# Watch — user reviews > 1,006 indexed App Store user reviews of Watch by Apple, rated 3.29/5 from 8,483 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/watch/id1069511734/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/watch/id1069511734.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,404 · 4★ 935 · 3★ 815 · 2★ 708 · 1★ 2,290 ## What do users think of Watch? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Saves lives - ⌚ Useful for tracking fitness and health - 👍 Customizable watch faces **Cons** - 🐛 Pairing and connectivity issues - 🔋 Poor battery life - 🤔 Complicated user experience - 🤖 Unreliable fitness tracking **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to update watch software - Watch faces not loading properly - Inconsistent performance after updates **Most requested features** - More watch face options - Ability to control phone music from watch - Better sleep tracking - Customizable notification settings ## Newest reviews (17 of 1,006) ### 4/5 — Phone pairing problems *2026-08-21, version 1.7* Ever since the last update to my iPhone, my watch does not maintain its Bluetooth connection. I have to constantly reconnect the watch to get it to sync with the phone. Prior to that update, there were no problems. ### 3/5 — Won’t Update *2026-08-21, version 1.7* Says it won’t update unless connected to internet, but i’m connected! So frustrating. ### 3/5 — He Loved Me He Loves Me Not *2026-08-18, version 1.7* We have a love/hate relationship. Sometimes this app works perfectly. Other times I hate it exists. ### 3/5 — Apple? *2026-08-18, version 1.7* No sé si solo es a mi nomas que al entrar en las carátulas va todo mal optimizado, va a trabas ya sea bajando o subiendo para ver el contenido y está raro. ### 3/5 — 功能添加 *2026-08-14, version 1.7* 希望设置一个可调整大小的功能，比如希望时间大一点显示中间，希望天气占据半个屏幕类似的功能 ### 3/5 — Interface could be better *2026-08-14, version 1.7* While it’s basic functionality seems to have marginally improved over the years. Its sync function with a phone is getting more glitchy. I.e the watch screen freezes. Scrolling is not smooth. I am using an iwatch 11 with a iPhone 17. Others in my family with older watches and phones have a much smoother function. A drop in software quality. ### 2/5 — Exercise Ring Closed… and so is your music! *2026-08-12, version 1.7* Please please please, stop interrupting my music mid-workout to tell me my exercise ring is closed. Why doesn’t it tell you and continue playing your media? I want to know when I’ve reached that point in my workout but I also would love to continue hearing the media that’s motivating me to exercise to begin with. Such a pain to stop mid-run to figure out why my music was paused. ### 3/5 — What did you do to the Crow sensitivity? *2026-08-10, version 1.7* Ever since the last update, the sensitivity in the rotating of the crown is ridiculous. I never had an issue with my apple Hermes until now. Instead of the watch face I have selected, the crown rotates randomly and throughout the day over and over again to display the dock. It is irritating. I am hopeful that it is only because of the last update and can be fixed. ### 2/5 — Apple series 9 ECG broken *2026-08-08, version 1.7* I just update my Apple Watch to the latest version 26 23u67 . The ECG appl always shows poor analysis. It worked fine before the update. Please fix. ### 4/5 — it’s pretty good *2026-08-06, version 1.7* it’s prior to some other watches but the top 3!! it’s pretty good though! ### 2/5 — Junk like the rest of Apple *2026-08-06, version 1.7* Stuck having to get a new phone bc of greed and now my watch isn’t working thanks to said new phone. I’ve also noticed it’s hard to find ENGLISH hidden in there with the 50 different versions of Arabic suddenly taking over. I can’t get the face back to pre new phone. I will no longer be buying anymore Apple Watches and this will cerntainly be the last iPhone this family owns until Apple becomes more for the consumers and less about itself (never happen) ### 1/5 — B. S. *2026-08-02, version 1.7* I cannot pair my watch back with my phone! This is some B.S. Why did it even disconnect? ### 1/5 — glitchy *2026-08-01, version 1.7* This app is extremely glitchy, just like everything else from Apple. The syncing is not working properly. ### 1/5 — A $20 light bulb can change any color but a $1k Apple Watch cannot *2026-07-31, version 1.7* A $20 light bulb can change any color but a $1k Apple Watch cannot ### 2/5 — Won’t link *2026-07-30, version 1.7* I’m unable to link my Series 8 watch to iPhone 17e. It simply does not work with the Apple Watch App. Watch works, iPhone works, they don’t work together. I tried all the support recommended and still nothing. I’m done with expensive Apple Watches. ### 1/5 — Watch no longer updating *2026-07-26, version 1.7* There needs to be another way to update an Apple Watch. The app has not and will not pull down an update. Support is not help because they are working from the troubleshooting info anyone with a brain can find on their own online. Now I must take time out of my day and book an appt in store. Let’s see how this goes. ### 3/5 — Plz help *2026-07-26, version 1.7* Please help I took my watch in the pool and it was on water mode and now I can’t turn it on again. I’ve put it on the charger for two whole days and still won’t turn on. Please send help. