Watchface: Glance

NEWS UPDATE:

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 1 year ago in reply to DMeyer33

DMeyer33 said:
The altitude is wrong. Seems it is 2x what it should be.

Altitude is provided by Garmin system. Contact their support for help with calibration.

eilivhagen over 1 year ago

Big Easy is a great watch face! Had to buy the full version!

On my FR965 however, it messes up my AOD settings. For general use, I have AOD on, but I disable the "raise arm to activate" functionality. I.e., the watch stays dimmed until I press the screen or a button. When using Big Easy however, the watch is activated when I raise my arm, no matter what settings I have on the watch. Furthermore, if I switch back to a stock watchface, this behavior still applies until I restart the watch.

Can you please look into this, having Big Easy respect the general settings for the "raise arm" activation?

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago in reply to eilivhagen

This is Garmin firmware issue and has nothing to do with the apps. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY for me to "look into it".

Please report the issue to Garmin support - hopefully they will be able to fix it in the next firmware update.

infiniteZebra over 1 year ago

I just got a Venu 2 this week and so far your watch face is the one I keep coming back to. I started with the Glance Watch Face but really wanted to have the body battery and stress on it so I am trying out the Glance Pro. Very impressive! Fairly certain I'll be buying it after the week. I really like to ability to launch the widgets and the gradient effect is a nice touch.

A couple of things that would make it even better (in my mind) for future consideration:

- For the arc bars, it would be great if they were segmented for both colors. I'd like to do away with having the % shown, but I'd like to have something to go by for a bit more precision (e.g. 10 bars) than guesstimating. Also, I'm hoping the third color works for the body battery. I checked the notes and didn't see anything on that, but will perhaps find out.

- For the data fields, it would be great if we could have individual colors for each of the data field icons (e.g., set top left field icon to red (e.g., heart rate icon). Similarly, some people may like different colors for the metrics, but for me it would be the icons. Also, if the weather icon could be set to change automatically based on they forecast (if user wanted), that would by a great visual (e.g., sunny = yellow; cloudy = grey). I like the icons you used, just a touch of color would be nice.

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago in reply to infiniteZebra

Thanks. Try BIG EASY - you can customize color of each element there.

infiniteZebra over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Thanks for the tip - I'll try that out

MobileDriveway over 1 year ago

NEW: Just published a new app - EASY Round. Give it a try!

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

PROMOTION: All features of the app will remain FREE if you install the app before May 15, 2023. To keep this promotion after May 15th, please do not uninstall the app or reset the watch.

The app is packed with features: dual screen, touchscreen support, saving user color themes, and MAXIMUM FREEDOM of expression - almost all elements color can be changed.

mdeletr over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Nice!! Will try directly

mdeletr over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Very nice!! Really good customisation regarding colors and icons etc, very useful..probably my new favourite.

Will try more and leave a nice review

Carmen_F over 1 year ago in reply to MobileDriveway

I just installed it and I'll give it a try. I hope that I'll get used to vertical time.