Approxitock: Word Clock Widget

Playful ‘humanized’ word clock widget, daydream and watch face.

Approxitock is a ‘humanized’ word clock which gives the approximate time in a conversational manner, reminiscent of a time when people would ask for the time from passers-by. This playful way of communicating the time can be used as a widget, a screensaver, and a watch face for Android Wear devices.

Free features

• Full selection of words for approximate time keeping in regular case or all-caps

• Range of pre-set colors for background, text, and text outline

• Colors available: white; black; red; orange; pink; green; yellow; blue; transparent

• Android Wear watch face

• Screensaver(Daydream) when your device is plugged in or docked (Android versions 4.2+)

• Lock screen widget (Android versions 4.2 - 4.4)

Paid features – Approxitock Pro - Available through a single In-app purchase

• Full range of colors and transparency for background, text, and text outline with a color wheel and sliders

• Removes adverts

• Control the text outline width

• Use all the system fonts available on your device

• Full access to layout options, including alignment and rounded edges

• Show the time in French and German (more languages coming soon)

• Customisation for Android Wear and Wear 2.0 support (coming soon)

This clock widget was inspired by an art installation at the Lumiere festival in Durham, UK.

Some devices may need rebooting to allow Approxitock to appear in the widget menu.

Please ensure that Approxitock is exempt from any task-killers you have installed, as this will interfere with the widget updating.

Permissions

• Billing - used for the single in-app purchase to upgrade to Pro

• Internet - used for the adverts before upgrading, and for Fabric.io to gather crash information and simple analytics

• Wake Lock - used only for the Android Wear watch face.

• Provide Background - used only for the Android Wear watch face.