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Day Verdict

7-day free trial, then a one-time 4.49 EUR unlock code at dialforge.dev. No subscription.

Stop reading numbers. One word tells you how to treat today: PUSH, STEADY, EASY or REST.

Day Verdict turns your morning readiness into a single call, worked out in plain sight from metrics your Garmin already tracks: Body Battery, sleep score, recovery time and stress (an average of the last 30 minutes).

Scoring (0-100 per available signal, averaged):

  • Body Battery: used as is
  • Sleep score: used as is
  • Recovery time: 100 pts at 0h, 0 pts at 48h+, linear
  • Stress: 100 minus the average stress of the last 30 minutes

A missing signal is left out, never guessed. With nothing available the face shows "--".

Settings profile shifts the thresholds:

  • Balanced: PUSH 75+, STEADY 55+, EASY 35+, else REST
  • Athlete: PUSH 70+, STEADY 50+, EASY 30+ (harder to earn a rest day)
  • Gentle: PUSH 80+, STEADY 60+, EASY 40+ (quicker to ease off)

On screen: time, the verdict word large and color coded (green PUSH, teal STEADY, amber EASY, red-orange REST), a thin score ring around the edge, a line showing which inputs built today's call, the date, and one field of your choice. Always-on mode keeps time and verdict visible, dimmed and gently shifting.

Data field: choose from 30+ options, steps, heart rate, battery, calories, distance and more.

English and Polish, following your device language or set manually.

Not medical advice. A readiness estimate built only from the health and activity metrics your Garmin device and Connect app provide.

Since 1.2.0: new data to choose from: weather with icon, wind, humidity, UV, chance of rain, active calories, alarms, phone connection, do not disturb, move bar, 10K, half and full marathon predictions, cycling VO2 max, weekly ride distance and a second time zone (a fixed UTC offset, no daylight saving); time format (12/24 h) and leading zero settings; on touchscreen watches, touch and hold a field to open its screen.

Garmin does not give watch faces access to HRV status or Training Readiness, so no Connect IQ watch face can show them.

Code not working? Write to kontakt@dialforge.dev and we fix it or refund you.

Settings: on the watch (hold MENU, then Watch face, then Customize) or in the Connect IQ app.

A little request from the maker

Dialforge is my student project. I build these watch faces after classes, so they are still at an early stage, and I could not test every watch model myself. If something looks wrong on your watch, please do not leave a negative rating: write to me first at https://dialforge.dev/faces/dayverdict/ and I will fix it, usually within 24 hours. A kind review means more to me than you can imagine. And if you like my work, you can buy me a coffee (the link is at the bottom of dialforge.dev): I am saving up to pay for my studies. Thank you for your patience and for giving a young developer a chance.

Manual

Day Verdict: user manual

What it does

Day Verdict gives one word for how to treat today: PUSH, STEADY, EASY or REST. It averages body battery, sleep score, recovery time and stress, and shows the score as a ring around the edge.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.3.0+ and the Connect IQ or Garmin Connect phone app. Supported watches:

  • Round AMOLED: epix 2 and epix Pro 2, fēnix 8, E, Forerunner 165, 265, 570, 965, 970, Instinct 3 AMOLED, Crossover AMOLED, Venu 2, 3, 4, vivoactive 5, 6.
  • Round MIP: enduro 3, fēnix 7 series, 8 Solar, Forerunner 55, 245, 255, vivoactive 4.
  • Square and rectangular AMOLED: Venu Sq 2, Venu X1.

Installation

In the Connect IQ app on your phone (or Garmin Connect, then the Connect IQ Store) find "Day Verdict" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Then hold the watch face (or the menu button), choose Watch Face and select Day Verdict.

First launch

You see the time, the colored verdict word, a line with the inputs behind it, the date and one field (steps). Profile is Balanced, seconds are off. The 7-day trial starts the first time the face runs.

Controls

Watches with buttons (START, UP, DOWN, BACK)

  • No actions of its own. Settings: menu button (UP), Watch Face, Customize.

Touch watches (tap, hold, swipe)

  • Touch and hold a data field to open Garmin's screen for it. No matching screen, nothing happens.
  • The bottom field row is the only touch spot.

Settings

Watch: menu button, Watch Face, Customize. Phone: Connect IQ app, Day Verdict, Settings (code fields only there).

  • Bottom field: each shows one of 47 data types, from heart rate to weather, or stays empty. Defaults in that order: Steps.
  • Profile: Balanced, Athlete, Gentle. Default: Balanced.
  • Seconds: on or off. Default: off.
  • Time format: Automatic (watch setting), 12-hour, 24-hour. Default: Automatic.
  • Second time zone: fixed UTC offset, UTC-12 to UTC+14 with half-hour zones, no automatic daylight saving.
  • Date language: Automatic, English, Polski. Default: Automatic. It keeps working after the trial.
  • Profile moves the cut-offs. Balanced: PUSH from 75, STEADY 55, EASY 35, below that REST. Athlete is 5 points lower, Gentle 5 points higher.
  • A missing input is left out of the average, never guessed. With none, the word shows --. Stress is an average of about the last 30 minutes.

License

  • Trial: 7 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 4.49 EUR once at dialforge.dev, no subscription. The 8-character code is tied to your watch's UID.
  • Where to enter it: phone, Connect IQ app, Day Verdict, Settings. Read the UID in "UID (dialforge.dev)", buy the code, then type it into "Unlock code".
  • After the trial without a code: settings return to defaults (the language setting stays) and UNLOCK DIALFORGE.DEV appears at the bottom. Time and data keep working.

Privacy and permissions

Permissions:

  • Sensor history: recent body battery, stress and similar values.
  • User profile: data like max heart rate and units.
  • Complications: Garmin's own data for the fields.

No internet use at all.

Troubleshooting

The code does not work. Check that the UID you bought for matches "UID (dialforge.dev)" and type all 8 characters (case is ignored, no 0, O, 1 or I). A code for another face does not fit. Sync, then reopen.

A field shows --. The watch has no value for it right now: it may need a sensor reading, a connected phone (weather), a Garmin feature turned on, or a newer watch. The face never invents numbers.

Battery drain? Seconds are drawn only while the watch is awake, in low-power mode the face redraws once a minute.

What does always-on look like? On AMOLED, always-on shows only the time and the verdict word in a smaller size, dimmed and shifted every minute. MIP watches have no separate always-on mode.

12-hour or 24-hour? Automatic follows the watch's 12/24-hour setting. You can force 12 or 24 hours in the settings.

Contact

kontakt@dialforge.dev or dialforge.dev. Please write before leaving a low rating.

Permissions and privacy

This product asks the watch for the permissions below. Connect IQ shows them when you install it.

  • Sensor history: Reads recent values stored by the watch (for example Body Battery, stress, heart rate, steps trend).
  • Your profile: Reads your Garmin profile on the watch (for example age, weight, heart rate zones) to calculate values for you.
  • Watch data (complications): Shows data from other watch features, such as battery or steps, on the face.

This product does not use the internet and sends no data to our servers.

Unlock

€4.49

One-time payment. No subscription. The code works on the watch whose UID you enter.

  1. Install the face from the Connect IQ store. It is free for 7 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Watch faces > Day Verdict > Settings (first field).
  3. Enter UID and e-mail, pay with PayPal (cards work without a PayPal account). The code appears here at once.
  4. Type the code into the same settings page, field "Unlock code". The watch checks it offline.

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