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Yachting Chrono Companion

· v1.4.1
★★★★★ (1) ↓ 100 downloads 2 Free

About

This is a companion app to the Yachting Chrono 4 watchface. A press and hold action on the Yachting Chrono 4 watchface can directly switch to this app, allowing the stopwatch/timer functions to be controlled using the START/STOP button, and GPS is immediately activated for indicating heading. # Features: * Analog time * Chronograph timer with START/STOP button control. (Set the chronograph using the app settings menu) * Rotating compass bezel indicating wind direction (Cyan pointer used on older models without bezel rotation capability) * Heading pointer (yellow) shown against the compass bezel * 4 hand styles * Upwind angles, start line axis and favorable side markings * Customizable rotating data items: wind speed (WS), wind direction (WD) * Bar graph selectable to show either battery level or messages * Optionally obtain weather data from OpenWeatherMap. Get a free API key from https://openweathermap.org * Battery saving mode # PRO Version Features: * Configurable hand, display and bezel colors Color selection instructions: https://ko-fi.com/post/Entering-numerical-color-settings-I3I5N1TZJ * More display data items: Local time with status icons Latitude (LT) Longitude (LN) Speed (SP) Heading (HD) Distance to home/base (DH) Current temperature Feels like temperature Daily low/high temperature Sea level barometric pressure (BA) Ambient pressure (AP) Sea level barometric graph with min, max values Weather condition forecast (FC) ++ Wind gust speed (WG) Probability of precipitation (POP) Relative humidity (RH) Visibility (VZ) (NOTE: Some parameters may not be available depending on your watch model. Parameters marked with ++ require OpenWeatherMap API) * Optionally display 2 data items at a time on the upper digital display * Set default data item(s) to display on the digital displays * Optionally use the lower display to rotate data items (One group of data [time, position, weather] can be selected for rotation. When selected, data in this group is not displayed in the upper display) * Stopwatch and count down+up chronograph modes * Rotating pointer customizable to show wind direction * Option to rotate bezel manually * Barometric trend indicator * 2nd progress bar graph * DOWN button will synchronize the countdown timer to the nearest minute for regatta timing * Minutes ring can be set to show battery level graph or remaining countdown time * Optional replica mode # Payment For the PRO version, use this link to pay US$4.20 via Stripe (no account required; credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay accepted): https://buy.stripe.com/3cI5kE17aegG4kL3Uqf3d1A Stripe is recommended because you will get your unlock code immediately on the payment confirmation screen. Alternative payment via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/trudelta/4.20USD Important instructions to get your unlock code quickly: https://ko-fi.com/post/Payments-via-PayPal-Z8Z6AIK7

What's new

Version 1.4.1 Added support for Fenix 9 models. Version 1.4.0 PRO Version only change: Added "Sync Chrono" to the settings menu for watches without a physical DOWN button. Version 1.3.0 PRO Version only change: Corrected minutes arc graph operation when the chronograph mode is set to down+up.. Version 1.1.0 PRO Version only change: Added functionality to the DOWN button which will synchronize the countdown timer to the nearest minute when pressed for regatta timing.

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Details

Compatible with 95 devices
Updated Sep 4, 2026
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