iGadget 4+

Your Electronic Toolbox

Paul Manson

    • $2.99

Description

Think of it as your “Electronic Toolbox”. The iGadget App for iPhone and Apple Watch features a variety of useful and entertaining gadgets, each with a delightfully “retro” analog appearance.

Currently, the iGadget App supports the following Gadgets:

• Altimeter
• Barometer
• Compass*
• Hygrometer
• Magnifying Glass*
• Metronome*
• Rain Gauge*
• Ruler*
• Speedometer
• Spirit Level*
• Sundial
• Telescope*
• Thermometer
• Vertical Speed Indicator
• VU Meter
• Weather Vane

* Indicates Gadgets supported by iPhone only.

Altimeter - The Altimeter Gadget displays your altitude as either a standard aviation Altimeter, or as a ‘digital’ gauge, both of which are calibrated in either meters or feet.

Barometer - Displays the atmospheric pressure at your current location, with readout in hPa, mmHg and inHg.

Compass - We all want to know where we’re going, don’t we? Now your iPhone can show you at a glance your current compass heading. Just like a ship’s compass, the entire dial of the Compass Gadget rotates, so the North arrow always points to magnetic North.

Hygrometer - Displays the humidity level (%) at your current location.

Magnifying Glass - Use the iPhone's camera to view small objects and text at 10x magnification.

Metronome - Select a frequency between "Grave" (42 beats per minute) and "Prestissimo" (208 beats per minute).

Rain Gauge - View the cumulative rainfall in your current location for the last hour, last day or last week.

Ruler - Have you ever needed to measure something, but couldn’t lay your hands on a ruler? Just use your iPhone! This Gadget displays a ruler, precisely calibrated to the size of your iPhone’s screen. Yet another reason to love the larger screen-size of your iPhone 6/6s/7 Plus!

Speedometer - View your current speed using one of several classic automobile or motorcycle speedometers.

Spirit Level - Use your iPhone as a (relatively inaccurate!) Spirit Level, to measure the level of your desk, for example.

Sundial - An electronic sundial which automatically rotates the Sundial’s face so that it is orientated to the equator, whether you are in the Northern or Southern hemisphere. During daylight hours, the Sundial Gadget displays the shadow cast by the electronic ‘gnomon’ (that’s the name for the pointy thing on a Sundial). So you can use the sun’s shadow to read the time of day at your current location, even if it’s cloudy/raining. Just don’t expect it to tell you the time after sunset!

Telescope - Displays the camera image magnified 2x, 5x or 10x.

Thermometer - Displays the ambient temperature for your current location, based on local weather reports. Calibrated in degrees Centigrade and Fahrenheit.

Vertical Speed Indicator - Displays your vertical speed, as per a standard aviation VSI gauge. Calibrated in thousands of feet per minute or thousands of meters per minute.

VU Meter - Displays the ambient noise level, as detected by the microphone of your iPhone or Apple Watch.

Weather Vane - Displays the wind speed and direction at your current location. The vane's needle points into the wind, while the wind's strength is indicated by the speed at which the anemometer spins.

Configurability

On the iPhone, use the Gadget Gallery to select a specific Gadget. Alternatively, swipe right or left to step through the list of supported Gadgets.

You can also select your preferred language, units, source of weather data (currently only OpenWeatherMap), Altimeter (analog or 'digital') and Speedometer.

The 'Favourites' button allows you to register your Favourite Gadgets and step between them instantly.

On Apple Watch, the main menu allows you to select which of the supported Gadgets you wish to view.

All relevant Settings (e.g. language, units) are automatically transferred from your iPhone to your Apple Watch.

What’s New

Version 3.11

• Updated for iOS 17 and watchOS 10

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

Booboolaaas ,

Independence for Apple Watch

The Apple Watch 4 as well the 3 had a barometer so this app should be independent of the iPhone. So why do I need my iPhone nearby to have the barometer to work on my watch ????
What’s the point???

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the input. An update to the iGadget App (version 3.3) will be released in the next 24-48 hours and this will use the barometer of the iOS/watchOS directly for atmospheric pressure, where possible.
All recent iPhones provide barometric pressure but it appears that on Apple Watch this is available to 3rd party Apps only since Apple Watch Series 3 (on Apple Watch Series 2, and on devices where access to the Barometer has been restricted or denied by the user, the iGadget App will continue to use the current implementation, which obtains the atmospheric pressure from the latest local weather report).
Thanks for using iGadget!

outlawrocketman ,

Just crashes on the apple watch (series 4)

Looks cool, works on the iphone, but can't get it to work on the apple watch (which is what I bought it for).

Developer Response ,

There appears to be a compatibility problem with a watchOS Framework on Watch OS 5.x.
An update (version 3.3) of the iGadget App is currently in test and should address this problem.
Please try installing version 3.3, once it becomes available. And please don't hesitate to let me know if there is still a problem running iGadget on your Apple Watch (contact via https://palacesoftwareltd.wordpress.com/support/).
Thanks for using iGadget!

App Privacy

The developer, Paul Manson, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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