Watch Faces - BetterWatch Reviews

I like some of the custom faces but functionality need work. You can’t click on the widgets on the face to open them. Like if you want the details for the weather, clicking on the icon on the face won’t open it, or any of the other icons. If you click any of them it just brings up a page on the watch saying open WatchFaces on your phone to make it a favorite. (Whatever that means) and the phone app doesn’t let you click the little heart button to “favorite” the watch face. So it’s cool that it opens up new designs for your watch. But the lack of functionality to make doesn’t make it worth the $7 you have to pay to even try one of the faces. I feel they should let you test out at least one face before being changed.

WatchFaces needs some work. When you set up a face for the watch and touch a complication it puts up a message on you watch to “open BetterWatch on your iPhone and add favorite to…” with a an “ok” prompt. I have a series 7 watch and neither changing the face to a favorite and nor does touching the “ok” prompt work. The battery complication always shows 50% or “- -“ regardless of the actual battery life. Feels like a waste of money to me. Your paying for a look not functionality so if all you want is something simple WatchFaces is for you but if you need function I would save your money and look at other options.

App has some reall kool faces but can’t get them to load up to Apple Watch. Have the latest updates on watch and phone, settings are correct in app, correct watch selected, and still nothing. I’ve emailed my concerns to WatchFaces people and did get a fast reply. They recommended everything I’ve already done. So I took some screenshots of what I was seeing when I try to download so they could see what I deal with. And since that email I haven’t heard a peep out of them. I don’t get it. But either way I need to get this figured out ASAP with your help or refund my $$$$$ back. Stand by your product. If u EVERY get back to me a figure out what’s going on I’ll be happy to change my review. Till then I’m not a very happy customer……………

I’m a bit confused. I select the animated watch faces but it loads as a photo. Am I doing something wrong? I have a series 7

RUN!!!!! ….. I finally received a response months after posting the fact that the animation faces were only photos. I was told precisely what the developers have told everyone for months “make sure always on is off” That’s the same instruction/advice you get during initial set up!NEWS FLASH WE ALL TRIED THAT!!!I Guess I’ll have to take the $ loss and accept being fooled like everyone else who fell for false advertisement. App Store needs to weed out these kind of apps.

Oh and developer, please respect yourself enough not to respond with your standard “Sorry you’re unhappy with our app”response …. Or at all for that matter…. Thanks

WatchFaces’s drains so much battery that my Series 7 watch can’t even make it through the day. It’s usually at 10-15% around 4pm without any workouts. In addition, all of the different watch faces from WatchFaces are unsynchronized. Meaning, the data (I.e. steps, weather, heart rate, etc) is not synced on each of the faces as I switch between them. Moreover, the faces take more than an hour to load each morning; until it’s loaded the watch face has a black screen. Lastly, their faces are not configurable. To some extent, you can switch the data point that BetterWatch support but nothing else. I just hope Apple makes similar watch faces in the next update so I don’t have to really on third party apps like this and waste my money.

If all you really want is a gallery of pictures to put on your watch then I guess it’s ok. If you’re wanting functional tiles on your watch face, WatchFaces is garbage. I prefer the functional “modular” style face where I can get the info important to me at a glance. WatchFaces appeared to have several modular options that would still give me the information I wanted but with new design. That was not the case. Once the watch face has been turned on, you can’t click on anything to give additional information. For instance the weather tile can’t be clicked to give more detailed info or take you too the weather app. I’ve found several faces that don’t even work. Definitely not worth the money.

I wish I would have read the reviews with one or 2 stars before spending $8 on this. There is no functionality, only pictures. No matter if you move during the day, it always shows the goal to be 100. The battery level always at 100 even if there is 18% left. The steps count are not accurate either. The programmer states that if you have a problem, you should write support. Well, I did and no response. Don’t waste your money on this. Nothing works as you would expect by looking at the pictures. Well, they are only that: pictures to put on your watch

I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong if I am not getting something, but it does not seem to work well.

For the static faces of pictures, 10/10. The problem seems to be the ones with complications.

If I set it to show my steps, it doesn’t refresh. I don’t know why. I look at my steps in the fitness app and it is not reflected on the watch face… and then… several hours later… it is… I don’t get it.

