Apple Watch

Pinwork on Apple Watch is built for quick decisions: check what is next, capture a thought, complete a task, or control a focus session from your wrist.

The Watch app has its own local task store, so it can keep working even when the iPhone is not immediately reachable. Changes sync back to iPhone best-effort.

Access on Apple Watch

Apple Watch access depends on the Pro access state synced from iPhone.

• If Pro access is active, the Watch app is fully available.
• If the Watch has seen subscription or lifetime access before, but Pro is no longer active, it can still show the app in a read-only style while write actions are gated.
• If subscription state has not arrived yet on a fresh Watch install, the Watch shows a loading state.
• If the user has never subscribed, the Watch shows Pinwork Pro Required and asks the user to subscribe on iPhone.

Restoring or purchasing access happens on iPhone. The Watch updates after entitlement sync.

Restore from iPhone

Purchases and restores happen on iPhone. Apple Watch updates after entitlement sync.

Watch lists

The Watch app focuses on three lists:

• Today
• Inbox
• Upcoming

Today includes tasks scheduled for today plus overdue tasks up to 30 days back. Canceled, Waiting, Someday/Maybe, and currently snoozed tasks are excluded. Completed tasks stay visible at the bottom so you can reopen them.

Inbox shows unscheduled tasks, excluding Done, Canceled, Someday/Maybe, and snoozed tasks.

Upcoming shows the next 7 days starting tomorrow, excluding Done, Canceled, Someday/Maybe, Waiting, and snoozed tasks.

Rows can show title, time or date, project, Deadline, estimate, checklist count, recurrence indicator, and tags when present.

Complete or reopen from the Watch list

Use the checkbox in a Watch task row to mark the task done or reopen it.

When haptics are enabled, the Watch plays feedback. The change updates the Watch local store, refreshes Watch lists, and sends a best-effort task update to iPhone.

Watch list actions do not provide the normal in-app undo stack. Reopening a completed task from the Watch is the visible recovery path.

Task details and actions

Tap a task body in a Watch list to open details.

Task detail can show:

• title
• status
• project
• When
• Deadline
• estimate
• checklist count
• recurrence flag
• tags
• notes

Notes render inline Markdown, with user-authored links stripped by the shared helper.

When Pro access is active, task detail actions can include:

• Done
• Undo
• In Progress
• Today
• Tomorrow
• Delete

The Tomorrow action preserves explicit time when deferring a time-specific task on Watch, while the iPhone handler for the Watch defer message schedules to tomorrow at day level.

Capture on Apple Watch

Tap the plus button to create a task.

You can enter text with:

• dictation
• Scribble
• keyboard

Pinwork parses the entered text. If a When date is found, the primary action is Schedule. If no When date is found, the confirmation screen offers Add to Inbox and Add to Today.

Apple Watch capture applies:

• title
• When date
• Deadline if supplied by the parser
• tags

For project, recurrence, estimate, or calendar details, finish the task in the main app after capture.

The plus button is disabled when Pro access is not active.

Watch sync with iPhone

The Watch writes changes locally first, then sends updates to iPhone through WatchConnectivity.

If the phone is reachable, the Watch sends the message directly. If not, it queues the update to transfer later.

The iPhone can process Watch messages for completion, snooze, defer, status changes, and deletion. The iPhone can also send task updates, task deletion, reset, subscription state, focus session state, and Watch settings back to the Watch.

Sync is best-effort. If iPhone is not reachable right away, the Watch queues the change and sends it later.

Focus timer on Watch

When an iPhone focus session is active, the Watch can show the session and control it.

The Watch focus timer can show:

• timer
• task title
• project
• pause or resume
• complete

Watch focus controls update optimistically and send the action to iPhone. If no confirming iPhone update arrives within 8 seconds, the Watch reverts the optimistic state.

Completing from Watch sends the action to iPhone, where the active focus session ends and the task is marked complete.

Complications and Smart Stack

Pinwork supports Watch complications and Smart Stack views for glanceable task progress.

Complication families include:

• Circular
• Rectangular
• Inline
• Corner

They can show remaining count, completed count, progress, and the next task where space allows.

See At a glance for the broader widget and complication overview.

Watch settings

On iPhone, Pinwork Settings includes Apple Watch controls for:

• Midnight Refresh
• Haptic Feedback
• Add to Today by Default

These settings are sent to Watch through WatchConnectivity.

Related

• At a glance: widgets, Live Activities, menu bar, and Watch complications.
• Capturing tasks: capture methods across devices.
• Natural language: parser syntax and Watch-specific limits.
• Account and access: Pro access, restore purchase, and read-only behavior.