Cronosurf Wave Pro watch

4.5
902 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Cronosurf Wave Pro is a chronograph watch app for Android devices and a watchface for Wear OS watches. No other OS are supported for now. Note: due to latest changes in Google policies, the Galaxy Watch 7, Galaxy Ultra and Pixel Watch 3 are not supported.
You can install it from Google Play directly on the watch.

This app is based on the original design started 2014 as a web-based technology demonstrator (cronosurf.com). Its main focus lays on design, functionality and usability. If you are a chronograph watch lover, you'll find yourself using Cronosurf as your day-to-day app for alarm, countdown timer and stopwatch!

Since Cronosurf has many features, the app includes a comprehensive user manual. The Button Assistant is now integrated in the app (portrait mode). Use it to quickly getting familiarized with the basics. To activate it, tap on the area above the watch.

Cronosurf Wave runs on Wear OS watches and without the need of an Android device! Install it directly from Google Play on the watch.

Pay only once! If Google Play wants to charge again when installing on Wear OS, please wait a few hours until the servers sync the first purchase.

Optional "Android Smartwatch Mode" for standalone Android watches (Cronosurf runs as an app on these devices, not as a native watchface).


Key features
- 12-Hour Stopwatch with 1/20 seconds resolution
- 12-Hour Countdown-Timer (CD) with optional automatic repetition
- Daily/Once Alarm (AL) with optional gradual volume
- Optional vibration for AL/CD signals
- Customizable presets for both AL and CD
- UTC-based world time with 15-minute steps
- Current date, day of the week and the unique Cronosurf's monthly calendar
- Innovative 100-year-Calendar
- Week number
- Indication of moon phases
- Compass (when supported by device)
- Screen-On timer
- Analog and digital battery indicators
- Seconds hand: pulse or sweep motion
- Set mode supports set-by-drag (not on Wear OS watches)
- Flashlight function
- Day/Night modes
- Tachymeter in stopwatch mode (experimental)
- Wear OS: Optional Day/Night mode switching at fixed times, at sunrise/sunset or via light sensor
- Wear OS + Android standalone: Auto-Return to TME mode after 1.5 minutes; long press [B] disables for current mode till next mode change
- Wear OS: Optional minimalist ambient mode
- Wear OS: Support for Moto 360 and other 'flat tire' displays
- Live Wallpaper (basic interactivity, customizable background, adjustable size/position; enable it like any other LWP)
- Lots of extra functionality you've probably never seen on other chronographs


PRO VERSION features
- Ad-free
- 5 customizable colors presets
- 8 instead of 2 presets each for AL and CD
- *NEW* Secondary world time
- Quick stopwatch (one button press from time mode)
- Split function for the stopwatch
- Flyback chronograph function
- Thousandths of a second for stopwatch
- Tachymeter + Telemeter in stopwatch mode (experimental)
- Reference pointer for the compass
- Compass rose (experimental)
- Weather information for a user defined location: Temperature and humidity, sunrise/sunset times
- Landscape mode support
- For the Live Wallpaper, any image from the gallery can be set as a background image
WEAR OS:
- Automatic Day/Night mode switching additionally at sunrise/sunset times
- Party Mode (automatic color change every couple of minutes)
- Optional hourly chime
- Step counter (experimental)
- Ambient mode brightness reduction options, 25% and 50%
- Button lock
- Info box with watch temperature


Permissions:
- Storage: Image loading for the LWP
- Run at startup: For reactivating a pending AL/CD.
- Prevent device from sleeping: While an alarm is being played, so the user can stop it
- Allow display over other apps: (Android 10+ only) To bring the app in the foreground when an AL/CD is triggered

SEPARATE MANUALS AND FAQ: cronosurf.com/support
Updated on
Aug 3, 2025

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
624 reviews
Dan Martin
September 14, 2023
It's gorgeous, and I want to love it, but the steps don't sync with my phone, so it only shows steps while I've had the watch on, not my total steps. Minor annoyance to some, but it really bugs me for some reason, especially considering the cost. Galaxy Watch 5 Edit - now that I know the step counter doesn't really even work, it honestly is more disappointing. Wish I had known that before paying for the pro version, as I wouldn't have done so
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fruit4droid
September 14, 2023
Thanks for your feedback! The step counter feature is purely experimental. In order to make it fully functional we would need to implement the Google Fit API and ask users for permission to read their fitness data, which some users might not feel comfortable with. However, we will reconsider in the future to implement this if feasible.
Chris Henick
May 6, 2022
Just installed the Pro version on my Samsung watch 4 and I have to say this is definitely my favorite watch face however I can't seem to get the weather to work. Even on my s22 ultra phone app it asked to enter the location and if you enter a city and state or a zip code it doesn't ever give you an option to hit enter all you can do is back out and nothing ever updates. I will definitely throw five stars this way when that bug gets worked out Edit: got the weather lined out. 5 stars!
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fruit4droid
April 18, 2022
Thanks for your review and feedback! When you start typing a city name, a list of locations should appear. By tapping on one of them the entry will be saved. Zip codes are not supported (yet). If still in doubt, please contact us: fruit4droid+cronosurfwavepro@gmail.com
Keith Potter
November 15, 2020
In common with many I have tried a lot of different watch faces. I have for some time adopted Chronosurf Wave as my absolute watch face of choice. I'm not even tempted to go back to any of my previous options. I have purchased a Tic Watch Pro and I thought it deserved the pro version of Chrono Surf Wave. I am happy to have contributed a little to the great work of the team. I couldn't recommend this watch face enough. 1st class.
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What’s new

v4.4.0 Wear OS - Pro
- Bug fix: When entering minimalist ambient mode, the battery indicator now correctly updates (was wrong coming from WT and compass)
- Hints to the user manual and video tutorial added to the preferences
- Some graphical adjustments
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes