Thank You forOne of My All-time Favorites
This has been one of my very favorite programs for many years. I understand the authors’ need to end their support, but still I am sorry to see it go. I’m very grateful to have had it so long.
A venerable Timepiece App
I’ve had this timepiece app for most of its existence from 2008. It still holds up very well with solid graphics and numerous watch faces and functions. When the first Apple Watch came out in 2015, it no doubt adversely impacted dedicated iPad watch apps but the developer of this app kept until last year. Hopefully it’s not the end of updates for the app but it will likely work for a long time to come.
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It’s Complicated
I’ve used the “Chronometer” for iPad and for iPhone for years and visit the various faces everyday. My favorite is the Geneva, because there is just so much information there. I really wish there were a face for the Apple Watch, but I understand that Apple has restrictions. I wish it could be worked out somehow, because there aren’t any more beautiful watch faces for astronomy lovers than the ones that the Chronometer shows. I tried buying a watch that ran WearOS, but the experience just wasn’t as good as the Apple watch. So I went back to the Apple Watch and just visit the Chronometer faces on my iPhone and iPad.
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Exquisite
Amazing. We all have preferences for how some things should be different, feature requests, and so on, but the only real hope I have is that this will stay compatible with the upcoming OS releases in at least the foreseeable future.
instant analog IT fan - astronomy v astrology
As a many-decades expert of both Information Technology, and privately as an Astrologer, went looking recently for an analog equivalent summary of datetime for casual glances at an iPad while working on a Windows laptop in languages Python and R. R of course is Linear Algebra, which in Western 'science' was borrowed very recently in the 19th Century from Babylonian and Chinese matrix mathematics circa 100 BCE. Similarly, Astrology was the root knowledge modern Astronomy dervied from, and similarly neither has gone away today. The analog depictions in the current App are fun, a few touch on the eye-visible 7 traditional planets, however use rise / set Geocentric visible times for location v. Astrological Asc / Desc calculations.
What could be added? (1) Pluto, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, the Nodes of the Moon. (For full Astrological calculations, depictions, see AstroGold for comparison.) (2) Add also a Settings switch between contemporary astronomical Zodiac calculations (which drift over time), or optionally Astrological Zodiac (30 degrees each, 12 signs, positions set to fixed reference roughly 2000 years ago).
Fun! -reminder everything we do with digital hand-held devices has roots in the Real World, get grounded now!
What could be added? (1) Pluto, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, the Nodes of the Moon. (For full Astrological calculations, depictions, see AstroGold for comparison.) (2) Add also a Settings switch between contemporary astronomical Zodiac calculations (which drift over time), or optionally Astrological Zodiac (30 degrees each, 12 signs, positions set to fixed reference roughly 2000 years ago).
Fun! -reminder everything we do with digital hand-held devices has roots in the Real World, get grounded now!
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