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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3357109 11 days ago

I like your watch faces a lot and would like to purchase some.
but there is one metric or data field that I want to be able to show on the watch face. I want to show the weekly bike distance ridden. Is there an option for that in your paid watch faces?!

thanks!

4828991 10 days ago

Hello MobileDriveway

I have been using the pro version of this app for some time and just today received the "No unlock code" notification over some of my data fields.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to Nick

Nick said:
Please can you make the time colon color configurable on Glance Ultra. TIA

Not at this time, but I'll keep it in mind if there is more demand for it.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 8606670

8606670 said:
can I add a data field with data coming from another data field application? I use CGM connect datafield to acquire values for the glucose sensor through mobile phone and can display them during activities by adding this data field in the layout of the app.

At the moment I support only my own Complications (like Hydration) - I don't like depending on other people's work. Perhaps I should make my own CGM widget.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 4828991

4828991 said:
I have been using the pro version of this app for some time and just today received the "No unlock code" notification over some of my data fields.

Please enter the unlock code in the app settings, the very first field. Use Contact Developer for further questions.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 3357109

3357109 said:
I like your watch faces a lot and would like to purchase some.
but there is one metric or data field that I want to be able to show on the watch face. I want to show the weekly bike distance ridden. Is there an option for that in your paid watch faces?!

Some of them do have it, but it is also present in the "Universal App" - a watch face extension that can be launched directly from my paid watch faces.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 5764371

5764371 said:
Payment required is making up the “line” but I bought the app a few years ago, and also payed 4.99 euro June 3th.
So there must be something wrong!

Please enter the unlock code in the app settings, the very first field. Use Contact Developer for further questions.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to Steve

Steve said:
So after using the watch face for a while I have two. The first one might be difficult to implement because it's about the bars. When you chose "Position of the sun" it would be awesome, if there wouldn't be a bar, but more of a dot, that moves, like literally the sun moving across the sky when you chose the topbar for this kind of information.

It is an option, and some apps do it this way. For the Sun bar it would make a perfect sense, but at the moment I don't want to invest much time in it just for the single bar.

Steve said:
The second recommendation or feature request would be for the middle bars. You made the indication lines at 20%, 40%, 60% and 80%. I guess it would be easier to read/understand when the indication lines would be at 25%, 50% and 75%. Or alternative, to rework the whole bar so, the seperating line above/below marks the 50%. Right now, it's a bit confusing when to take a glance.

That is a very personal preference, as in "I personally prefer it to be more precise with 20% visual split indicator". I can't take a poll on the most used configuration, and I rarely hear any complaints about the one I preset. For now I prefer to keep it as is, sorry.

Steve said:
Final thought, not feature request in particular, more a "would be nice to have": Adding a graph for solar charging and the total lux for the day as available option for the information fields would be nice.

Garmin doesn't provide solar charging history or total lux to 3rd party apps.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to plitos

plitos said:
I want to pay your wonderful Glance Pro, but without using Paypal. Can you offer me another way of payment? Thx!

Please use Contact Developer and I'll send you an alternative payment method.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago

Hi ALL,

Garmin just dumped on me notifications for all messages from last 2 weeks (and kept silent before that). It is possible that I missed and didn't reply to some of your messages. If that is the case, please repost or use Contact Developer.

Thanks