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How to add a timer or countdown widget to your Apple Watch.

Learn how to add countdown, timer, and progress bar widgets to Apple Watch face complications with Pretty Progress.

Apple Watch showing a countdown complication

Watch the video guide

STEP 1

Create or customize your countdown widget in Pretty Progress.

1

Open Pretty Progress.

2

Tap the (+) button to create a new countdown. You can also select and edit an existing countdown or duplicate one from the Library screen.

3

Tap the date selector and choose the type of progress you want to create: “Countdown”, “Count up”, or “Timer”.

4

Select the starting date. The default starting date is the date when you create the countdown.

5

For a countdown, enter the final date or deadline. A count up can be created without an end date. For a timer, select how much time you want to count.

6

Optionally choose whether the countdown or timer repeats, set its frequency, and add personal notes.

An iPhone showing the first steps to create a countdown with Pretty Progress

7

In the second tab of the bottom menu, choose how time is displayed: a single unit, several units, or a percentage.

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You can also choose whether to show an accessory indicator to make the passage of time easier to understand.

9

In the third tab, personalize the countdown using the available designs. Each design has different customization options.

10

When you are happy with the result, tap the checkmark button to save the event.

11

Your countdown will appear on the Pretty Progress Home Screen with your other countdowns.

An iPhone showing the final steps to customize a countdown with Pretty Progress

STEP 2

Synchronize your iPhone countdowns with your Apple Watch

Apple Watch showing the Pretty Progress synchronization screen

1

Pair your Apple Watch with your iPhone. Events synchronize automatically every 10 seconds or less after you open Pretty Progress on your Apple Watch for the first time.

Apple Watch showing a list of Pretty Progress countdowns

2

To force synchronization, open Pretty Progress on your Apple Watch and iPhone at the same time.

iPhone showing the Pretty Progress dashboard with multiple countdowns

3

Once synchronized, changes to the Pretty Progress Home Screen or a countdown appear automatically on your Apple Watch.

STEP 3

Add your countdown to an Apple Watch face complication

Apple Watch showing the watch face editor

1

Touch and hold your current watch face to open the face editor.

2

Create a new watch face or tap “Edit” on your current face. Choose a face that supports circular, rectangular, corner, or inline complications.

Apple Watch showing the complication configuration screen

3

While editing the watch face, swipe horizontally to “Complications”.

4

Tap the complication area where you want the countdown or timer.

5

Scroll through the available complications to Pretty Progress, then tap the countdown you want to add.

Apple Watch face showing a Pretty Progress countdown complication

6

The countdown is added to your watch face.

7

Customize the face further by adding more countdowns or changing its color scheme. Pretty Progress complications adapt to the selected colors.

8

Press the Digital Crown to accept the changes.

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