{
  "id": 20032193,
  "title": "5 excellent free Apple Watch apps every owner should know about",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/5-excellent-free-apple-watch-apps-every-owner-should-know-about",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-14T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Engadget",
    "slug": "engadget",
    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2311959/free-apple-watch-apps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "1. Pedometer++ is a free Apple Watch app that tracks steps, offers complications for the watch face, and allows indoor/outdoor walks, runs and hikes. It syncs with Apple Health, but there's a paid Premium option with additional features for $3.99/month or $29.99/year. The free version displays ads.\n\n2. Nike Run Club is a free Apple Watch app that tracks runs without the need for a phone since 2019. It includes Nike's audio-coached Guided Runs, always-on stats, live pace charts, streak badges, and a Nike watch face. Cellular Apple Watches can share live location during a run.\n\n3. Strava allows free recording and sharing of activities on the Apple Watch. Its Live Segments feature provides personal record comparisons, but this requires a $79.99/year subscription.\n\n4. Fitness+ from Apple is free, but Fitness+ costs $9.99/month or $79.99/year. Nike Run Club is recommended as a free alternative with no in-app purchases or paid tiers. It provides audio-coached guided runs, live pace charts, and streak badges.\n\n5. Bevel is a free Apple Watch app that offers nutrition tracking, strength training logs, cycle tracking, journaling, and recovery, sleep, strain, stress scores, all for free. It uses data collected by the watch, including heart rate, HRV, and sleep data. Bevel Pro, with AI health coach, health records, biological age estimate, and training plans, costs $14.99/month or $99.99/year. Overcast is a free podcast app for Apple Watch that offers standalone playback and cellular streaming. It includes features like Double Tap for play/pause, Smart Speed for trimming silences, Voice Boost for even volume, and download episodes for offline listening.",
  "summary": "You can enjoy great Apple Watch apps without having to shell out for a subscription.",
  "key_points": [
    "Pedometer++ tracks steps and offers indoor/outdoor walk/run/hike complications for Apple Watch.",
    "Nike Run Club tracks runs without a phone, features Nike's audio-coached Guided Runs.",
    "Bevel offers free nutrition tracking, strength training logs, and recovery scores using watch data."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Here’s a HomeView feature that should come to every Apple device",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/heres-a-homeview-feature-that-should-come-to-every-apple-device",
        "published": "2026-11-14T17:43:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}