Also if you use the watch to control music, you will be used to the “now playing” to pop up. It doesn’t. You have to open it from recent apps… and then for some reason… it will close… again, I don’t know why.

Since I use my watch mostly for music and exercise, it is a deal breaker for me.

If you want high quality meme watch faces and other cool looking faces without the complications, then go for it. After a few days for me, I’m back to the Apple branded ones.

If I’m doing something wrong, I will adjust my rating.

I purchased WatchFaces a few weeks ago. They have really great faces to choose from. The problem I am having is the information will not stay current. The date won’t change to the next day. The exercise information does not stay current and the weather information if for New York. I live in California. I end up turning my watch off to reset the information.

I sent an email to the company. They did email me back the let me know they received my email. They also suggested that I go to the FAQ’s section, which I could not find. I have not heard back since.

Matthew

They have very intricate and detailed designs for everyone. If you love marvel they have that, if you like shiny object they have a face for that, he’ll if you like name brands they have faces for that. I am very impressed and thankful that they have moving watch faces. I would definitely recommend WatchFaces to anyone with an Apple Watch. I would even say that they went above and beyond to making WatchFaces. 5 out of 5 stars in my personal opinion.

One of the better apps for watch faces. However, not all of the widgets are functional. My favorite face, the weather does not update. It is stuck on 57 degrees with a 60% chance of rain. You can’t force it to update so it’s just stuck. I have emailed support about the issue but have heard nothing. Also, if you click on some of the widgets, it doesn’t take you to that app. Just an info page. All in all, not a bad app but for $7 for access, I would expect it to function better!

Better Watch advertises as having a deep bench of faces but if you have an older series… you’re out of luck. They hide behind the fine print with their customer service, they’d rather take your money than have a satisfied customer. They could care less if you’re happy… and their products are subpar. I’d not recommend paying the money under any circumstances… and if you have nothing other than the newest Apple Watch… all those faces they advertise won’t work on yours. It’s a scam of scams… shame for this company. Terrible… zero stars if I could.

I bought the $6.99 subscription because I do like the faces that are offered. I customized them on the watch app on my phone and set as my current watch face. I thought it would show up but on my watch, it says BetterWatchforApple. Just like that, the watch faces do not even show up on my watch, only show a bunch of dashes. I wish they would fix this or refund my money since it doesn’t even work. I checked the watch I selected and it’s still not working. Please fix this since I am now out of $7. I would rate this higher but can’t even use them!

If there are designs you like that may tempt you to pay the 7 bucks for this, don’t count on them staying there. I paid for it a few weeks ago liking the designs I saw, but guess what? They’re no longer there. And WatchFaces has no search capabilities either. Also: I haven’t been able to download a single face because every one I try I get an error saying it’s not compatible with my watch. WatchFaces KNOWS what version of Apple Watch I have so WHY is it showing me faces that don’t work with my watch?!? I want my 7 bucks back.

Cute watch faces…but constant issues when using these faces. First I thought they were animated, but none are. My watch battery percentage is always at 100% even when it is about to die, I keep getting delayed messages by hours, and it keeps telling me to open WatchFaces when I click on an icon. I think it needs a lot of work. You should have a few to try then offer a purchase. So people don’t waste their money if it doesn’t work right.

Bought WatchFaces downloaded it and have yet been able to get it to work correctly. Have sent email to customer service few days ago asking for assistance in getting it up and working. Have yet to receive anything from them except an automated msg saying we have opened a support file and someone will contact you. Highly dissatisfied with WatchFaces and their customer service. Will be contacting apple as soon as this payment for WatchFaces hits my account and letting them know and requesting full refund.

The watch face is look good, but they do not update. I sent a support ticket to the company, and was told to uninstall and reinstall WatchFaces on both the phone, and the watch. No luck. Whenever I look at my watch for the date, it’s days behind, then I have to open WatchFaces on my phone for a few minutes, and the watch catches back up. I have the locations turned on to “use always“, and everything else is in order, but it does not update, and I cannot trust the days or date number.

