Chameleon Clock Reviews – Page 3
3/5 rating based on 44 reviews. Read all reviews for Chameleon Clock for iPhone.
Chameleon Clock is paid iOS app published by Netwalk
Great to look at pointless to use.
BMWTechGuy
Wish I had my 99 cents back. Cannot set clock in lock mode. Who's gonna leave an app open for just the time? Cannot set down as camera won't work stays pitch black. Who has a stand all the time? On flip side it's a simple clock I love. Wish you could default on iPhone lock screen (ya right with apple). More work into this app. Design wise it's great. Use wise, don't bother.
Doesn't Work; Don't Waste a Buck
CountDancula
No, it doesn't even work propped up. So what does this app do? Turns on the camera and displays what's behind behind your iPad with the current time on top. The problem is, the camera is off centered and it zooms in too much. So even against a plain white wall, you get a close up that doesn't create a "chameleon" effect, Cute idea, doesn't deliver, I would have rather wiped myself with the dollar bill I wasted on this app.
Does exactly as described.
aftershocked
The reviews show how little people know about the phone they have in their hands. You can't have an app, clock or otherwise, run in lockscreen--It Does Not Work That Way, unless you've got a jailbroken device an some sort of tweak to change the lockscreen, though I don't know if there's an equivalent to this app. This app behaves like every. Single. Clock. in the app store, where you need to leave it open and running if you want to use it. That's just how it works, folks. And I don't know what the complaints about pictures being upside-down and whatnot--the app is using the phone's camera, so it tilts in exactly the same way the camera on your phone does. If you don't like the particular angle, rotate your device. Again, every single clock in the app store works the same way. And obviously, if you set something that uses your camera down, you will not see anything because the camera is covered. This is logical. If I had one complaint, it would be that the image IS too zoomed in. Since the app uses the phone's own camera, why not have it be just as zoomed out as the camera normally is? Having it zoomed in too much kind of kills the "chameleon" affect, though having a live video feed behind your clock is still an interesting idea, particularly if you have a busy background behind it. All in all, the app does what it says on the tin, and behaves exactly as one should expect it to behave. Ignore anyone marking this below a 3 or a 4, the app more-or-less delivers what it describes, and therefore deserves a rating to match that fact. And being a universal app is a steal at $0.99. My only hope is a future update will allow to change how zoomed in/out the camera feed is.
Awesome design idea
Hurricaneswain
Great implementation, would love to see an alarm in future versions!
Not Even Close to Seamless
markdgrant
If you're expecting this to blend seamlessly into the background -- like your iPhone or iPad is transparent -- don't. The image from the camera is much smaller on the screen than what it's pointed at. I probably should have known this. But I thought they would do something with the image coming in to make it the same size as the bg behind it. The other Chameleon Clock (with the ™) doesn't work either.
App adaptation
John Kaiser
This app has worked for me. I use it with a docking station that looks like a Braun alarm clock. I also use it with screen grab to time stamp a photo. Maybe add a photo feature to keep the background or capture time stamped pictures.
Cool idea they just didn't actually make it
tkueck
When the app is in 'live camera mode' the image is rotated 90 degrees. If you put the phone in landscape mode it still does this. The only way to have the camera photo he properly aligned is to have the volume buttons pointed down. That's super helpful when most docks force the phone to be in portrait mode.