Watchface: Glance

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

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!

  • Announcement. BIG update to Glance Ultra!

    v1.3 - 2026/05/08

    Lots of promised features are finally implemented:

    • - Support for Complications form 3rd party apps!!! Here are the steps to set it up:
      - Install app/widget that publishes complications
      - In Glance Ultra, go to Watch Face/Customize menu on your watch. Select "Custom Complication".
      - In Glance Ultra settings, select metric "Custom COMPLICATION"

      That is all. This is a generic approach that will work with any 3rd party complication (like Dexcom). However, it means that there is no special treatment of the returned value - it will be shown as is. Sometimes developers return a long string with lots of encoded data - obviously it will not look good. Ask from developers of your favorite apps to add complications with easy to read data in a glanceable format.

    • Added back support for Emojis in Custom Text (and in 3rd party complications, if they adhere to the rules below)! For emojis to be recognized, the first character in Custom Text must be an emoji (after that, there can be any characters). Due to Garmin limitation, it will use Garmin stock font, which can be different from the one chosen for the rest of the metrics.
    • Added UV bar (works on watches that support UV metric)
    • Added Weather Temperature High/Low metric

    The same set of features is published in 2 more apps:

    BIG EASY IQ

    and

    HANDY IQ

    In Handy IQ you can also use an emoji or text for the Custom Complication. In settings, in "Text for Custom COMPLICATION icon", enter text or emoji to serve as an icon.

    EASY+ update is coming soon.

  • Wow, nice work, I really appreciate your responsiveness! Purchased.

  • Wow, nice work, I really appreciate your responsiveness! Purchased.

    A few people asked about the Moon before, so it was an easy decision Slight smile. I'm not always that responsive, but this time I was already working on other changes, so, you just got lucky. And I got a few $, so everyone is happy!

  • Can´t open Handy IQ  in app to config. Message is webside can´t be load.

  • Can´t open Handy IQ  in app to config. Message is webside can´t be load.

    Nobody can open any settings - it looks like Garmin wide outage. Give them some time to fix it - they must be aware of it by now.