I truly love WatchFaces. No regrets in purchasing it. I only have one little annoyance, WatchFaces is a little slower to update, I have an Apple Watch ultra and I need constant updating. I love WatchFaces and for the many options that they offer it’s great to have those options. Modular Duo is what I use and like. Other than that. Enjoy.

I was really excited about WatchFaces but unfortunately, I don’t believe WatchFaces is compatible with older models. I have series 4, and on several occasions I choose a watch face only to be told some thing went wrong, and I have to use another app in order to get that face. So far I have a minimal selection of what I can use for the older model iwatch Series 4.

This is the second watch app I’ve paid for. It’s just like the rest of them. The complications don’t update and some of them don’t even show up on the watch. Figure it out please this is such a great idea.

Thank you to the developers for responding to me. I’ve updated to three stars for the response but please follow through with the complications working as expected.

I have been using WatchFaces for over a year. The faces are beautiful, versatile, and very functional. They always have new, amazing faces and keep up with Apple’s updates. If you are looking for new faces for your Apple Watch, I would highly recommend getting BetterWatch.

Purchased this a few days ago and I like the selection of watch faces. The problem I’ve encountered is that each day when I put on my watch, I notice that the day, date and battery complications have not changed from the previous day, and the only way to correct it is to reboot my watch.
I contacted support a couple of days ago and haven’t received a reply, so if that changes, I’ll update my rating.

First of all, I saw this on the Gram & as fun as the Halloween faces are, they do not appear anywhere near the same appearance on my watch like they were shown on the Gram, not so 3D, and if you want animation, you have to tap the watch face & the animation lasts only seconds.
Second, OMG WHAT THE HECK!!!!! My Apple Watch 6 was on fumes by noon. My Apple iPhone 14 Pro wasn’t far behind the watch! That was Friday. Yesterday I deleted WatchFaces from my phone. I removed the Halloween watch face from my watch & put my regular Apple face in place and my watch was still power draining!!!! I had a mere 7% battery power left at 1:15pm!!!!!
I saw a few complaints on the power issue but in followup notes by the developer, it was supposedly solved? Anything new on this front?

I just downloaded WatchFaces and found some really cute faces; however, the ones I tried that included complications…don’t work. I either get a blank screen or only an image or two. The fee is good for “lifetime” enjoyment, but I’d expect it to work better than it does. Complications are huge for the Apple Watch and not being able to use them with the cool faces offered in WatchFaces is a thumbs down for me. I guess I’ll use the stationary pic options on occasion and hope I can get better options down the road. Maybe I’ll get my money’s worth by then.

I’ve had my watch for awhile, and this is the fast time I’ve used an app for watch faces. I do wear mine with “always on” activated. I charge fully every night. Never had a problem with my watch dying until I tried WatchFaces out. I thought maybe it was because I had it set to a white background but today I set it to black background and it still died before the end of the day. If my watch can’t last a whole day I won’t be using these. I lost my $8. :-/

I want to like WatchFaces as I don't like all the stock apple watch ultra faces, however the faces don’t update properly and things are glitchy. Sometimes the faces don’t update. Most of the complications are showing wrong information. When clicking on any complication it doesn’t go to that corresponding app, it just goes to some a screen that shows inaccurate data. I like the idea, but it’s basically unusable unless you just have the time on there. I guess the complications are too complicated to work properly.

This is getting old real fast. Taking my review to a one because zero is not an option. I want a refund. You keep saying contact support and I’ve done that 3 times. Zero response. Your app does not work. It is a scam. Apple needs to do better. Do not pay for WatchFaces whatever they say. I’ve followed allllllll the steps several times and it does not a single thing.

*EDITED TO ADD** I restarted both watch and phone and I do have the correct series in my app and it’s still not working. I write to support and get zero response. I paid and I’m not getting a single watch face to work. I wish I read the reviews and now I can’t seem to get in touch with anyone to receive a refund. For the price it costs and I can’t use a single face. I go through all the steps. Have the correct watch selected yet when I click add this watch and then the watch app icon it does nothing.

I love the idea of WatchFaces, there are some great watch face options. Many more than through apple. However… my watch which is brand new dies within 2 hours when using these watch faces so I will not be using WatchFaces anymore

I downloaded WatchFaces and paid for it after being advertised to on facebook. It was a colorful face with childlike drawings on it where the step count, calories, heart rate etc go. But it doesn’t work! What a waste of money as I literally downloaded it and paid for this one watch face that I loved the look of in the advert.

