10 Apple Watch Apps Built in Boston

From personalized workouts to real-time stock alerts — all on your wrist.

By April 27, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the Apple Watch app store contained more than 3,500 apps — with roughly 3,000 available at the launch on April 24, far exceeding their goal to surpass 1,000. To put things in perspective: Only 500 apps were available for the iPhone when it launched. From the moment that Apple (AAPL) announced its first wearable, developers have been eagerly working to get their apps onto the wrists of consumers. And some of the best of them were built in Boston.

From RunKeeper to Fidelity and the Patriots, here are a handful of Apple Watch apps that were developed in The Hub.

New England Patriots

Just in time for the launch of Apple's wearable, the New England Patriots launched an Apple Watch app that lets fans track the NFL draft from their wrist.

Users can view the draft order, selected players and their bios, but the app has other perks for fans beyond the draft. Throughout the 2015 season, users will be notified of breaking news and player transactions directly to their Watches. They will also be able to see the latest Patriots headlines at a glance, and then pass them to the iPhone for immediate reading or bookmark them. More features will apparently be added over time.

Qup

Described by the company as a “jukebox in your pocket” this iOS and Apple Watch app from Intrepid Pursuits lets groups queue up their favorite tracks to a single stereo. Qup does this by transforming a single phone into a streaming, collaborative playlist, eliminating the need to swap cables or dig through someone's library to hear the song you want. Here’s how it works: A single “Qupholder” connects to a speaker, and other Qup users in range can join and add songs — but the Qupholder needs Spotify premium to play music. Setup is automatic via Bluetooth and iBeacons.

Jack'd

Online Buddies, a Cambridge company, just released Jack'd: the first Apple Watch gay dating app. Nearly 5 million men around the world have joined Jack’d since its launch in 2010, and the app boasts 10,000 downloads each day. It also consistently ranks among the top four gay social apps in both the App Store and Google Play. Jack’d offers hyper-local matchmaking, bookmarked Favorites and chat features, and the new Apple Watch app features both default responses and emojis for quick, easy messaging, as well as full profile options with multiple public and private photos.

Medisafe

This Israeli startup just established its HQ in Boston in the winter, and it launched its medication management app for the Apple Watch April 24, enabling users to keep track of their meds right from their wrists. The app acts as an extension of the Medisafe iPhone experience, with key features including Force Touch for quick access to updates and prompts, Glance for a quick look at the medication dosage and scheduled reminders, the ability to mark medications as "taken," and engage in related healthcare content and resources.

RunKeeper

In the running community, this Boston-based app is a go-to for tracking distance, pace, weight loss and training goals. Now, the RunKeeper Apple Watch app allows athletes to leave their phones in their pockets and see all the key stats as well as get notifications right from their wrists. Best of all, the Watch app also offers cues for training plans and interval workouts — meaning you don’t have to think too hard about when it’s time to let yourself recover or pick up the pace.

DELAID

This past winter, the digital marketing startup altr — with offices in Cambridge and Salem — took on the ambitious mission to “unfuck your morning commute." To achieve this, they began building DELAID, an Apple Watch app that can forecast MBTA transit delays in real-time, thus helping you to manage them addition to helping you to plan your commute better. To predict the likelihood of train delays and system failures, the app will leverage a range of data sets, including social media updates, historical MBTA performance data and weather trends. Altr is almost done with the beta test, so keep an eye on the website for updates. The Delaid Apple Watch app is expected to publicly launch this June.

BodBot

This Harvard startup’s app acts as a personal trainer, nutritionist, and coach in one — and it boasts about 6 million exercise plans. The newly released BodBot Apple Watch app frees you of your phone while you exercise, walking you through tailored workouts. It also generates a model of your body based on your characteristics, and then makes detailed nutrition and exercise advice for improving your health and fitness performance. Not only does this Watch app free you of your phone while you exercise, but it also adjusts its recommendations depending on various factors — like if you do an extra rep, or miss a workout, or go for a spontaneous hike. And BodBot has a 4-star or higher rating across all platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Chrome.

Fidelity Investments

This Boston-based company launched a first-of-its kind financial app for the Apple Watch when it debuted in April — one that gave customers an overview of global markets and alerts on stocks and investments in real-time right on their wrists. The app can also allow users access to information on U.S. and global markets, stock quotes and trading alerts while being able to connect to their iPhone for more in-depth research. It also provides the ability to instantly go from trade alert to trade action.