Complications are one of the best features of the Apple Watch because they allow you to see information from your favorite apps at a glance on your watch face.

Here are some of the best Apple Watch complications you should take advantage of.

1. Fantastical 3

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Fantastical 3 is one of the best all-around calendar apps for the iPhone or iPad, and for good reason. It's easy to use, with great features like the ability to use natural language when adding events along with a built-in reminders functionality.

And the Apple Watch app does a great job of providing complications with the information you need. The larger complication slot can show what's next on your calendar and even how much longer the current event will last. In smaller slots, you can select whether you'd like to see the current date, the number of remaining tasks, and other options like a simpler app launcher.

Download: Fantastical 3 (Free, subscription available)

2. Just Press Record

Just Press Record Complications

Using your iPhone to take notes or dictation is fine, but you have to stop what you're doing, take out your iPhone, and start tapping away. With Just Press Record, your iPhone can stay where it is during the recording process as you use your watch instead.

Simply tap the red circle and your Apple Watch will start recording almost instantly. Everything you record is not only synced straight to the iPhone app, but it's also transcribed.

Download: Just Press Record ($4.99)

3. CARROT Weather

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If you're looking for the best Apple Watch weather complications, CARROT Weather should be at the top of your list. If you've never heard of the app, it brings a dose of humor to a well-designed app with tons of weather information.

For the Apple Watch, you can select from 25 complications to add to a watch face. You can even add a watch face with complications from the app in every slot. That's perfect for anyone who can't get enough of what's happening outdoors. To find out more, just tap the complication to bring up the app.

Download: CARROT Weather (Free, subscription available)

4. Lumy

lumy apple watch complications

Bring the beauty of the moon and sun to your Apple Watch with Lumy. The app offers a wide variety of complications to almost any watch face. In the largest complication, you can choose from one of seven options. One of the best is a countdown to golden hour with precipitation chances and cloud cover percentage. Any photographer and videographer knows that golden hour is one of the best times to work outside, and you can see that with just a quick glance of your Apple Watch. There is also a similar complication with the countdown to sunrise.

All of the large complications are also available to use as widgets in the Smart Stack with watchOS 10 and later.

Smaller complications can also provide information like the sun or moon direction and altitude.

You can also access the app on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.

Download: Lumy ($6.99)

5. Things 3

Things Apple Watch complication

Things 3 stands as one of the best reminder apps, and its Apple Watch complications make it even better.

The complications can show a progress bar to indicate how many tasks you've completed for the day. Some faces will display the next task in your list; the Modular face can show as many as three. You can also mark tasks as complete directly from your watch.

Download: Things 3 ($9.99)

6. HeartWatch

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Another great health feature of the Apple Watch is the built-in heart rate monitor. The native Heart Rate complication does a good job of showing your current heart rate, but HeartWatch takes this a step further.

You can see your current heart rate as well as your minimum and maximum heart rates for the day. Some complications include your average heart rate too, which is great for fitness enthusiasts. There's also a color-coding system—if the ring around your complication is red, it means your heart rate is elevated.

This complication sits nicely with some of the best Apple Watch fitness apps on the market—it'll monitor your heart while you sleep, work out, and even while you rest, too.

Download: HeartWatch ($3.99)

7. App in the Air

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Especially these days, air travel isn’t exactly enjoyable. Flight changes, delays, and worse can make a fun vacation a nightmare. But App in the Air helps keep you informed and up-to-date about your flights. The complication will give you all the information about your flight including boarding time, gate, and much more. When you land, it will even let you know the correct location for your baggage.

Even if you aren’t the one flying, you can use the complication to keep track of friends and family during their trip and even in the air. The information is available on a wide variety of complication sizes and watch faces.

Download: App in the Air (Free, subscription available)

8. Streaks

Streaks Complications

Streaks is a to-do list app that focuses on tracking how many days in a row you complete each task. It's a great way to motivate yourself as once you've built up a long streak, you don't want to break it.

The simplest complication shows six dots that turn from orange to gray when you've completed each task. You can mark a task as complete directly on your watch, as well as starting the timers for duration-based tasks. Larger complications will also show the name of an incomplete task on the face.

Download: Streaks ($4.99)

9. Photo Complications

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While it’s easy to create a Portrait face for your Apple Watch, there’s not much room for complications. The great app Photo Complications solves that problem and can bring an image to almost any face you can think of

You can add images from your Photo Library, iCloud, other apps, and other locations. Then add your selected image to most complication sizes. You can even randomize other images from your library in a customized time frame. If you want to take a closer look at an image in a complication, tap it and view it full screen.

Download: Photo Complications ($1.99)

10. WaterMinder

waterminder complications

If you're concerned that you don't drink enough water, WaterMinder's complication makes for a great addition to your favorite Apple Watch face. You can set up a target of how much water you want to drink and count it off throughout the day, all from your watch.

The smaller complications give you another ring you can aim to close by the end of the day. Larger ones give you a percentage of your total in addition to the amount remaining for that day. Tap on the complication to add one of the preset amounts, or input one of your own.

Download: WaterMinder ($4.99)

11. iTranslate Translator

Itranslate complication

If you're traveling abroad, the iTranslate complication for your Apple Watch could be a lifesaver. Not only will it automatically detect the local language, but will also pop up with useful common phrases throughout the day.

One tap on the complication will launch the app. Tap on the flag and you can either speak or scribble the phrase you want to translate. After a moment, the app will offer you the translated phrase. Click on the speaker icon and your Apple Watch will speak the translated phrase for you.

The translated phrase remains on your watch face, so you can refresh your memory every time you glance at your watch.

Download: iTranslate Translator (Free, subscription available)

12. Cheatsheet

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There’s always some small piece of information, like a hotel room number, that you need to remember but can never think of when the time comes. Cheatsheet can help. The Apple Watch app makes it easy to access information quickly and easily. You can use different complication sizes to show your top cheat and more.

The watch app is free to try, but you need to purchase the premium version to sync your notes to the iPhone and iPad version.

Download: Cheatsheet (Free, in-app purchases available)

13. Sports Alerts

Sports Alerts Complications

Living up to its name, the Sports Alerts app can keep you up to date on whatever sport you're a fan of—everything from baseball to F1 racing.

To help you keep track of your absolute favorite team, you can pick one to always show on the large or small Apple Watch complication. During events, the complication will update with the most recent action. Just tap the complication to open up the app and see more. And after the contest, you'll see information about the next game.

Download: Sports Alerts (Free, in-app purchases available)

14. Pedometer++

Pedometer Plus complications

We've all probably heard that a goal of 10,000 steps daily can improve your health. But getting to that magic mark is sometimes easier said than done.

Pedometer++ turns your iPhone and Apple Watch into a step counter. With the Apple Watch complication, you can keep track of your daily step goal with just a glance. In the larger complication, you can see an hourly chart of steps with an exact count. The smaller complication shows a simpler pie chart of your goal.

Download: Pedometer++ (Free, in-app purchases available)

Make the Most of Your Apple Watch With Complications

Complications are the perfect way to interact with information on your Apple Watch. Instead of having to open apps, the most important information for you is always present on your watch face.