ETA: I downloaded this today, on a full Watch battery. Within a few hours my Watch was down to 6% when it normally lasts me over 24 hrs -_-. I charged it up again fully to make sure, but an hour or so late it was back down to 60~% battery. NOT impressed. Not sustainable to have a watch that dies within a few hours. Removed all Watch faces and gonna delete app. Annoyed I paid for this.

I’m usually pretty meh about watch faces, but BetterWatch has me Straight up obsessing over my Apple Watch in the best way.
The designs are just so stylish and pretty, ya know? We’re talking crisp, clear graphics that make even the basic activity stuff like steps and heart rate look sleek. I get compliments on my watch face all the time now.
And being able to customize everything to match my mood or outfit is clutch. With just a couple taps I can have a new face for work, the gym or girls' night out - all synced from my phone seamlessly.
The best part? I can splatter all my essential data in one killer watch face view - calendar, weather, activity - it’s all there when I glance to check the time! No more flipping through apps endlessly.
If you’re feeling meh about your current watch situation, do yourself a favor and make time for BetterWatch. It’s worth digging into the details!

The images you see in WatchFaces Store can be reproduced in the strictest sense. However, they require the manipulation of Apple Watch’s Complication and Widget features in such a way that the actual function of the watch is rendered useless.

Example: the Christmas tree countdown that is popular now. It shows a Christmas tree made up of numbers with a Grinch in the upper left corner. It looks cool until you realize you have lost the ability to choose your Complications. You’re stuck with what they chose which are weather and workout related, neither of which interest me.

Example: the animation showing Santa carrying his bag on the roof in front of the full moon. It is made of two photos which shift perspective one time each and then stop. So the sense of animation only lasts one literal second. It cannot be used at all with the Always On setting enabled. Perhaps more importantly, it can only show the date and time.

For $10, the faces can get a laugh or two at a party, but is otherwise useless. I was over it about five minutes after I bought it. I wouldn’t buy it again and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else.

I’m really glad I got WatchFaces. I love the different faces. I almost didn’t get WatchFaces because of the bad reviews. When I first downloaded WatchFaces there were some faces that wouldn’t work or download to my watch. There were others that simply said it wasn’t available for my watch series. However, I closed all the apps running on my phone and restarted my phone. Now all of the watch faces will work! I even have an older watch, it’s a series 5. Oh, and it is really important that you select the correct watch series for your watch in WatchFaces settings.

Admittedly I should’ve researched WatchFaces more thoroughly, but here I am, having already paid the fee, and have had no success so far in being able to use any of the faces. I follow the steps, tap “add this watch face”, tap on the watch icon, then nada. I have selected my accurate watch version, which is series 7. My watchOS is up-to-date. I’d love for someone to either help me successfully use WatchFaces please or refund my money, as I have not been able to use anything as advertised. I downloaded WatchFaces today, Dec 13th, and it looks like the last app version update was 2 days ago. I don’t know if any others are in the works, but if I end up being able to successfully use WatchFaces, I’ll happily change my rating and update my review.

I like the wallpaper, but my instructions tell me if I have an SE I need to turn something off in settings, but what they’re telling me I don’t have in my settings, so I can’t get my animated wallpaper to work when I lift my watch. I have to tap the screen, and it works for several seconds and stops. bit disappointed by that.
Update…
Seems it’s an apple restriction, they limit the time. Wish I’d known that before I purchased WatchFaces. 😞

I saw a great ad for this on TikTok. I purchased & downloaded this super excited to use this for the holiday countdown watch face. Reads that it works with all Apple Watches. After paying your given a choice of which Apple Watch you’re currently using. I chose mine from the list shown. I was happy to see so many faces I could use for this $9.99 one time purchase. Every single face I tried, every single one, either said it “wasn’t compatible” with my Apple Watch or when it did allow me to download it there was no picture. Waste of time waste of money. I will not buy anything recommended on TikTok again. I suggest using your $10 on something you can actually use. If by some Christmas miracle that starts working, I’ll let you know.

