Apple Watch prompts NRL, Oz Lotto, Qantas, Westpac and many more apps

There are 3500 apps for the Apple Watch already. Here are 15 very useful Aussie ones.

Qantas Apple Watch app

Fancy tuning your guitar with a watch? That’s what IK Multimedia offers with the Apple Watch version of its UltraTuner iPhone app. The tuning indicator on the watch face turns neon green when the string is in tune.

It’s little wonder the new watch apps-sphere is exploding.

UltraTuner is one of 3500 apps for Apple Watch in market.

Just what functionality works on a watch and what’s better left to an iPhone is the $64 question. Simple graphics and a few numerals is all a watch-face display can handle.

Expect lots of tweaks and updates during the next few months as developers and users decide what works and what doesn’t.

Here are 15 Australian apps available now.

Westpac Mobile Banking: Helps you find your nearest ATM or branch and display a cash code for accessing emergency cash.

Australia Post Mobile: Notifies you of a parcel’s expected delivery date, when a parcel awaits delivery and when an attempted delivery took place. A QR code on the watch face opens a 24/7 parcel locker.

Emergency AUS: Accesses 20 official sources of natural disaster information and warns if there is a bushfire, flood, cyclone, thunderstorm or other safety threat within a 5km radius.

Qantas Airways: Notifies flight number, current gate and boarding time and, on landing, which carousel has your bags.

Woolies Shop: At the supermarket, finds items from a shopping list created on the Woolies iPhone app. Reorders your predefined shopping list by aisle and checks off items as you go. Also directs you to a local Woolies store and displays opening hours.

OzTV: Displays a television program guide. You can drill down to get cast and plot details, and add reminders and favourites.

Invoice2go Professional: Tells you how long you’ve been working at a location, and lets you clock out and compile time at a job. You can send a pre-compiled invoice and it will tell you when you’ve been paid.

TripView Sydney: Tells you when the next train, bus or ferry is due based on your location and predefined routes entered in the iPhone app.

Realestate.com.au: Identifies nearby properties that are on the market and advises on open-for-inspection times. Lets you create voice memos about your property inspections.

Quick Maths Jr: A game that covers essential mathematics for children. You can track your children’s progress.

Oz Lotteries: Give you information about your lotto tickets and notifies you of wins. Works for Powerball, Oz Lotto, TattsLotto, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday Lotto, and 6 from 38 pools.

NRL Official App: Lets you view the NRL draw and fixtures, ladder, live scores and event notifications as well as game results.

Zova — Rhythm Based Fitness: Receive workout prompts, preview exercises, access playback controls and view weekly progress.

All Blacks: The Rugby Union App: It’s Kiwi-built, and gives heaps of rugby union information — including from Australia — on live scores, upcoming matches and past results.