Glimpsy vs Sonnounce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Battery, date, photo and monogram complications for Apple Watch. The battery stays hidden until charge drops below your threshold – then Glimpsy shows it. Multiple independent styles and live previews for every complication shape. Your wrist. Your rules. ◈ 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 a vast selection of date formats, including calendar week. ◈ INSIGNIA: YOUR MONOGRAM IN ANY SLOT Like the monogram on sample watch faces? Add your own to any complication slot — initials, emoji or a symbol, styled your way. 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: A vast selection, 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.
Sonnounce
Broadcast voice messages to your Sonos speakers directly from your phone or Apple Watch. Messages are sent over your local network without needing an account or cloud service. Supports text-to-speech via Shortcuts for automations.
- Voice announcements to Sonos speakers
- Local network communication (no cloud)
- Apple Watch integration
- Text-to-speech via Shortcuts
- Announcements up to 5 minutes
- Homey Pro integration for remote access
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Send announcements to the Sonos speakers in your house – in your own voice. Pick the speakers you want, hold the button down while you talk, and let go. The announcement plays right away. While the announcement plays, the music is turned down, and afterwards it comes back up. The announcement itself plays at the volume the speaker is already set to. NO ACCOUNT. NO CLOUD. NO SUBSCRIPTION. The app talks directly to the speakers on your own network. The sound is recorded on the phone, and the speaker fetches it from there. Your voice never leaves the house. An announcement can be up to five minutes long. FROM YOUR WRIST With Apple Watch you can record an announcement straight from your wrist. The watch passes it on through your iPhone. SHORTCUTS Type a text in Shortcuts, and the phone reads it aloud on your speakers. It is read aloud in the language the app is set to. Use it in automations, for example when dinner is ready or when someone rings the doorbell. You can also have the most recent announcement repeated. AWAY FROM HOME With a Homey Pro you can send announcements home even when you are out. This requires the Sonnounce app to be installed on your Homey as well. If you have a VPN to your home, you can also send announcements that way. SAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS With a Homey you can save every announcement sent in the house. They are kept on your own Homey at home – not in the cloud – and you can download them to your iPhone. Requires Sonos speakers on the same Wi-Fi as the phone.
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Verdict
Glimpsy and Sonnounce both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of Glimpsy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sonnounce's. Glimpsy also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1). Sonnounce's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Glimpsy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sonnounce asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Glimpsy against 5.0 for Sonnounce. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glimpsy has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Glimpsy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sonnounce's.
Glimpsy ships an update fortnightly, Sonnounce every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glimpsy | Sonnounce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hans-Juergen Richstein | Tobias Vinzents |
Customer experience
Glimpsy
Sonnounce
In-app purchases
Glimpsy
- Permanent License$4.99
Sonnounce
No in-app purchases