A few of them that are more like photos work on my watch. I could have done that for free. I love some of these faces but they come over as totally black on my watch face. I’ve got all the settings correct. Tried some troubleshooting and nothing. Waste of money because I purchased the full subscription thinking there would be so many to choose from. I emailed the company multiple times to find out why these aren’t working for me and I never heard back. If they would have taken the time to help me troubleshoot then I wouldn’t have given 1 star but I feel like I purchased something that doesn’t work or isn’t compatible with my watch.

I love the watch faces and the animation is beautiful BUT I recommend buying WatchFaces . There’s not much point if you’re really into having a variety. I wish the animations on them worked by themselves. They don’t. You have to tap your watch face every time to watch the animation.
Hopefully they fixed this but it says you have unlimited faces on the Apple Watch but apple stopped me at 50. I deleted a bunch because of that. We’ll see.

Update:
Answer to developer. I have selected my watch series, my phone and watch are up to date. I have deleted your app and downloaded it again, turned off my watch and my phone after waiting the suggested 10 minutes to download the new face. I have deleted the inoperable watch face and downloaded again and again. It isn’t all the faces, just the ones that look great on your IG and FB ads. Just the ones I want! There are far too many people complaining about the same thing. You have a problem and you know it. I will not be wasting my time with your support team. I think contacting WatchFaces store is a better use of my time.
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Original review:
Since you keep pestering me for a review here it is. I am not impressed. About half the available watch faces actually work. I have a series 9 and most of the Compilations I want don’t work. I have tried all your tips, double checked my settings and deleted and downloaded again over and over. I am also disappointed that no one seemed to care that both the Gingerbread Man and the Snowman have a horizontal line running through them? I believe WatchFaces has some promise but for now the free portion seems to be the most productive.

It’s been 3 weeks now and 2 updates later. I will say this, some of the watch faces that didn’t work before the upgrade do work now except the weather girl. I have since found out that the Weather Girl is for newer watch faces. How frustrating. Don’t under stand that. I have heard from the developers and it’s just run around instructions they gave hoping something would stick and make the watch face work. How is it on the top watch face category when it’s prove back many others that it doesn’t work. What I’m confused about is why the don’t take the watch face down and just redesign it and have a few subscribers try it before adding it back. There is no logic to this. You would think they would fix it to keep subscribers from putting negative reviews on WatchFaces to to get more subscribers. All they are doing is running WatchFaces to the ground. Do the not care? That’s the question that floors me. I’m starting to feel they don’t care and another things the have more watch face apps out there. I don’t get not allowing people to see the watch faces before they subscribe. It’s like this on all their apps!

2nd update….The developer of WatchFaces apparently are ignorant and do not know how to read. I stated in my update I did what they said and they AGAIN told me the same thing.

Update edit….the developer responded to my review about me needing to make sure I had updated WatchFaces , chosen the apple version, updated my phone ect. I did all that and for you to ignore my e-mails to support is condescending. I STILL want a refund. Now answer that part of the review. I downloaded WatchFaces looking for a Snoopy face. They had 3 or 4 but only if you paid the upgrade price. So I did. Then it needed to know what series watch I had and I didn’t know. A few days later I was getting ready for work and wanted to update my watch face. I wen back into WatchFaces and put in which series I had and NO Snoopy anywhere!! I have reached out to WatchFaces creators and was told to update WatchFaces . I had updated two times after reaching out to the creators. I responded and told them so. I updated again today and still NO Snoopy!

It’s not perfect but I’m currently downloading an update but I’m so glad there are some free faces and there is a one time purchase for the rest. I hate subscriptions there’s too many apps that want them so I will probably buy that one of these days. I tried one face that has some data that’s part of it and it didn’t work but I think maybe I needed to set it up idk it’s a modular one so it had the time but the rest came out blank but I will try it again sometime see if I can get it but so far the free ones I got worked I haven’t messed them much, I just like how they look.

