Top 7 Best Music App for Apple Watch of 2018

Since Apple Watch series 4 released, many Apple device fans have purchased it, which includes many new features like electrical heart sensors, faster S4 system, and more. With the continuous updates of the Watch OS system, more application is available on Apple Watch. In addition, Apple Watch has a unique advantage compared with iPhone or iPod that is very convenient to carry it.

If you are walking or hiking at the outside, Apple Watch is a good accompanying device to listen to music. Today, we collected the best music and audio software for your smartwatch. In fact, Apple Watch has a default music app, which enables you to control your phone's audio playback from your wrist. But these additional music apps can bring more features such as identify songs info, organize your podcasts, and more. To enjoy music easily, you just need to install these apps on your iPhone, then companion versions will automatically load on your Apple Watch.

Top 1. Spotify


As the leader of streaming music platform, Spotify has more than 83 million paying subscribers in the worldwide. Recently, Spotify released the first version app for Apple Watch. But don't expect too much, now you just can control Spotify playback on your phone or other connected devices. Also, the app is worked for Spotify premium subscribers only.

This app can help you control play and stop Spotify music on your wearable, browse recent playlists, jump forward or backward in time on the playing track, and mark a track as your favorite song. Unfortunately, it can't sync your music from your iPhone to your smartwatch currently. Therefore, you can't listen to music without iPhone connection. But don't worry, Spotify will add this feature in the future app.

View also: [News] Spotify for Apple Watch App Maybe Coming, Beta Testing Now Available

Top 2. Deezer


Compared with Spotify app, Deezer doesn't have the same outstanding features. But it also provides a similar streaming-music service: you're able to enjoy music for free with tolerance ads. If you want to remove ads and get more features, it needs to pay $10 per month for unlimited tunes, offline playback. And like Spotify, Deezer also need to companion app for the Apple Watch.

Top 3. Musixmatch


Sometimes, maybe you need to sing a song alone. If you don't remember the right words of the songs, it's an embarrassing thing. But if you install the Musixmatch app on your wrist, it will appear the Lyrics while playing this song. As one of the best lyrics-finding apps, this app is free. But if you upgrade your account to premium, you can sync lyrics to your iPhone for offline listening.

The app has a powerful feature that can identify music playing around, which is very suitable using on weddings, road traveling or night out. The lyrics show up clear and legible on the smartwatch screen.

Top 4. VLC Mobile


VLC is one of the best dependable, professional, and feature-packed media players. It’s available on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS operating system. Besides, it Apple Watch version lets you remote control the program as it playing on any other device. In other words, you can connect you any other device with Apple Watch to play music with VLC Mobile.

For example, if you're playing some songs through the VLC program on your PC, then the wrist app lets you start and stop, adjust the volume, select another playlist, view the song details currently playing. 

Top 5. TuneIn Radio


TuneIn Radio offers you more than thousands of stations from all over the world, including news, sports, and popular music. When you turn on the radio on your phone, you can control playing settings by your Apple Watch app. The common functions are free for users, but also contain ads while using. If you upgrade to premium, you also have the right to remove commercial ads.

From your wearable, you can access podcasts with the app, switch between different station you've recently listened to. Controlling start and stop playback. And easily jump forward or backward, add a station to your favorites.

Top 6. Shazam


When you driving the car and listening to a favorite songconc from car stereo, if you want to identify it quickly, you shouldn't waste time to unlock your phone and find out the corresponding app. Shazam is far easier to tap your smartwatch and see the name appear.

The song-recognizing app is an easy use program on mobile, and the Apple Watch app allows you to launch Shazam and identify songs in seconds. With another touch, you can share recognized tracks to the app on your iPhone, then you can get more information of this tune, and even purchase it from iTunes store.

Top 7. Overcast


Our final introduces you a podcasts app instead of music. Of course, you can use it to play podcasts music. Overcast is one of the smartest podcast players on iPhone, which can let you cut out silences, set sleep timers, setting dialog volume, and listen to new podcasts without subscribing to them. All this is free, but if you need to get rid of ads, it will pay $10 per month.

Overcast allows you to sync audio to the Apple Watch itself. This is very convenient for you when you running outside in the morning, you can carry Apple Watch and leave your phone in the home. In the meanwhile, you can enjoy podcasts. The wearable app can directly adjust playing start or stop, volume adjustment, and skip forward or backward freely.

Original source: www.popsci.com/apple-watch-music-apps


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