free / Premium Spotify account is required for some features

As one of the most popular music streaming services, Spotify can be one of the most apparent apps for Samsung Galaxy Watch users. Premium users can download songs and podcasts to the watch and listen with wireless headphones. This is an excellent combination for people when running and doing housework. Of course, to download songs and use the entire library, you must pay for a Spotify membership; But using this application is worth it.

• Price: Free

Strava is a handy app for your Samsung Galaxy watch. It tracks the number of physical activities, from cycling to running, walking, or swimming. Strava also provides more granular details of these activities, allowing users to look more seriously at their diets and fitness. Although Samsung currently has its own Health app, Strava is an excellent app for users more serious about reaching their goals.

• Price: Free

Voice Memo lets users quickly record bright ideas when they don’t have a phone or notepad nearby. Activate the app, hold the watch close to your mouth, and talk to it. You can tap the stop button when you are done or stopped. If you are worried about taking up your storage space, this app will send data to your Samsung phone if possible.

• Price: Free

Wrist Flashlight is as simple as other applications. As the name suggests, this app turns your Samsung Galaxy Watch into a flashlight. Unlike other flashlight apps for Galaxy watches, Wrist Flashlight can also glow in white, red, orange, or blue. Brightness can also be adjusted using the watch’s face or display. With these interpretations, the mentioned application is worth installing.