Watchface: Glance

MobileDriveway over 3 years ago

NEWS UPDATE:

HANDY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/3d167441-94f1-4b67-953f-e3ff6c272406

BIG EASY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/1c8d4883-b4b2-49f3-b30c-954698cef794

EASY+:

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/7c993e2b-70b3-459a-bbe0-db48a89af5a8?tid=0

With introduction of Garmin Pay, I am starting to add a new payment option for some of my apps. The system is not flexible enough to just add Garmin Pay to existing apps, so I'll publish a copy of an app, with the same functionality but Garmin Pay as the payment provider.

The first one out is Glance Ultra (a copy of Glance Dual Screen):

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/1bed8f69-2e34-46e4-9786-3166fa3c6ab2?tid=0

EASY Round - 2023 #1 watch face of the year (by Garmin):

apps.garmin.com/.../9a619d99-3e5b-4eec-81e7-006655d797cc

GLANCE WATCH FACE app won THE BEST NEW WATCH FACE APP OF 2022 ! At the Developers conference Garmin announced nominees and winners for the best apps in different categories. Glance Watch Face was nominated and won in the best new watch face category ! Garmin didn't post the video from the conference yet, but it was already reported by other websites: https://the5krunner.com/2022/10/12/garmin-app-watchface-of-the-year-2022-ciq-winners-and-nominees-announced/

The idea for this app is simple:
- Use only large fonts, so that all data are visible at a glance (hence the name of the app: Glance )
- Put as much data on the screen as possible, without sacrificing font size above
- Make all data fields customizeable to your needs
- Make colors customizeable as much as possible, so users can create their own design

The "Glance Watch Face" app is 100% FREE - no hidden restrictions, nagging, or expiration:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/07ae ... 07e8035fae

There is also a mostly free app - BIG EASY: apps.garmin.com/.../86ec352b-da01-4806-8972-770c6d32a5e8

There are also two paid versions of this app - "Glance Pro":

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ac4be3ce-f0f3-4c49-be01-5fa52614ab2b

and "Glance Dual Screen":

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/5c0fe72b-f045-4366-a878-d3e67c600868

Paid versions are identical to the free version (so no worries, FREE doesn't mean bad!), but have a lot of extra features features:

Open Weather Map support
Setting for TIME font weight
New way to use shared color themes
Support for many new metrics (like Body Battery, Stress Level, and lots more)
Extra progress bars and Graphs (in Dual Screen only)
Two separate data screens (in Dual Screen only)
A lot more - see apps description for the full list
You have an opportunity (and a small incentive) to support the development

Unique feature of the Glance apps - you can save your own Color Themes and quicly switch between them righ on the watch.

NEW: Now you can SHARE your Color Theme! You can also quickly apply Color Themes shared with you. Here is a full description of how it all works: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance.html#color

Here is the current Color Themes Gallery: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance_gallery.html

Color themes are compatible between "Glance" and "Glance Pro" (except for "inactive status icons color", which became obsolete in "Pro").

I'd love to see all color combinations you came up with. Please post your themes in the Reviews and I'll add them to the gallery!

Questions and suggestions are welcome!

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MobileDriveway over 3 years ago in reply to TroyKent

Technically yes. I'll keep your suggestion in mind, thanks.

DaveBrillhart over 3 years ago

Hi! I just got my Forerunner 955 a few days ago. I'm trying your watch face. I have a few questions. I'll buy your PRO version if this works out.

Possible bug?

I've assigned body battery to the upper arc. My watch shows a BB Score of 60, but the watch face arc has the red section exactly halfway (50). Or a 20% error. Do you round the arc off into 0/25/50/75/100?

Key BioMetrics that are dynamic, and vary throughout the day, include these. I'd love to see you add Recovery Time and Stress.

Body Battery - you already provide this :-)
Recovery Time - CIQ offers this, but you don't :-(
Stress Score - CIQ offers Stress History - you might be able to get the Stress score? :-(
Training Readiness - not yet offered by CIQ
HRV Status - not yet offered by CIQ

Thanks!!

MobileDriveway over 3 years ago in reply to DaveBrillhart

DaveBrillhart said:
Body Battery - you already provide this :-)

Use body battery metric to get exact value. Glance Pro shows last value in history, Garmin widget might show some average - they keep changing it on my watch.

DaveBrillhart said:
Recovery Time - CIQ offers this, but you don't :-(

Stress Score - CIQ offers Stress History - you might be able to get the Stress score? :-(

Look carefully, both these metrics are already available in Glance Pro.

dlmcycling over 3 years ago

First, I recently purchased Glance Pro, and I want to thank you for making such an AMAZING and easy-to-read watch face. This watch face is far and away the best watch face that I have tried out.

I do have a small suggestion, however. Would it be possible to make a configurable status icon to indicate low battery? I do not like to devote a whole field to battery level on the watch face because I really only care about the battery level when it gets low and I need to charge it. I'm thinking it could either display a battery status icon when the battery falls below 10% charge, or perhaps make the percentage configurable. I envision that it would operate similar to the way the no-Bluetooth status icon works. What do you think?

Thanks again for Glance Pro. It's a keeper.

MobileDriveway over 3 years ago in reply to dlmcycling

dlmcycling said:
Would it be possible to make a configurable status icon to indicate low battery? I do not like to devote a whole field to battery level on the watch face because I really only care about the battery level when it gets low and I need to charge it. I'm thinking it could either display a battery status icon when the battery falls below 10% charge, or perhaps make the percentage configurable. I envision that it would operate similar to the way the no-Bluetooth status icon works. What do you think?

Thanks for the suggestion! That is a really good idea, but the app is already close to the memory limits on lower end watches, so I just can't make any significant additions. It would be a good feature for an app dedicated to high memory devices only.

There is also an issue of fitting an extra status icon - when all 3 are active (BT, DND, Alarm), there is no space left. Something would have to be sacrificed...

Thanks

5579801 over 3 years ago

Unfortunately I cannot pay from PayPal nor from my russian credit card. Any other options? I like your watchface, it's quite interesting

MobileDriveway over 3 years ago in reply to 5579801

5579801 said:
Unfortunately I cannot pay from PayPal nor from my russian credit card. Any other options? I like your watchface, it's quite interesting

Message me directly using "Contact Developer" in the app posting - I'll help you. Thanks

1861518 over 3 years ago

Goodday！I have bought the Pro vision.but how can I set the weather or wind display on my face？

a7c8fefcea704c52ade4daf2833aa025 over 3 years ago

Hey. Love the watch face. Just curious if it will ever include some garmin native features like body battery or 7 day training load as metrics? Thanks so much.

8092335 over 3 years ago

Hi developer! Glance Pro AOD not working after epix2 update to 8.37. Watch face randomly refuse to enter into AOD mode. Please help to investigate, happen right after update to 8.37.