Watchface: Glance

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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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Carmen_F over 2 years ago

I bought a new watch yesterday (FR245) so finally I'm able to use the Glance watchface. One thing I noticed: After sunset I don't see ne next day's sunrise, it's the time from today. I have to wait until night. I guess something around 1:30 am like some other watchfaces I used before. When I woke up at 5:00 am I saw the new sunrise time (7:03 instead 7:01).

MobileDriveway over 2 years ago in reply to Carmen_F

You are right, that is the current behavior. I'll fix it ain the future updates. Thanks for bringing it up.

MobileDriveway over 2 years ago

Hi,

I posted an update to the Dual Screen app:

Added option to disable Always ON Seconds and Heart Rate during the sleep (non-AMOLED screens only)
Added "Weather Precipitation Chance" metric
Added Venu SQ 2 watches
Updated Dew Point formula (to more precise algorithm)
Sunrise/Sunset now shows NEXT event (not today's)

At the moment these changes are applied to Dual Screen app only.

Thanks!

8362358 over 2 years ago

Not a fan. Glance dual when attempting to execute second screen. Needs weather forecast in a more organized structure so that second screen can be set up with consistent data like all weather

MobileDriveway over 2 years ago in reply to 8362358

8362358 said:
Not a fan. Glance dual when attempting to execute second screen.

Not clear what the issue is. Wrist gesture works 100% of times if you learn how to do it by following instructions:

https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance_dual.html#dual

The trick is not to rush it and let the watch switch to low power mode (dimmed screen) before twisting it back toward yourself. This is a Garmin limitation (of not accepting a user input in watch face apps) and can't be "fixed" in any way. However, once you learn the gesture, it works very reliably.

8168501 over 2 years ago

Hi!
I can change the TIME font in Pro, but can't in Duo. Is Fenix 6 considered a low memory device?

MobileDriveway over 2 years ago in reply to 8168501

8168501 said:
I can change the TIME font in Pro, but can't in Duo. Is Fenix 6 considered a low memory device?

Yes, Fenix 6 has 108K of available memory, compared to 124K on Fenix 7 or Fenix 6X Pro. 108K is higher than average (92K), but still not enough (the app is too big by now).

GlenW over 2 years ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Hi, I have a Enduro watch with long battery life. Is it possible to allow the user to set the threshold for the battery arc gauge red level from 20% to 10% as the cutover point? When my gauge goes red I still have about 2 weeks of battery life left.

Thanks for considering this.

MobileDriveway over 2 years ago in reply to GlenW

GlenW said:
Hi, I have a Enduro watch with long battery life. Is it possible to allow the user to set the threshold for the battery arc gauge red level from 20% to 10% as the cutover point? When my gauge goes red I still have about 2 weeks of battery life left.

Thanks for considering this.

I agree, setting up a customom threshold would be the best, but settings are already overloaded (overcomplicated) as it is. If I implement this feature, it won't be any time soon. For now maybe you can change "Color 3" for that bar to something less alerting than red. Thanks

1204658 over 2 years ago

How do you add the code for the purchased version?