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible product *2026-08-19, version 1.7* Absolutely awful. It doesn’t work as advertised. The work out feature is constantly pausing and this is a brand new watch. Of course they won’t tell you if you have tattoos the watch will not work for you! Trash product go with a competitor instead. Will never purchase another Apple product. ### 1/5 — Great and then awful *2026-08-19, version 1.7* Had to buy a vibrating wrist alarm cuz Apple Watch hasn’t been doing this for months now. And this week it stopped syncing my workouts and won’t install update ### 1/5 — Review *2026-08-19, version 1.7* I am not able to download apps on my watch from my phone ### 1/5 — Virtue Signaling *2026-08-16, version 1.7* Over 1/3 of available watch backgrounds for Apple Watch Series 9 (watchOS version 26.6) are either pride or unity related. The watch face variety and selection is terrible. The developers are heavily focused on virtual signaling with their one dimensional artwork that is not fun to look at. ### 1/5 — Worst application maintenance *2026-08-15, version 1.7* I wanted to setup apple watch for my son. I tried to set up multiple times, after I click set up as family member, once I click ok that’s it. There are no more options. Uninstalled and installed again but awful app. ### 1/5 — App download *2026-08-14, version 1.7* There should be a bypass when download fails or take a day! Sending back for a refund! ### 1/5 — apple watch ultra 2 still corrupted and workouts unusable after years of faults *2026-08-11, version 1.7* In june 2026 bought first apple watch- ultra 2.Complete over priced failure.Workout mode constantly pauses regardless of type and regardless of the oceans of dated online community tips- may as well use voodoo to fix. Apple Community notes prove this issue has been identified and ongoing since at least 2022!!Ridiculous !Apple Support just try to pass the problem to other teams ie today stating the global apple engineer team are “looking at issue”!Stay with the other sports watch makers eg Garmin because Apple clearly DONT care about customers.Very expensive corrupted device.Reimburse me and stop hiding behind excuses and unresponsive “support” members. ### 1/5 — Why? *2026-08-10, version 1.7* Certainly like most people, I have a bunch of faces I flip through. I like the photo option as my visible face. At the top I like the date and at the bottom I like the battery percentage. But the simplest and most often present compilation on watches, other than the time, of all time… has been removed. They took away the date compilation. And I just want to know why somebody would decide, “I don’t like that opinion. Let’s remove it. Then we’ll replace it with a lunar date option, in a language that 99.99% of the earths population cannot read”. It’s mind boggling. ### 1/5 — not able to detect exercise *2026-08-05, version 1.7* since when apple app is totally trash, been exercising for 30 mins and watch did not detect anything ### 1/5 — Trying to unpair almost impossible *2026-08-04, version 1.7* Definitely wish I never bought the watch. It doesn’t let me unpair very easily and everything is bye-bye bye-bye for the watch to actually have any use. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 27 *2026-08-06, version 1.7* 19999 ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-08-05, version 1.7* Amazing. Keep up the great work. ((Too many fake reviews from bots / people making ridiculous claims. This watch & app work flawlessly, any Apple user knows this. False reviews seem to be the norm these days. Intentionally sabotaging competitors, saying & doing anything for money.)) ### 5/5 — Amazing!!!! *2026-07-30, version 1.7* Amazing!!!! ### 5/5 — sucks donkey dick *2026-06-30, version 1.7* sucks donkey dick ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-06-25, version 1.7* Amazing. Keep up the great work. ### 5/5 — cool *2026-06-24, version 1.7* watches are cool:) stream illit ### 5/5 — Not had an issue *2026-06-22, version 1.7* I’ve not had any issues really, but would love to have my watch still give me notifications if i am watching a movie/playing a game in full screen, so then i don’t have to pause anything to reply to messages etc. perhaps there needs to be a toggle to choose this option 🤞🏻 ### 5/5 — A life saver… literally! *2026-06-21, version 1.7* I was recently put on a new medication. For two weeks I was feeling awful but everyone (including my doctor) said that everything that I was feeling was just due to the new medication. Two weeks my Apple Watch alerted me to signs of hypertension for the past 14 days I was showing 151/108 it turned out I was having a serious reaction to the new medication and if it hadn’t been for my watch, I would’ve carried on taking it and potentially been in a life-threatening situation. I can’t even begin to express how grateful I am. ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-06-12, version 1.7* Thank to apple INC. for this app ### 5/5 — Apple Watch *2026-06-09, version 1.7* Fitness --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*