Watchface: Glance

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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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5504446 over 1 year ago

Found an issue with the moon-phase icon being inversed when using a white background and black fonts.

Used theme: CBAAAAAAADADADAADAAPA

So to explain, the black/white colors of the moon on the watch does not match the actual moon.

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago in reply to 5504446

The Moon is drawn with icons color every time. It is not meant to use background color if it happens to be white (or some other light color). You just need to interpret it the same way as you do all other icons - look at what is drawn, not at empty spaces in between.

5504446 over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Ok I see now understand it. Thanks.

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago

Update:

I just published Glance Pro update to v2.7:

Added 9 more colors. Some of them might look the same with existing colors on non-AMOLED screens.
Tweaked Notifications Box design to be self-explanatory.
Tweaked gradient graphics.
Added 7 days trial period.

Enjoy!

derek87 over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

great! hope you will still consider adding a sleep mode to the watch to save battery when one is asleep [slow updates or revert to a HH:MM display] like some other watch faces.

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago

I also removed "Vertical TIME position adjustment" setting from both "Glance Pro" and "Glance Watch Face". It affects Stock fonts only. Now vertical position is adjusted automatically, based on your watch model. I did adjustments based on the simulator - if you find that it is not working correctly on your watch, please message me and I'll fix it.

Thanks!

metalliqaz over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Cool. Just to add a data point (if that helps you), I found that on the Glance face, I need a shift of 2 for my FR255. On Glance pro I use Roboto so it doesn't apply.

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago in reply to derek87

derek87 said:
hope you will still consider adding a sleep mode to the watch to save battery when one is asleep [slow updates or revert to a HH:MM display] like some other watch faces.

I'm working on a new app for high memory devices only. There will be some features that are unique (as far as I know) in the whole Connect IQ store! I am very exited about it !

Besides that, in the new app I will have more memory to implement other features, so it is possible that I'll add a sleep mode.

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago in reply to metalliqaz

metalliqaz said:
Just to add a data point (if that helps you), I found that on the Glance face, I need a shift of 2 for my FR255.

Give it a try after "Glance Watch Face" updates to v2.2 for you. Thanks!

derek87 over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

thanks for considering this. i like your face, but also like to be miserly about my battery consumption. it's nice to have the face not use much power during the 9 hour period i specify as "sleep hours." it seems to work really well with other faces and avoid me having to manually toggle battery saver mode before i sleep every night.