The best Wear OS watch faces for Samsung, Mobvoi, Google, and more

Whether you’ve recently bought a smartwatch or you want to give a facelift to an old device, there are plenty of options up for grabs. Endless custom watch faces are a staple of the Wear OS experience. Every device can be personalized to fit your style, from a Samsung Galaxy Watch to Google’s own Pixel Watch line. There are even Wear OS apps for building your own options from scratch. To help narrow it down, we rounded up the best Wear OS watch faces available.

The best Wear OS watch faces

Facer

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Facer is one of the most popular apps for custom and branded watch faces. On this platform, you can choose from thousands of premade options or create a Wear OS watch face. If you download one of the available watch faces, you’ll browse a selection of over 15,000 watch faces. These include everything from top film and television brands to retro call-backs and original looks by partnered designers. Downloading the Facer app is free, as are some available faces. Others will require an in-app purchase. If you choose the DIY route, you can use Facer’s web-based watch face editors, which provide a basic template and instructions. 

Pujie Black

Price: $3.99

Pujie Black has been around for a long time, and it shows. Like Facer, Pujie Black is a watch face-designing platform rather than a single watch face. Functionally, it resembles widget designers found on Android phones. Pujie Black users have practically unlimited options for fonts, colors, complications, and backgrounds. You can even create your own clock hands or add text. If you live for the details, the combinations are virtually endless. If you want a face that keeps the focus on health or fitness tracking, you can easily add relevant shortcuts to data points. It’s well worth the $1.99 to access this editing platform for a unique watch face specified exactly to your liking. 

WatchMaker Watch Faces

Price: Free

Another solid pick for someone who values variety, WatchMaker is a DIY watch face app for users who want plenty of faces to keep things fresh. It competes directly with similar apps like Facer by offering the tools to make your own Wear OS watch faces. You can also fork out for the pro version and access over 20,000 community-made watch faces. It’s not as in-depth as some watch face makers, but it’s easy to use and lets users get creative. 

Bubble Cloud Wear OS Launcher

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Bubble Cloud bills itself as a widget and Wear OS app launcher for Wear OS devices. As it turns out, it also has an interactive watch face. The design features a variety of shortcuts to open the apps you use most frequently quickly. It also, of course, displays the time. It’s one of the most unique Wear OS watch faces available, but unfortunately, it doesn’t work with all Wear OS watches. Check the device compatibility list on Google Play to ensure it will work for you.

TimeFlik

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Another delightfully easy editing platform, TimeFlik (previously known as Mr Time), lets you choose from over 150 templates to handpick your watch face background, add widgets and complications, customize colors, and more. You can design your own from scratch or select a watch face made by other users from around the globe. Designs range from color blocking and static photos to animated illustrations and GIFs. Additionally, you can also become a subscriber to receive more content. For $2.99 a month, you’ll have access to all the app’s premium design watch faces, receive weekly VIP-only faces, and skip out on the platform’s ads. 

LCARS 2.0

Price:$1.99

From the team behind Facer, LCARS 2.0 is just one of many awesome watch faces available from Little Labs, Inc. Built for smartwatch-wearing Trekkies, this interactive watch face integrates the time, weather, battery, and more into the familiar design of the Star Trek computer operating system. Not a fan of the series? Browse dozens of other options from Little Labs, Inc. for something more up your alley. Designs include everything from subway signs to outer space.

Thema

Price: Prices vary

Thema is a developer of Wear OS watch faces on Google Play with dozens of unique options. Many are individually themed, but they all have the same basic offerings and cost structure. Once you choose a face, you can access various features in its free version. You can then pay for the pro version of that face to get the total feature package. Some Thema faces (like the Jack Daniels-themed one) can be a bit tacky, but overall, the designs are clean, functional, and easy to customize. Venom, shown at the top of this list, is a popular Thema watch face.

LED Watch 3000

Price: Free

This isn’t the watch face for everyone. It’s not especially attractive. But if you’re ever nostalgic for the days of waking up to an LED alarm clock (only to realize you’ve already missed the school bus), this is the face for you. This watch offers a few color options and three clock styles: LED, LCD, and vintage LED. Each is an old-school look that won’t drain your battery.

What to look for in the best Wear OS watch face

Most Wear OS smartwatches come with a library of onboard watch faces, but the ability to add to them remains one of the platform’s biggest strengths. Developers are free to build their own designs, giving users a dizzying number of choices. It’s easy to imagine getting overwhelmed. 

• Stick to what matters. If you want a data-packed design to keep all your stats at a glance, look for an option with plenty of info fields and widgets. If you want to pare down the techy vibe, choose a classic aesthetic, like an analog clock or a muted background.
• Explore the Google Play Store. The Google Play Store has everything from minimalist picks to over-the-top offerings, plus highly customizable templates you can DIY. You may need to shell out a few bucks for the best developers, but you’ll also find plenty for free. 
• Get creative. Don’t shy away from face-building platforms that will let you create an even more unique watch face. Why settle for cookie-cutter when you can have a watch face that perfectly matches your style?
• Consider your battery life. Some highly interactive watch faces may turn into a drain on your battery. Choose a face that fits your power usage and won’t become inconvenient.
• Don’t overlook your device’s onboard watch faces. Many Wear OS watches come with preinstalled options that are definitely worth feeling out. For example, some of the best Samsung Galaxy Watch faces and Pixel Watch line faces are native options. These can be rudimentary but are also often customizable and keep battery life in mind.