Useful and accurate, but not perfect. (Broken Widgets)
As a casual fan of “Swatch Internet Time”, I really appreciate apps like this one, that let me easily find out what time it is online, without needing to open a web browser. In my experience, it has been an accurate and reliable method of checking the time when I need to surf the net. That being said, I can’t say I give this app my full praise. My main criticism of this app is the fact that it’s widgets don’t seem to work. The purpose of the widgets. I briefly put this app’s widgets on my home and lock screen, so I could easily check the time on the internet, without even needing to open the app. However, I quickly discovered that these widgets, while accurate at time of placement, seemed to remain static, not updating as time passed, and quickly becoming inaccurate. This seems like a huge oversight, and while I was hopeful this would be patched in a not-too-distant update, said update has simply never come. I downloaded this app with the specific goal of placing internet time widgets on my home screen, so this came as a huge letdown to me. This isn’t my only criticism, a more minor issue I have with the app is that I can’t say I’m a fan of it’s design, which I find rather unappealing in it’s colour choices. However, I do recognise this is a “me issue”, and a matter of taste. You might find the aesthetics more favourable than I do, in which case, more power to you, I hope you enjoy what I fail to. But I still can’t help but feel a little dissatisfied with the appearance of this app. Overall, If you’re someone with an interest in Swatch’s Internet Time like myself, I would recommend this app to you. But I think these flaws are important to note, and I hope they get fixed sometime in the near future. I love the concept of Internet Time, and would love to see this app reach it’s full potential. But until then, I’ll simply have to accept the app’s flaws.
