Watchface: Glance

NEWS UPDATE:

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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8301791 13 days ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Hi MobileDriveway. I'm enjoying Big Easy IQ. It has some great changes! However, it has a problem on Fenix 7s. The time font is cut off by a few pixels on the bottom. I think this is most easily visible using the outline font. Also, the middle progress bar icons are a little crunchy on the low resolution screen. Not sure if you can fix that though.

lemoneyewash 10 days ago in reply to MobileDriveway

Love Big Easy so this was an instant buy ! Would it be possible to have specific selectable fonts for AOD ? That way we can have the glorious thick solid gradient fonts when the display is on, and the thin solid font when the display is off ?

MobileDriveway 10 days ago in reply to lemoneyewash

lemoneyewash said:
Love Big Easy so this was an instant buy ! Would it be possible to have specific selectable fonts for AOD ? That way we can have the glorious thick solid gradient fonts when the display is on, and the thin solid font when the display is off ?

Only Thin or Outline fonts can work reliably in AOD mode. Technically it is possible to add a setting to choose one or another, but it would need to be a more popular request.

MobileDriveway 5 days ago in reply to patdwhite

patdwhite said:
How do i customize the complications shown on the watch face? I found one link that was supposed to explain but it doesnt work anymore.

App settings (bars, metrics, colors, and more) can be reviewed and changed in the Garmin "Connect IQ" app on your phone or in Garmin Express on a computer.

MobileDriveway 5 days ago in reply to 8301791

8301791 said:
Hi MobileDriveway. I'm enjoying Big Easy IQ. It has some great changes! However, it has a problem on Fenix 7s. The time font is cut off by a few pixels on the bottom. I think this is most easily visible using the outline font. Also, the middle progress bar icons are a little crunchy on the low resolution screen. Not sure if you can fix that though.

Thank you for reporting it. What watch model do you have? Would you please post a picture of the issue? Thanks

TemanCL 2 days ago

Garmin Fenix 8 47mm MIP has font clipping in the notifications - any configuration I can do to mitigate? I tried changing fonts and scaling and it doesn't seem to help.

MobileDriveway 2 days ago in reply to TemanCL

TemanCL said:
Garmin Fenix 8 47mm MIP has font clipping in the notifications - any configuration I can do to mitigate? I tried changing fonts and scaling and it doesn't seem to help.

Would you please post a picture?

TemanCL 2 days ago in reply to MobileDriveway

let's see if this works...

MobileDriveway 2 days ago in reply to TemanCL

Thanks, let me check

MobileDriveway 2 days ago in reply to TemanCL

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let's see if this works...

That is caused by stock Garmin fonts being different and unpredictable on each device - it is next to impossible to reliably center them across all models. However, I tweaked the app a little bit and it should be better on your watch - will be released in the next update. Thanks for bringing it up!