Altimeter+

My darling wife got this app for me. We live 17' above sea level so it came in handy during last months trip to the Rockies. It was accurate when we drove up Mt. Evans. But in the Tetons, reception was intermittent -- also on the airline. Still, an interesting tool to have.

Been using my Watch for altitude information when flying my ultralight aircraft and found other GPS altitude apps to be completely inaccurate and not precise at altitude. Using the barometric function with Altimeter+ has been incredibly accurate. I used it for a flight this morning and 15 hours later at a known elevation, I'm basically right on with the baro altimeter.

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A complete hack job of an app. Will not correctly install on watch 5 with cellular. Many circular error messages. No english language support. Barometric pressure at US airports is in inches, and no way to enter the local pressure to calibrate. Watch says “Requires iPhone. Please launch “altimeter plus” on iphone to complete setup. Did that. Nothing. Dead end. Deleted. Reinstalled. Both on phone and watch. Nothing. Phone app will not function until both phone and watch are rebooted. Serious pairing problems. Watch app will not work without phone.

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The dial altimeter only has 1 hand, so it’s only accurate to the hundreds position. Instead of smoothly incrementing up and down, one digit at a time, the digital altimeter spins wildly, in one direction only, like a slot-machine, making you think it’s broken. You cannot tell at a glance, whether you are ascending or descending. ...you have to wait for the slot-machine to stop spinning to see whether your altitude is higher or lower than the previous reading.

Bought it as an Apple Watch 4 complication for the Infograph face. Unfortunately it is not available as a complication for this face. Please fix. It’s available as a complication for older faces though. The app itself looks good on the phone and on the watch.