Watchface: Glance

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

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

EASY Round

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 Slight smile! 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 Slight smile

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!

  • I am a fan of your Glance Dual and Easy Round. Paid for both of them. Money well spent.

    The Easy Round works great on my Fenix 7 and Instinct Crossover Solar. Would you consider allowing time based configuration for the second screen? For example daily 7am to 7pm I will see Screen 1 and it automatically switches to Screen 2 at night. It would be very much welcomed to allow for black and white background switching for better viewing on my crossover.  Please consider :)

  • Hi, I have purchased your watch face ( Easy Round ), it is very good! Ok hand But I have a little bit issue whit it, the Active Calories is always 0, in Garmin app I see of course the actual Active Calories but on Watch I see always 0! 
    Have you some solution for that?

    Thank you! Wave

  • Would you consider allowing time based configuration for the second screen? For example daily 7am to 7pm I will see Screen 1 and it automatically switches to Screen 2 at night.

    It is not hard to do, the issue is that settings will be confusing for the vast majority of the users. All colors in settings are defined for screen 1, so users won't be able to see screen 1 color changes at night (when only screen 2 is shown). If I ever figure out how to make it clear for everyone (not just advanced users), I'll implement it.

  • Active Calories is always 0, in Garmin app I see of course the actual Active Calories but on Watch I see always 0! 

    It is not always 0, you just didn't get over Rest Calories value.

    Garmin doesn't provide Active Calories to 3rd party apps, so most 3rd party app use the algorithm below. It did match Garmin's algorithm before, but not on newer watch models - Garmin must have changed something and they don't disclose it:

    var age    = dateInfo.year - up.birthYear;
    var weight = up.weight / 1000.0;
    var restCalories = 0.0;
    
    if (up.gender == UserProfile.GENDER_MALE) {
    	restCalories = 5.2 - 6.116*age + 7.628*up.height + 12.2*weight;
    } else if (up.gender == UserProfile.GENDER_FEMALE) {
    	restCalories = -197.6 - 6.116*age + 7.628*up.height + 12.2*weight;
    }
    restCalories   = Math.round((dateInfo.hour * 60 + dateInfo.min) * restCalories / 1440 );
    if (activityInfo.calories < restCalories) {restCalories = activityInfo.calories;}
    CALORIES_ACTIVE = activityInfo.calories - restCalories;
    

  • Thank you for considering it Slight smile

  • Just checked my active calories. Was 51 and matched Garmin's value. 10 minutes later after reading a bit about active calories Easy Round shows 50 calories (active), Garmin still 51. Weird.

  • I set a warning color (orange) in ER if there are notifications or the battery is below 20%. Battery went down on 20%, symbol still blue. After checking the settings for my track run later the day the battery symbol was orange although the value was still 20%. A few moments later it changed to 19%. Then orange is the correct color.

  • is below 20%. Battery went down on 20%, symbol still blue.

    20 is NOT "below 20".

  • Yes, sure. But why was it already orange with 20%? A few minutes later with 19% it's correct.

  • rounding issue for when battery is 19.5 to 19.9%. will be fixed in the next update. nice nitpicking.