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score 18 · Answer 1

S7en

Top Pro

Has 5 color variations to choose from

S7en is available in purple, green, black, white, and blue. See More

Top Con

Some setup is requried

Requires installing Wear Faces app, extracting the zip archive in smartphone's pictures folder and selecting the pictures in the app. See More

Top Pro

Customizable

Editable with every image editor. See More

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score 16 · Answer 2

Chron

Top Pro

Detailed cyberpunk aesthetic

A Tron-like watchface with neon blues and yellows. See More

Top Con

Not compatible with LG G Watch W100

Connection to the phone gets lost while using this watch face on LG G Watch W100. See More

Top Pro

Dimmed mode

Top Pro

Circular display ready

The developers have confirmed that the watchface is ready for circular displays and promises to adjust it for Moto 360 as needed when they get their hands on the device. See More

Top Pro

Shows date

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score 91 · Answer 3

Planets

Top Pro

Two themes to choose from

Top Con

Initial spin makes it hard tell time with a quick glance

Each time checking the watch all the planets spin wildly before settling into position. It can be distracting and arguably unnecessary. See More

Top Pro

Displays the actual current positions of the planets

The watchface collects NASA data and uses it to put planets in their appropriate places. See More

Top Con

Eats up battery life

Eats the battery at about 3 times the rate of the standard watch face. See More

91 5

score 3 · Answer 4

Ball O'Clock

Top Pro

Customizable

Colors can be customized as well as the battery indicator See More

Top Pro

Animations

The animations of balls dropping and rolling and the slides rotating makes it fun to watch See More

Top Pro

New concept of telling time

The concept of telling time through ball stacking is a new concept for watchfaces that makes it unique See More

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score 3 · Answer 5

Pip-Boy M3600

Top Con

Limited compatibility

This watch face was developed for Moto 360. It can be used on similar devices, but isn't guaranteed to look good. See More

Top Pro

Displays as much information as possible

This watch face uses every part of the screen in order to display time, watch/phone battery life, temperature, weather conditions, and more. See More

Top Pro

Optimized for Wear Mini Launcher

The dial on the left of the display is designed to be used for Wear Mini Launcher. See More

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score 33 · Answer 6

Ksana Sweep Watch Face

Top Pro

Well designed

Top Con

Needs more updates

Would like to see updates to the style guide and background colors See More

Top Pro

Supports Wear 2.0

Top Pro

Nothing compares

Great number of customizations. Great battery life. Great looks. Great Everything... See More

Top Pro

Very customizable

This watch face can be customized to look however you want it to. See More

Top Pro

Power-efficient

The power consumption of this watch face is low, which prolongs the battery life of your watch. See More

Top Pro

Easy UI

It is very easy to interact, customize, and launch wear OS apps. Intuitive. See More

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score 51 · Answer 7

Minimal & Elegant

Top Pro

Watch colors can be changed based on time

Time, date and branding and background colors can be set to change depending on time of day. Background can be customized independent from rest of the colors. See More

Top Con

Two Dim / Ambient modes - you have to choose

Top Pro

Highly customizable

Minimal & Elegant ensures that users are able to customize the watch as much as possible. Things that could be customized include AM/PM text, 24h mode, clock color, and periodic color changing. See More

Top Pro

Branding can be removed and users can put custom text

Text is fully customizable. See More

Top Pro

No limit to color

Backgrounds of any color can be chosen using a color picker. See More

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score 5 · Answer 8

Batman

Top Pro

Big time and date

This is a functional watch face. At just a moment's glance you can tell what the time and date are. See More

Top Pro

Cool

It's a Batman watchface which is super cool among a certain crowd. Others may not like it, but it's your watch. See More

Top Pro

Support both round and square displays

Top Pro

Simple

The design of the watchface is simple so it isn't distracting, but it's interesting enough (if you like BatMan at least) to make you stand out. See More

Top Pro

Batman's chin

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score 19 · Answer 9

WeatherPro

Top Pro

Accurate around the world

The accuracy of the prediction is second to none IMO. See More

Top Con

Cluttered UI

There's very little finesse present in the layout of the data, everything is just stuffed into unsightly boxes as tightly as possible. This minimizes scrolling but makes it difficult to parse at a glance. See More

Top Pro

Details weather info

Rain probability and estimated quantity by hour, amount of sunshine, temperature felt, etc. Even the radar map for premium subscriptions. See More

Top Pro

Various alerts

Alerts for thunderstorm, strong heat, strong wind, etc. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful notification widget

In addition to offering customizable data points, the persistent notification is very colorful and elegant, always standing out from normal notifications. See More

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score 328 · Answer 10

Matrix

Top Pro

Built on an open standard

Matrix is an open standard, defining simple HTTP APIs so that devs can easily write their own clients, bots, bridges or servers. You're not locked into a specific set of implementations. See More

