Watchface: Glance

MobileDriveway over 3 years ago

NEWS UPDATE:

HANDY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/3d167441-94f1-4b67-953f-e3ff6c272406

BIG EASY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/1c8d4883-b4b2-49f3-b30c-954698cef794

EASY+:

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/7c993e2b-70b3-459a-bbe0-db48a89af5a8?tid=0

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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5292819 4 months ago

Hi, first of all thanks a lot for your amazing watch faces, eventually I found the one that really does all I need!

I'd like to buy the Ultra version, as you said in one of your previous posts this is going to be the top-of-the-line version moving forward, there are two issues though:

1) Ultra is not supported on my device (Fenix 6S sapphire) - maybe its support was overlooked? There are even older watches and ones with equivalent specs supported, so the missing support doesnt seem intentional

2) Pro doesnt have the possibility to add a field with "Steps - rounded after 10k", which the free version has , this feature is very useful to provide a clearer view - I would go even one step forward and suggest to add it also below 10k steps, if the user desires. The 0.1k resolution sounds reasonable enough in most cases.Anyways, could you please check if Ultra has this limitation as well and the feature was not ported over from the free version?

Thanks in advance for considering these requests!

nojoro 4 months ago

I’m not very tech savvy but I installed Big Easy to my Vivoactive 4s and the colors are not bright, very subdued. Is this because of a setting I need to change? I downloaded a different app first and it was also dim. Help!

MobileDriveway 4 months ago in reply to nojoro

nojoro said:
I’m not very tech savvy but I installed Big Easy to my Vivoactive 4s and the colors are not bright, very subdued. Is this because of a setting I need to change? I downloaded a different app first and it was also dim. Help!

You bought a watch with MIP screen - it is unable to reproduce bright colors. If your priority is bright colors, you should exchange the watch for a model with AMOLED screen.

MobileDriveway 4 months ago in reply to 5847610

5847610 said:
Hi. I can’t seem to get the metrics (calories, heart rate steps etc) to go into a bold font on my watch. I copied and pasted a theme from its still in a standard font. Thanks

Metrics use the watch stock font (which is different on different watch models). It can't be changed at the moment.

MobileDriveway 4 months ago in reply to Federico

Federico said:
can you please answer my question?

Yes. What is the question?

nojoro 4 months ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Thank You!! I do love it though! It’s so easy to read! My next step is to figure out how to change elevation for something else! I’m afraid to try changing anything.

Federico 4 months ago in reply to MobileDriveway

So i use big easy on my watch and when i try to see the weather on the watchface using open weather i get these numbers 5::5 or 6::6 or 11::11 always in this format instead of the temperature, same with glance.

Artemis 4 months ago

Hello,

I updated the watchface today and now it won't display the temperature.

I uninstalled and reinstalled it and restarted my watch to no effect. I turned on and then turned off the Garmin Weather option, but still nothing.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

MobileDriveway 4 months ago in reply to Artemis

Artemis said:
I updated the watchface today and now it won't display the temperature.

It is Garmin Weather issue, please follow this Garmin guide to fix it: support.garmin.com/.../
There is more information in the FAQ about weather: www.mobiledriveway.com/glance.html

And please do not duplicate the messages here with Contact Developer.

Carmen_F 4 months ago in reply to Artemis

Start a GPS activity and sync with your phone.