ChromatiCron was designed to be elegant and clutter-free, showing only the essentials in an easy to read presentation. The minutes digits change color to keep you informed of your Move Bar status at a glance.
Features
Easy-to-read time of day (12/24 hour support).
Minutes digits change color to reflect status of your Move Bar:
- White = Move Bar cleared.
- Blue = Section 1 filled.
- Light Yellow = Section 2 filled.
- Yellow = Section 3 filled.
- Orange = Section 4 filled.
- Red = Move Bar full. Move!
- Day of week, month, and date.
Graphical battery status (graphical or color of hours digits):
- Green/Blue/White/Gray (configurable) = 51 - 100%
- Yellow = 41 - 50%
- Orange = 31 - 40%
- Red = 0 - 30%
Daily step status:
- Blue progress bar for your daily step goal. Turns green when you have reached your goal.
- Steps countdown. Blue number shows how many steps to reach your goal. Green number shows how many steps taken beyond your goal.
Status icons:
- Phone connected
- Number of unread notifications
- Tones enabled (not available on vivoactive)
- Vibrate enabled
- Watch alarm enabled (with count if more than 1 alarm set)
When you gesture to view the watch, it briefly shows:
- Seconds, which form the colon between hour and minutes digits.
- Items you have configured to show with Gesture (see below).
Sleep Mode presentation (if supported by device):
- Black face with white time and date.
- Light gray “zz” as colon between hours and minutes.
- Battery status filled with light gray.
- Gesture display options disabled.
Configuration Options
Use Garmin Express or the Garmin Connect Mobile app to configure these options:
- Enable/disable status icons.
- Show battery status as graphical icon or color of hours digits.
- Select battery status color when charge is greater than 50%: Green, Blue, White, or Gray.
- When to show battery charge percentage: Off, On, or Gesture.
- When to show the daily steps progress bar: Off, On, or Gesture.
- When to show the daily steps countdown: Off, On, or Gesture.
- Color scheme for digits: Original or Light.
Please see this forum post for instructions on how to manage app settings:
Supported Devices
- vivoactive
- epix
Store Link:
ChromatiCron
Revision History:
1.0 (1 June 2015)
- Initial release.
1.1 (23 June 2015)
- Updated to use Connect IQ SDK v1.1.2.
- Updated sleep mode presentation to fill battery icon with light gray and show “zz” between hours and minutes in light gray.
1.2 (27 June 2015)
- Built with Connect IQ SDK v1.1.3.
- Support user configuration of display options (status icons, step/battery details) via manual file copy.
2.0 (6 December 2015)
- Updated to use Connect IQ SDK v1.2.1 features.
- Added unread notification count and watch alarm icon/count.
- Added support for app settings configuration via Garmin Express/Connect Mobile app.
- Added option to show battery status via hour digits color.
2.1 (30 December 2015)
- Fixed potential crash when configured to show battery as Hours Color and steps count configured to Off or Gesture.
- Added Color Scheme configuration option; choose between Original and Light. The Light color scheme uses lighter colors for the digits to improve readability in low-light situations.
