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Apple Watch
Sift on Apple Watch shows the views you manage on iPhone: your list, event detail, and complications for the active view. Calendar data stays on your devices.
Install the watch app from the Watch app on iPhone after installing Sift on your phone.
The watch app
The Watch app mirrors your saved views from iPhone:
- View list: same views, names, and accent colours as on phone
- Event detail: title, time, calendar, notes, and location for a single match
- Live countdown: how soon the next event in the active view is happening
Views and settings are sent to the watch over Apple’s WatchConnectivity framework. The data stays between your own devices, see the Privacy Policy.
Complications
Add a Sift complication to your watch face to glance at the active view’s countdown. Supported families:
| Family | What you see |
|---|---|
| Circular | Compact countdown or next-event hint |
| Corner | Countdown in the watch face corner slot |
| Rectangular | Event title and countdown in a wider slot |
| Inline | Single-line countdown below the time |
Long-press your watch face → Edit → tap a complication slot → choose Sift. Pick which view to show.
Complications update when the active view or next event changes on iPhone.
Saved views missing from the picker
If the complication or watch app doesn’t list your views:
- Open Sift on iPhone: the watch syncs when the phone app is in the foreground.
- Check the Watch app on iPhone: under My Watch → Sift, confirm the watch app is installed.
- Restart both devices if sync stalled after a large change (many new views at once).
- Re-pair only as a last resort: view data lives on iPhone; re-pairing rebuilds the watch sync from phone.
See Troubleshooting for more steps.
Related
- Widgets: iPhone and Lock Screen surfaces
- Views
- iCloud Sync: Sift Plus feature for iPhone, iPad, and Mac (Apple Watch syncs from your iPhone via WatchConnectivity)