I bought WatchFaces thinking there would be more than just watch faces with photos. I was surprised there were only a few you can add more complications to on the watch face. The pictures are great but would like to see more with ones you can see activity, weather etc…

Update-received developer response which did not address my review at all. Of course I have followed all steps…the issue was not getting the watch faces to work…it was being duped into purchasing something you thought would be totally different. The watch faces are not available for all watches and this is not made known when purchasing WatchFaces . So when you think you will be getting really fun watch faces…you’re not. Save your money..disappointed.

Response to developer: WatchFaces works, but the faces are mostly for keeping time - most faces do not have complications as a part of them.
Original review: Some cute watch faces, but I wouldn’t use most of them. Also, the faces are only to tell time, and the 2 or 3 faces that do have complications/widgets, the widgets don’t work correctly. I bought WatchFaces specifically for one cute planning face, but it’s too small to read on the watch and when you tap on the widget, it doesn’t take you to WatchFaces on your watch. I tried to change the complications in the watch app, and then the whole planning face disappeared. Like someone else said, it was fun for five minutes, but I wish I hadn’t bought it.

So I gave you a four star because there is always room for improvement in everything that we do. I hardly ever pay for apps because I just think I’m not a big consumer. I try to be thrifty. Your holiday themed watch faces that were animated gave me a thrill.
I decided to change the Christmas themed ones since it has passed and there are so so many cool and fun and funny and lovely options. I’m having fun, saving my favorites, hoping that this way they won’t go away if you retire a watch face and it’s in our favorites.

Would avoid WatchFaces. Only purchased to allow family sharing since we have multiple watches. The purchase restore worked on the first family members device however that is about where it ends for the good. Attempting to add the the other device on the family account instead of restoring the purchase it pushed the user into a page that when they expected it to restore the purchase it changed them again. After requesting a refund for the charge that was made in error, the device was blocked from using the family purchase. Support takes weeks to respond with a less than helpful message. Ended up purchasing again for the user to access WatchFaces , so they could use WatchFaces . So basically had to pay double the price to use WatchFaces .

Other notes loading faces only works maybe 30% of the time, so very hard to get a face that works, and the user likes.

Update:
The developer’s response is exactly the same as their email response, which I had already stated that I have completed the actions and verified steps. After sending yet another email to the dev team, again… No Response.

Original Message:
I downloaded a couple of watch faces that did work properly, but a couple of others didn’t. The complications didn’t load and the watch face was blank except for the time. I had a brief exchange with customer support about the issue and confirmed the actions/steps that they recommended. After no resolution and trying to communicate with the developer further, I have not received any further communications except for the initial one. I feel like I’ve been ghosted by the developer with no resolution. I would not recommend this product unless they fix these issues.

Getting WatchFaces to work is a bit of a hassle. You need to have both the apps on your phone and watch for it work, and it takes a long time for Apple Watch app to to install. I couldn’t even see WatchFaces on my watch for a little while. I tried a few of the faces but only could see the time, before to Apple Watch app finally installed itself. I originally saw no complications, no animations, just the time. Only the photo watch faces worked.

I follow the instructions, uninstall and reinstall WatchFaces , have it set to my watch size. And after a little while the faces finally started to work properly. WatchFaces will give me more variety for faces.

I fixed the issues I had myself the same day I got WatchFaces .

I was drawn to WatchFaces by the many reviews left, as well as the amount of watch faces available. And interestingly enough, this is the first app I’ve actually decided to make an in app purchase on, but after I made my purchase, I am unable to login to pick any watch faces. Every time I hit WatchFaces , it just shows up as a black screen. I even tried removing WatchFaces off my phone and re-downloading it and came across the same issue. I know there’s things such as bugs and stuff with these apps, so hopefully this review reaches you in time to where you can fix it and I can make use of my purchase. Thank you.

I used to love WatchFaces, but it is almost April and I am still seeing mostly Christmas/Winter faces even in the New and Trending categories!! Yes, WatchFaces has updated SEVERAL times, usually updates every couple of weeks and still nothing! If I’m not mistaken I think I have actually sent an email requesting new faces as well! I have two watch face apps, this one and another so forgive me if I’m thinking of the other, but I’m almost positive I requested new faces with both watch face apps.
UPDATE: the creator was very quick to reach out and respond to help fix the issue! So I am changing my rating as I wasn’t expecting them to be so supportive and helpful! Thank you for reaching out!