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Watchface: Glance

MobileDriveway
over 2 years ago

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!

  • 2 months ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    I have already done what you said, I created a new watch face on the watch, added the move meter to the top and it's red. I move with that face active, and after a little while it is cleared. When switching to PRO, the bar is now cleared as well. The problem is not the PRO version not having the right bar level, the problem is that the "move!" alert does not trigger when I have it active and that it doesn't change color from "blue" to "yellow" as I have set it in the settings.

  • 2 months ago in reply to 5524955
    5524955 said:
    The problem is not the PRO version not having the right bar level, the problem is that the "move!" alert does not trigger

    Please read my previous reply about notifications.

    5524955 said:
    it doesn't change color from "blue" to "yellow" as I have set it in the settings.

    I don't understand that. You just said that it shows the same level as stock watch faces. Check the bar not only when it is full or empty, but when it is in the middle on a stock watch face.

  • 2 months ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    in the glances FAQ you describe the movebar to work with filling up with the first color and then when full, changing color to the second color. So I expect that when the move bar becomes full, it will change to the second top bar color.

    I've checked it also when it is in the middle, it tracks correctly, it's only the completly full state that is divergent with the wanted behavior.

    On the point of the unwillingness to send notifications for random watch faces, is there anything I can do to fix this? Reinstall the watch face etc?

  • 2 months ago in reply to 5524955
    5524955 said:

    in the glances FAQ you describe the movebar to work with filling up with the first color and then when full, changing color to the second color. So I expect that when the move bar becomes full, it will change to the second top bar color.

    I've checked it also when it is in the middle, it tracks correctly, it's only the completly full state that is divergent with the wanted behavior.

    Can you walk me through it one more time? What do you see when the bar is empty, half, and full? What did you expect? Use Color1 and Color2 terms, not your actual colors.

    5524955 said:
    On the point of the unwillingness to send notifications for random watch faces, is there anything I can do to fix this? Reinstall the watch face etc?

    I don't know. As I said, it is some Garmin bug. Do other notifications come through?

  • 2 months ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    When the bar is empty, I see no colors, but a brown thin outline of a bar. When it starts to fill up, it's filled with "Top Arc Color 1" for the parts that are filled, and the brown thin outline of a bar for the rest. When it fills completely up, it's all "Top Arc Color 1", it does NOT change to "Top Arc Color 2".

    My "guess" is that the reason for this is that since the move alert never triggers, the color change also doesn't occur, but I could be wrong.

  • 2 months ago in reply to 5524955
    5524955 said:

    When the bar is empty, I see no colors, but a brown thin outline of a bar. When it starts to fill up, it's filled with "Top Arc Color 1" for the parts that are filled, and the brown thin outline of a bar for the rest. When it fills completely up, it's all "Top Arc Color 1", it does NOT change to "Top Arc Color 2".

    My "guess" is that the reason for this is that since the move alert never triggers, the color change also doesn't occur, but I could be wrong.

    That is normal behavior - partial bar color is the same as full bar color.

    Color2 is used for what you call

    5524955 said:
    thin outline of a bar
  • 2 months ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    OK great that is good then. I think the text here: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance.html#bars is a bit misleading then and I would humbly like to request an option to have the bar change color once it's been completely filled and/or to have the same behavior as in the normal version, where there is no "thin outline of a bar"; but rather always solid colors :)

    Thanks for working this out with me, it was driving me nuts haha

  • 2 months ago

    I like your Garmin watch faces.I have 1 request though. Is it possible to add a custom data field for the Dexcom G7 app that I use? Sure I use Glances to view that data but it would be helpful to have it a data field.

  • 2 months ago in reply to 5691754
    5691754 said:
    I like your Garmin watch faces.I have 1 request though. Is it possible to add a custom data field for the Dexcom G7 app that I use? Sure I use Glances to view that data but it would be helpful to have it a data field.

    It is impossible to use Data Fields in watch face apps. They can be used only in Garmin stock activities.

  • 2 months ago

    Could you add more color options to Glance Pro please? I’ll tip for it!