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Chronus: Home & Lock Widgets

Flexible & stylish Clock, Weather, News, Tasks, Stocks, Fit and Calendar widgets

DvTonder · com.dvtonder.chronus

3.6 out of 5 (37 ratings) 1M+ downloads v5.8 3.8 MB Android 6.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked Details

At a glance

Latest version
v5.8 (230060)
Updated
Sep 22, 2019 (7 years ago)
APK size
3.8 MB
Requires
Android 6.0+ (API 23)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Productivity (app)
Listed since
Dec 3, 2015 (at least)
Permissions
3
Website
plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116615520972804250369
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Chronus: Home & Lock Widgets is an app by DvTonder in the Productivity category, listed since at least December 2015. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

Since version 5.0, the APK shrank from 11.6 MB to 3.8 MB and the minimum Android version rose from 4.1 to 6.0. It asks for 3 permissions, none of them sensitive. Compared with version 8.7 RC1, it drops 17 permissions: “Approximate location”, “Precise location”, “View network connections” and 14 more.

Ratings

3.6out of 537 ratings
  • 5 ★38%
  • 4 ★5%
  • 3 ★46%
  • 2 ★0%
  • 1 ★11%

Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.

What's new in v5.8

Note: The Stock symbols fix is a 'breaking change'. For this update, the stock symbols will be cleared one last time. You may also have to re-authenticate to Feedly, Twitter etc. Version 11.1.2 - Dark mode New: - Dark mode - Resizable Pixel2+ weather icon - Resizable Fit+ widget - QS Tile backup - Tap action for QS Tile Fixes: - Stock symbols disappearing - Divider dots in Daydream - Shorten date settings - Performance improvements - Bug fixes

Description

From the listing uploaded by “superuser4k”.

Welcome to Chronus, a set of flexible and stylish Clock, Weather, News, Tasks, Stocks, Fitness and Calendar widgets for your Home and Lock** screen. All Chronus widgets share the same highly optimized back-end services, making it the perfect, single replacement for many of the other stand-alone widgets on your device. This ensures your system will use less CPU, data and battery while still providing you with rich information. • Fully functional Flex, Flex (Analog), Clock+, Clock+ (Dash), Dash, Pixel+, Pixel2+, News, Tasks and Weather Widgets • Highly customizable look and feel of almost all components • Weather panel with Yahoo!, OpenWeatherMap, Weather Underground, Dark Sky and yr.no weather providers • Weather, Calendar and Tasks notifications • News Feed panel with built-in RSS sources and "Read it later" using Pocket • Tasks widget supports Google Tasks • Calendar panel showing a scrollable list of upcoming events • Highlight upcoming calendar events with custom colors and font bolding • Backup and restore widget settings • Add any two (2) DashClock Extensions in the Flex and 'Dash' widgets • Built-in Gmail, Missed Calls, Calendar and Text Messages extensions • Android Wear support and a basic Chronus Wear watchface • Can be used as a weather provider for CyanogenMod, LineageOS and derived ROMs • Additional Widgets (Forecast, Calendar, Clock+ (Forecast), Fit+ and Stocks) • Additional News providers (Feedly, Twitter, Reddit) • Additional Tasks providers (Microsoft Exchange, Evernote and Todoist) • Many more alignment, style, color and layout options for all widgets • Set custom Tap actions to launch apps or activities • Stock Alerts • Daydream screensaver • Unlimited DashClock Extensions • Full Chronus Wear watchface with Google Fit counters and weather forecast 1) Details on the Permissions we use are available at http://goo.gl/EbMLmm 2) You can choose to use one or all of the features, those not used are completely disabled and use no system resources 3) **Lock screen widgets are only supported on Android 4.x and with 3rd party lock screen apps on Android 5+ While Danny Baumann, Jorge Ruesga and I wrote most of the widget, credit also goes to the many translators as well as other contributors such as Nicolai Ehemann and Matt Booth for the languages and features they have contributed.

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v5.0. Since v5.8 it requires Android 6.0+.

All 3 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “David Malan van Tonder” Not the developer's name (“DvTonder”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature verified Sep 22, 2019
  • Antivirus scan passed Oct 25, 2020
  • Signed byCN=David Malan van Tonder, L=Toronto, ST=Ontario, C=CA
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)B8:5B:CC:03:9A:A1:34:BC:B8:95:37:3B:FD:69:18:40:93:EF:98:3D
  • File MD5634bbaaf7a9389978ebf7f022e2f242d
  • Uploaded by “superuser4k” Gold tier · 51,570 followers · uploading since 2017

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Permissions (3)

Chronus: Home & Lock Widgets requests 3 permissions, none of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Chronus: Home & Lock Widgets APK: questions and answers

Is there a version of Chronus: Home & Lock Widgets for older Android phones?

The current version needs Android 6.0 or later. Version 8.7 RC1 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 4.2 and later. It is an old build: apps that rely on online services may no longer connect when they are this old. Get version 8.7 RC1 · All versions

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Chronus: Home & Lock Widgets APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 634bbaaf7a9389978ebf7f022e2f242d.

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