# Better Day: A Complication > Apple Watch calendar complication with multi-year view and customizable display. (iPhone/iPad app by Panchromatic, LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-day-a-complication/id1052023515 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Panchromatic, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/324461458) - Category: Utilities, Reference - Price: $1.99 - Rating: 3.95/5 from 448 App Store ratings · 51 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 10.0 · 35 MB - Languages: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and 11 more - Released: 2015-11-09 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-day-a-complication/id1052023515/reviews.md ## What is Better Day? Your Apple Watch includes two standard complications: Day and Calendar. Tapping either one brings you to the same place: a list of events. Better Day is an alternative destination on your watch face: a three-year calendar that you can navigate with the Digital Crown. Better Day is a highly customizable calendar and complication for the Apple Watch. It supports 20 languages and 15 calendar systems, including the religious and national calendars listed below. Better Day includes an awesome date complication. By default, it displays the weekday, month and day. You can configure the complication to display whichever part of the date you like, or a small graphic of the current month. For multicolor watch faces, you can also change the accent color. When you tap the complication, you’ll see a detailed calendar for the current month. Scroll through the 12 months of the year using the Digital Crown. Move from year to year by swiping left and right. Supported Calendars • Gregorian • Islamic • Ethiopic • Minguo • Buddhist • Indian National • Hebrew • Coptic • Persian • Japanese • ISO 8601 ## Key features - Three-year calendar view - Digital Crown navigation - Customizable date display - Accent color customization - Support for 15 calendar systems - Support for 20 languages ## What do users think of Better Day? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 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) **Cons** - 🐛 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 **Commonly reported bugs** - Date complication stops updating after several days - Complication displays dashes instead of date - Date gets stuck on previous day or incorrect date - Modular watch face not syncing with app selections - watchOS 8+ compatibility issues with date complications - Square and round Infograph settings reversed in configuration - Complication blinks when switching to/from always-on darkened mode - Settings change unexpectedly after phone/watch updates - Abbreviated month display truncates to two letters (March/May issue) - Date offset cycling doesn't reliably update complication **Most requested features** - Build-your-own complication customization - More date format permutations and combinations - AM/PM time display option - Calendar event integration from Apple Calendar or Google Calendar - Direct link to native calendar app from complication - Monday as first day of week option - Unicode LDML support for custom separators - Minimal text-only design option for Infograph - Default to current month when opening calendar - Similar apps for other complications (Better Battery, Better Weather) - Ability to disable week number display - Larger day and date display options ## Recent user reviews (10 of 51) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-day-a-complication/id1052023515/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Not working *2023-08-03* 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. ### 5/5 — My old Better Day WF disappeared *2022-12-19, version 5.22* When my watch did a software update the only watchface that I liked disappeared. How do I get it back? ### 3/5 — It changes with iOS updates *2022-11-18, version 5.22* 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 ### 4/5 — iOS 8 trouble. Watch complication won’t update *2022-11-17, version 5.22* 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 ### 3/5 — Cannot modify modular display *2022-10-09, version 5.22* 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. ### 1/5 — Frustrated *2022-05-19, version 5.22* I can’t get modular with month to show on Iwatch can’t figure it out have often worked on it four months now I always go back and nothing ever changes, it just does not show up on faces it is loaded and showing that it is an active app, I can’t get modular face to show up, very frustrating why doesn’t Apple have one face that shows the month!!! ### 3/5 — Expected AM / PM option *2022-05-11, version 5.22* It’s nice to be able to display the full date, but I really wanted to show AM / PM for the digital time. This app doesn’t have any time complication; it’s only about formatting of date and day of the week. ### 3/5 — Great idea! But there are bugs *2021-07-31, version 5.22* The main problem is that this app blinks when watch switches to/from darkened (“always on”) mode. No other app does that so it looks like bug that breaks consistency of the watch face. The other problem the square infograph and round infograph are messed up in settings. So when you modify square infograph instead the round infograph settings are edited. ### 5/5 — Must-have app for Watch *2021-03-07, version 5.22* This app is brilliant; lightweight, useful, improves upon a lacking in the OS (without overstepping). The app hasn’t seen an update in a year... I hope it’s not been abandoned. Until we get an Apple Watch App Store with watch faces in it, custom complications like this are an absolute godsend. If you have an Apple Watch, and have any use for a date-related complication, you owe it to yourself to get this app. It provides for more complication flexibility than any other calendar I have yet seen. I would like to see even more permutations in variations in the preferences; maybe even “build your own complication“, if that will work technically. ### 5/5 — Not sure what happened with the native Cal app but... *2020-11-18, version 5.22* Better Day is seriously the Apple Watch complication you wish didn’t have to download. The complication is completely customizable and fits my face style PERFECTLY. Get this! ## Frequently asked questions about Better Day ### 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. ## Version history (last 1 release) ### 5.22 — 2020-01-15 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! 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