TimeRings is a clock utility application that displays time with a fresh perspective!
The progress of time is viewed as a series of revolving rings that are animated in unison with the changing time. The seconds ring is constantly ticking off the seconds, then when the minute or hour increments the corresponding rings will “jump” to the next increment. These jumps can be animated so that they are smooth, or they can act more like a clock tick with a hard jump.
In addition to displaying the time, the application will also display the current date and time zone, day of the week, and AM or PM. Additionally, if the time zone is currently in a locale with daylight savings, then a DST indicator is shown to inform the user that daylight savings is being observed. When the clock is rotated to the landscape orientation the size of the rings is increased in order to maximize the display size of the time. The time display can be further maximized by hiding the seconds ring, which results in the enlargement of the hour and minute rings to increase the display size of the time values and the rings.
The direction of the rotation of the time rings can also be switched from clockwise to counter clockwise and the numerals will change accordingly.
The clock is designed to make it easy to be used as a bedside nightstand clock, to support this it has controls that make it easy to dim the screen at night. Using this feature allows the user to reduce the display brightness by making a simple swiping gesture on the screen. A setting is also provided that allows the screen auto locking feature to be turned off so that the screen stays on indefinitely, facilitating use as a desktop or night clock.
Various settings are provided for configuring the appearance of the clock face. With the release of the latest version of the application (v1.1), the settings have been integrated into the application. This makes it a lot easier to customize the clock without having to switch out of the application every time a change is needed. Each of these settings are described in detail on this sites Settings page.
The latest release has just been approved and is now available, the new version number is v1.1. Click on the App Store link below to check it out!
