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

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!

  • Excellent faces ! Would there be a chance to save the configuration? So in case of reinstall it is easy to put the preferences back.

  • I have Glance Pro. I want to be able to show primary time in 12 hour format (am/pm), but I'd like to display a secondary time (UTC +0) in 24 hour format. Is there any way to do this?

    Not at the moment

  • Excellent faces ! Would there be a chance to save the configuration? So in case of reinstall it is easy to put the preferences back.

    In GLANCE series of apps you can already save the the color theme string. I am not planing to do a full configuration encoding at the moment.

  • Sorry if I missed this in the forum, but I guess the Epix Pro Gen 2 doesn't have System 6?  Long-press access to glances aren't working with Software Version 15.77.  I don't know how to tell if the watch uses System 6 or not.  Thanks -- great work!

  • Sorry if I missed this in the forum, but I guess the Epix Pro Gen 2 doesn't have System 6?

    Long press does work on all Epix watches - I have exactly the same watch and firmware. Try rebooting your watch first.

    If reboot doesn't help, it might still be a Garmin firmware or settings issue. I'm not 100% sure, but Garmin might have slightly different firmware based on the phone origin (Asia vs North America).

  • Thanks for the response, MobileDriveway.  This is happening in North America, and long press refuses to work for the face.  It doesn't seem like a Settings issue, and it has the latest software (15.77 at this writing).  I can't tell about firmware, so that may be the issue.  When I update the watch software using the watch over WiFi, it always strangely goes through three updates and says "Sync completed".  In Garmin Express, there are three obscure Font updates that won't apply, but everything else does.  Those events (or lack thereof) may be related.  I guess I'll have to see if the watch fixes itself on this issue, but that's your report on my end.

  • Hello, I purchased Glance Pro and moved to a diff Garmin venu sq2 unit but the bottom line says "no unlock code" and blocks data from shown. Please advise as I already made the purchase earlier. Thanks 

  • Going forward please use Contact Developer for all purchase related questions. In your case, please enter the unlock code in the app settings, the very first field. App settings can be accessed in the Garmin "Connect IQ" app on your phone or in Garmin Express on a computer.
    Thanks

  • Thank you for responding. I will send a msg via the connect to developer. The field is blank in my app. 

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