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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MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to Patrik_Tornkvist

Patrik_Tornkvist said:
Used easy round on my tactix delta solar for a long while and liked it. But just a few days back it stopped working. I cna see it in conmect IQ app on my android mobile but not available in watch anymore.
Any bad updates from garmin och developer that ruined or or is it my bad?
What to do to get easy round back to my watch again?

BR Patrik

I think I might have replied to you directly. DND must be enabled on the watch itself, and all my apps show it.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 2780102

2780102 said:
Hi there, i just bought the Glance Ultra coming from the Glance Pro that i had before.

The Glance Pro had a "Heart Rate Always ON" setting that i can not find in the Ultra Version.

Am I missing something or is it really not there? As i am on a MIP display i was liking it very much to be able to see the current HR without activating the watch, as i have wrist gesture activation disabled.

Always ON HR is not in Ultra, sorry. It was making things really complicated for MIP with always on seconds, and it doesn't work on AMOLED.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 2849691

2849691 said:
I want to set the next alarm time in any field but I only get to choose Alarms Count, what can I do ?

Garmin doesn't provide next alarm time to 3rd party apps.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 2539267

2539267 said:
I am Japanese, sorry for my poor English.

I would like to display weather information on Easy Round Watchface, but I think it is probably a Premium feature.

I think it will be displayed if I pay and set the UnlockCode, but how can I get the UnlockCode?

Here is the EASY Round code purchase link:
www.mobiledriveway.com/er_usd.html
You can also find it in the app description (you have to click "more" to see the full description).

I highly recommend switching to EASY+ though. It is an enhanced version of EASY Round, and you can buy it directly from Garmin:
apps.garmin.com/.../7c993e2b-70b3-459a-bbe0-db48a89af5a8

Thanks

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to 7279170

7279170 said:
Great watch face for my Vivoactive 5! Was wondering if you are planning to add air quality as an available data field?

Thanks so much for making this available!

Garmin doesn't provide it to 3rd party apps yet, I'll add it when that changes.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to cmozuelos

cmozuelos said:
I have the Glance Ultra, is the "Training Readiness" metric availble, I can't see it

or do you have plans to release it ?

Garmin doesn't provide it to 3rd party apps, not in numeric form at least.

MobileDriveway 9 days ago in reply to cmozuelos

cmozuelos said:
How the Universal App interacts with Glance Ultra

I thought that by installing Universal App I would have more metrics in Ultra watch face but I am not sure if this is true.

so far I can see Universal App as a widget, that's all

The only integration of Universal App is that you can launch it directly from the watch face with one touch - check out the app description of Ultra for instructions on launching Universal App.

That way you can have the extra metrics available in Universal App, or have a different weather source (that is what I do - set UA to Open Weather).

zener79 5 days ago

Hi, and congratulations on your creations. Is there any chance of being able to show CGM (blood glucose monitoring) in BigEasy like in frinkr’s watchfaces (Futura and all the others)?

This would really help those like me who need to quickly check their own or their loved ones’ glucose levels

MobileDriveway 4 days ago in reply to zener79

zener79 said:
Hi, and congratulations on your creations. Is there any chance of being able to show CGM (blood glucose monitoring) in BigEasy like in frinkr’s watchfaces (Futura and all the others)?

This would really help those like me who need to quickly check their own or their loved ones’ glucose levels

Sorry, I don't own a CGM device, so it is difficult for me to develop for it.

zener79 4 days ago in reply to MobileDriveway

I see. Good for you that you don’t need a CGM, but I can assure you that for many people it would be really helpful to see their glucose levels directly on the watchface.

Actually, I don’t think it’s too complicated, because from what I understand the developer frinkr is simply leveraging the complications exposed by a widget:

ko-fi.com/.../CGM-W7W0XH4Q5

If you’d like to implement it, I’d be happy to help test and debug this feature.