Top Con

Keys cannot be checked automatically

You cannot automatically check keys of your recipients. Only manually. See More

Top Pro

Bridges other networks into a single decentralised network

Matrix has bridges to IRC (freenode, moznet, oftc, snoonet etc), Slack, Gitter, Rocket.Chat, XMPP, SMS, SIP and others. The point is to 'matrix' all the different networks out there into one single decentralised network. See More

Top Pro

Has an easy to use client called Riot

Riot.im is the easiest way to use Matrix, with great clients for Web, iOS and Android (and Fdroid). See More

Top Pro

Does not require a centralized server to establish a connection between two users

Matrix is decentralized, there's no one central point that the information goes through and so no once central point of failure or control. See More

Top Pro

Matrix prioritizes direct messaging with people the same as Slack-style groups

Matrix aims to "provide an analogous ecosystem to email - one where you can communicate with pretty much anyone, without caring what app or server they are using" using a neutral identity system. See More

Top Pro

Supports different kinds of communication

Matrix is designed to support Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling (voice and video) and Internet of Things communication. See More

Top Pro

Has an app store for 3rd party integrations & bots

Riot.im includes an app store with integrations for Github, JIRA, Jenkins, Giphy etc - and anyone can add more via Matrix. See More

Top Pro

Offers choice of clients

Which can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Maintains full conversation history

Top Pro

Has an active community behind it

Top Pro

Can be integrated with existing communication services

Matrix is designed to support Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling and Internet of Things communication and allows cross-communication between those services. Meaning one person could be using IRC and another Slack for IMs, or one person could be using Skype and another Google Hangouts for videoconferencing. See More

Top Pro

End-to-end encryption

Matrix features end-to-end encrypted chats which are syncronized accross all your devices. E2E is implemented in the matrix-js-sdk library and Riot.im client. See More

Specs

Platforms:Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/Browser/iOS/and more

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score 437 · Answer 11

Calendar

Top Pro

GNOME native integration

Top Con

Cannot print

Top Pro

Currently in active development

GNOME Calendar is improved with every release cycle of GNOME. See More

Top Con

Extremely buggy

Top Pro

Simplicity

Calendar for GNOME aims to find the perfect balance between features and usability. See More

Top Con

Poor interoperability with online calendars

Does not connect to Fastmail. See More

Top Pro

Synchronisation

It has online accounts integration. See More

Top Con

Far too simple

Top Con

FAR too tied into the GNOME infrastructure

The UI and configuration presume you are running GNOME, and has the ugliness of a GNOME application. Configuration, as is usual for any GNOME application, is pretty much nonesistent. See More

Top Con

Can't read 'all-day' events with dark theme

Text is white on light blue with dark themes. The workaround: assign all-day events to just one hour. See More

Top Con

Can't import ics files

Top Con

Continues to pop-up reminders that are turned off and they cannot ever be removed

The GNOME Calendar displays pop-ups from an old Google Calendar that was used. That Google Calendar has long since been removed from GNOME, and even with the notifications turned off on the GNOME Calendar, the pop-ups still happen. See More

Top Con

Incorrect appointment times when importing .ics calendars

Top Con

No support yet for WebCal

No support yet for WebCal, such as those offered by Facebook events. A workaround exists. Since this application uses the same background services as Evolution, installing it and adding the WebCal calendars there, also adds them to GNOME Calendar. See More

What is the best alternative to Weather Time for Wear?

Has 5 color variations to choose from

Some setup is requried

Customizable

Detailed cyberpunk aesthetic

Not compatible with LG G Watch W100

Dimmed mode

Circular display ready

Shows date

Two themes to choose from

Initial spin makes it hard tell time with a quick glance

Displays the actual current positions of the planets

Eats up battery life

Customizable

Animations

New concept of telling time

Limited compatibility

Displays as much information as possible

Optimized for Wear Mini Launcher

Well designed

Needs more updates

Supports Wear 2.0

Nothing compares

Very customizable

Power-efficient

Easy UI

Watch colors can be changed based on time

Two Dim / Ambient modes - you have to choose

Highly customizable

Branding can be removed and users can put custom text

No limit to color

Big time and date

Cool

Support both round and square displays

Simple

Batman's chin

Accurate around the world

Cluttered UI

Details weather info

Various alerts

Beautiful notification widget

Built on an open standard

Keys cannot be checked automatically

Bridges other networks into a single decentralised network

Has an easy to use client called Riot

Does not require a centralized server to establish a connection between two users

Matrix prioritizes direct messaging with people the same as Slack-style groups

Supports different kinds of communication

Has an app store for 3rd party integrations & bots

Offers choice of clients

Maintains full conversation history

Has an active community behind it

Can be integrated with existing communication services

End-to-end encryption

GNOME native integration

Cannot print

Currently in active development

Extremely buggy

Simplicity

Poor interoperability with online calendars

Synchronisation

Far too simple

FAR too tied into the GNOME infrastructure

Can't read 'all-day' events with dark theme

Can't import ics files

Continues to pop-up reminders that are turned off and they cannot ever be removed

Incorrect appointment times when importing .ics calendars

No support yet for WebCal

Only works on GNOME