Comparison

Glimpsy vs Plotkeep

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Glimpsy

This app offers a smart battery complication for Apple Watch that intelligently hides the battery indicator until it drops below a custom threshold. It also allows combining date and battery information into a single slot, saving space on data-rich watch faces. Users can customize the appearance to match their watch face.

Highlights
  • Smart visibility for battery indicator
  • Customizable battery threshold
  • Combined date and battery complication
  • Style editor for font and color customization
  • Universal complication family support
  • iPhone companion app for settings management
Features
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Your wrist. Your rules. Glimpsy is the smart battery complication for Apple Watch that stays invisible until you need it — or turns any slot into something unmistakably yours. Multiple independent styles and live previews for every complication shape. Insignia. Amulet. One elegant app. ◈ MINIMALIST BY DEFAULT. PERSONAL BY DESIGN. Love a clean dial? Glimpsy hides the battery until charge drops below your threshold. Want more? Add an insignia, photo, custom colors, and combined date layouts without cluttering your watch face. ◈ DE-CLUTTER YOUR WRIST Battery life shouldn't always be in your face. Set a custom threshold (e.g. 30%). Above that, the indicator vanishes — clean dial, zero anxiety. When it matters, Glimpsy appears. ◈ SAVE A SLOT: COMBINED COMPLICATIONS Every complication spot is precious. Glimpsy's Date & Battery combo shows the date by default and only brings in the battery when you need it — freeing a slot for another app or data source. ◈ LOTS OF DATE FORMATS Choose from 20 different ways to display date information, including calendar week. ◈ INSIGNIA: STAMP IT WITH YOUR MARK Add a personal Insignia — initials, emoji, or symbol — to your complication. Your watch face, your signature. ◈ AMULET: WEAR WHAT YOU LOVE Turn a circular slot into an Amulet: a photo of your partner, kids or dog fills the complication, with the battery icon only when Smart visibility says it's time. ◈ FULL STYLE EDITOR + LIVE PREVIEWS Dial in fonts, colors, date formats, battery size, and more in the Style Editor. Live dual previews show battery shown and hidden for every family before you commit. Edit on Apple Watch or iPhone — changes sync instantly. ◈ CONFIGURATION SCHEDULE Different complication setups for different days — like weekend date colors or a different Amulet photo every day. ◈ IPHONE COMPANION Quick tweaks on your wrist; deep customization on iPhone — custom colors, Amulet cropping, and Insignia editing. Browse styles with live previews in the companion app and sync to your watch. ◈ FEATURES • Smart visibility: Auto-hide the battery until charge drops below your threshold. • Combined Date & Battery: Free up complication slots on data-rich watch faces. • Lots of Date Formats: 20 options, including calendar week. • Insignia: Monograms on circular, corner, rectangular, and inline complications. • Amulet: Photo-backed circular complications with smart battery overlay. • Multiple Independent Styles: Different configs per watch face — simultaneously. • Full Style Editor: Fonts, colors, date formats, battery size, and layout options. • Configuration Schedules: Per-day setups — weekend colors, daily Amulet photos, and more. • Live Previews: Battery-shown and battery-hidden states for every family. • Universal Support: Circular, Corner, Inline, and Rectangular — all covered. • iPhone Companion: Edit, preview, and sync from your phone. • Battery Efficient: Optimized for Apple's energy guidelines. ◈ TRY GLIMPSY FOR FREE Download today for a 7-day trial with no limitations. Love it? Unlock the Permanent License once — all future updates included. No subscriptions. Ever.

About

Plotkeep

Features
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Never lose your place again. One tap, and Spotify starts the exact chapter you stopped on. One show is free. Every further show — archived ones still count — needs the one-time unlock, no subscription. You need the Spotify app with Premium. How it works: 1. Play an audiobook or audio drama that Spotify stores as an album. 2. Share the current track to Plotkeep via "••• → Share." 3. Later, tap ▶ in the list — Spotify starts your saved chapter. • Cover art, title, and your spot at a glance, such as "Part 9 of 25" • One tap back to Spotify, straight to the right chapter • For audiobooks and audio dramas stored as albums in Spotify • Active and archive tabs: swipe finished series into the archive, swipe the other way to delete • Light and dark, follows your system • No account, no sign-up — your list stays on your device • One show free, unlimited with Pro. One-time purchase, no subscription With Pro, keep several series side by side, each at its own spot. Good to know • Always share the track that is playing. Plotkeep cannot save album, audiobook, playlist, or podcast links. • Every saved show counts, archived ones included. Only deleting frees a slot again. • Without Spotify Premium, Spotify only shuffles albums on mobile — so an audio drama cannot be heard in order at all. • If Spotify is already running, one tap is enough. If it was closed, the first tap is not reliable — tap once more and your chapter starts. That is Spotify's behavior, not Plotkeep's. Plotkeep is an independent app and is not affiliated with Spotify AB.

Screenshots

Glimpsy4 screens
Plotkeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

Glimpsy and Plotkeep are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Glimpsy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Plotkeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Glimpsy versus Plotkeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlimpsyPlotkeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHans-Juergen RichsteinSebastian Manuel Nuss

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Glimpsy

One-time1
  • Permanent License$4.99
1 purchases

Plotkeep

One-time1
  • Plotkeep Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Glimpsy free?
Glimpsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plotkeep free?
Plotkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glimpsy or Plotkeep have ads?
Neither Glimpsy nor Plotkeep shows ads.

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