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Better Day: A Complication

Better Day: A Complication

by Panchromatic, LLC

448 ratings
51 reviews
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About

This app offers a customizable calendar complication for your Apple Watch, providing a three-year view that can be navigated with the Digital Crown. It supports multiple languages and calendar systems, allowing you to personalize the displayed date information and accent color.

✓Three-year calendar view
✓Digital Crown navigation
✓Customizable date display
✓Accent color customization
✓Support for 15 calendar systems
✓Support for 20 languages
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Better Day. Based on 448 reviews and a 4.0/5 average, it highlights the 7 positives and 11 negatives reviewers mention most about this Utilities app.

Positive things

  • 👍Highly customizable date and day formats
  • 💡Innovative calendar complication with multiple format options
  • 📅Full month and multi-year calendar view on watch
  • 🎨Customizable colors and styling options
  • ⚡Lightweight and simple to use
  • 🔧Responsive developer who implements user suggestions
  • 📱Works well with various watch faces (Infograph, Modular)

Negative things

  • 🐛Frequent date update failures and freezing
  • 🐛Complication gets stuck on wrong dates
  • 🐛Requires watch restart to fix update issues
  • ⚠️Settings reset after iOS/watchOS updates
  • ⚠️Inconsistent syncing between iPhone and watch
  • ❌Limited format options for some watch faces
  • ❌No calendar event integration or sync
  • ❌No time/AM-PM complication options
  • 🔋Potential battery drain issues reported
  • 📱Poor discoverability in watch app list
  • 🎨Infograph designs appear cluttered with unnecessary elements
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What's New in Better Day

5.22

January 15, 2020

Better Day 5.22 corrects an error in the two-line weekday style in Infograph. Previously: Better Day 5.10 is here, with brand new styles for the Infograph watch face! A new dial-style complication brings an analog take to the Infograph subdial. Available in both a Light and a Dark style. 5.10 also adds a couple of new options for the Infograph Corner slots. Also in this version: * Support for the Chinese lunar calendar. * Improved localizations for new watch faces and accent colors. * Preliminary support for the Czech and Hebrew languages (enable these in Better Day's Settings -> Language menu). Better Day 5.0, released in September, brought support for the new Apple Watch Series 4, including some phenomenal new ways to visualize the calendar on the Infograph watch face: * The Month Gauge, at a glance, shows the current month and your position in it as a dot on an arc. * Optionally, a more detailed month gauge shows the number of days in the current month as well. * The Year Gauge shows the arc of the year, and marks today as a dot on that arc. It also tells you the name of month. * The simple year gauge is my favorite: it removes the month altogether for a more minimalist look. Gaze into the inky blackness at the center, as dot smoothly traces the inexorable passage of time. * This gauge is also available in the centerpiece slot, alongside more practical information like what day it is. In case you have to, y'know, write a check. Of course, this update isn't all about the Series 4. Everybody gets something: * More accent colors! Better Day supports all the accent colors available on watchOS 5. * Many more options for the Simple, Photo, Chronograph and Utility faces. * A complete rewrite of all the graphical calendar complications. They're pixel-perfect and absolutely stunning. * Plus many bug fixes and quality of life improvements, including better support for Dynamic Type in the iPhone companion app. Better Day 5 is a free update for all users of Better Day. If you love this app, please take the time to rate it or write a review! And as always if you're having issues, feel free to reach out directly: mail@panchromatic.net

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User reviews

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Not working

Cannot get the app to sync with my watch to update with my choices. The Modular watch face either shows the long Better Day version of the day/date, including the well number, etc., or the Apple default. I purchased the app specifically to have it display the Day/Date, *not* Month/Date.

Spent over an hour trying various settings without success. I’ve emailed the developer, so hopefully they’ll respond. In the meantime the app is useless to me.
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Karen KorwalKaren Korwal

My old Better Day WF disappeared

When my watch did a software update the only watchface that I liked disappeared. How do I get it back?
Eurix1Eurix1

It changes with iOS updates

for some unknown reason, the formats selected change with phone updates. I wish they would stay fixed. Issue isn’t app itsel, it’s what updates do to the spp
jdand751jdand751

iOS 8 trouble. Watch complication won’t update

I like the app on my watch, but with ios8 I’m unable to choose which complication shows up on the modular face of my watch. Is there anyway this can be updated / fixed? Thanks
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Cannot modify modular display

Since watchOS 8 made a mess of the date complications on the modular display (I.e. removed it), I thought this app would make it right. Not sure if it’s the Better Day or watchOS but the selected display is not shown on the watch. Doesn’t matter what you select, it always show the day of the week, date and the week number. Don’t need the week number. Just a larger day of the week and date.
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GA1985GA1985
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

10 issues

Date complication stops updating after several days

Bug

Complication displays dashes instead of date

Bug

Date gets stuck on previous day or incorrect date

Bug

Modular watch face not syncing with app selections

Bug

watchOS 8+ compatibility issues with date complications

Bug

Square and round Infograph settings reversed in configuration

Bug

Complication blinks when switching to/from always-on darkened mode

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Settings change unexpectedly after phone/watch updates

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Abbreviated month display truncates to two letters (March/May issue)

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Date offset cycling doesn't reliably update complication

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Requested Features

12 requests

Build-your-own complication customization

Feature

More date format permutations and combinations

Feature

AM/PM time display option

Feature

Calendar event integration from Apple Calendar or Google Calendar

Feature

Direct link to native calendar app from complication

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Monday as first day of week option

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Unicode LDML support for custom separators

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Minimal text-only design option for Infograph

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Default to current month when opening calendar

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Similar apps for other complications (Better Battery, Better Weather)

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Ability to disable week number display

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Larger day and date display options

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FAQ

What does Better Day do?

Better Day provides a customizable calendar complication for your Apple Watch. It offers a three-year calendar view that you can navigate using the Digital Crown, serving as an alternative to the standard day and calendar complications.

What are the key features of Better Day?

Key features include a three-year calendar view, navigation with the Digital Crown, customizable date display options for the complication, accent color customization for multicolor watch faces, and support for 15 different calendar systems and 20 languages.

How much does Better Day cost?

Based on the provided information, this application is a paid app. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or a subscription model.

What calendar systems does Better Day support?

Better Day supports a wide range of calendar systems, including Gregorian, Islamic, Ethiopic, Minguo, Buddhist, Indian National, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Japanese, and ISO 8601.

Who is Better Day for?

This app is designed for Apple Watch users who want a more functional and personalized calendar experience on their watch face, especially those who utilize different calendar systems or desire more control over how date information is displayed.