Simple Floral Watch Face

Review by eFreeware

If you wear a round Wear OS watch and want the time to look tidy without giving up the information you glance at most, Simple Floral is the sort of face worth considering. It is a paid digital design from Monkey's Dream that leans on a floral motif, and it puts the day, the date, a battery reading and three slots for your own complications on screen at once. That combination is what makes it interesting: it is decorative, but it is not only decorative.

The price is $1.49, there are no ads and no in-app purchases, so once you have paid there is nothing else to buy inside it. It has been downloaded more than 10,000 times and holds a 4.7 average from 405 ratings, which suggests the people who chose it have largely been satisfied with what they got. For anyone who treats a watch face as a small piece of personal style rather than a utility panel, that is a reasonable entry point.

A floral design built on the Watch Face Format

This face is built using the Watch Face Format, and its overall look is minimal, elegant and modern, with a floral theme running through it.

What appeals to me here is that the floral element is not left to sit there unchanged. Colors can be swapped, so the same layout can be toned down to something close to monochrome or pushed toward a brighter palette depending on the strap you are wearing or the season. That flexibility matters more than it sounds, because a face with a strong motif can otherwise start to feel repetitive after a few weeks.

It is a digital face rather than an analog one, so the time is read as numbers. The day and the date sit alongside it, which covers the two pieces of calendar information most people check on a watch. The minimal aesthetic keeps the floral detail as a backdrop rather than the main event.

Complications, shortcuts and the battery readout

Beyond the time and date, the face supports three customizable complications. Three is a workable number: it gives you room for the metrics you check daily without turning the display into a wall of numbers.

There are also shortcuts to two of your favorite apps. Rather than scrolling through an app drawer to start a timer or open a fitness app, you tap the relevant spot on the face and go straight there. For anyone who repeatedly opens the same one or two things from the wrist, that is the kind of small saving that adds up over a day.

A battery indicator is included as well, which is a sensible inclusion on a face that supports an always-on display. Between the complications, the shortcuts and the battery reading, the face covers the essentials without asking you to open anything else.

What the watch needs to run it

One requirement to check before you spend anything is software: the face works with Wear OS devices running API 33 or higher. The developer lists the Google Pixel Watch and the Samsung Galaxy Watch7, 6 and 5 among the compatible hardware, and describes it as compatible with all Wear OS devices at that API level.

The other requirement is shape. The developer states plainly that the face is not suitable for rectangular watches. If you own a round watch, you are in the clear; if yours is rectangular, this is not a design that will fit it properly.

The developer provides an installation guide on their website and a support address for anyone who runs into trouble setting it up. The face was released in January 2024 and last updated in October 2026, with the recent changes described as bug fixes and improvements.

Getting it set up and making it yours

Customizing the face is done through the watch itself. From there you would work through the color choices and assign the complications and app shortcuts you want. It is a short process, and it is worth doing properly the first time rather than living with defaults you did not pick.

My suggestion would be to decide on your three complications before you start, based on what you genuinely check during the day rather than what sounds useful. A battery reading is already on the face, so there is little point spending a complication slot on a second version of the same information. The two app shortcuts deserve the same thought: pick the apps you open most often from your wrist, not the ones you use occasionally on your phone.

The color options are where the floral theme earns its keep. If you wear the same watch every day, changing the palette is an easy way to keep the face from going stale, and it costs nothing extra once you have bought it.

Support runs through an email address, which is the route to take if the face does not appear on your watch after purchase.

A considered pick for round Wear OS watches

Simple Floral sits in a straightforward place in the market. It is a paid face with a distinct visual theme, a modest set of useful features and no ongoing costs. A 4.7 average across 405 ratings and more than 10,000 installs show it has found an audience, and the features explain why: changeable colors, three complications, two app shortcuts, a battery indicator and an always-on mode cover the practical side while the floral design handles the aesthetic one.

The trade-offs are all about fit rather than quality. You need a Wear OS watch on API 33 or higher, and you need a round display, because the developer rules out rectangular watches. If your hardware does not meet those requirements, the face will not be an option regardless of how much you like the look of it.

For everyone else, this is an easy recommendation at $1.49. It suits someone who wants their watch to look considered rather than purely functional, and who still wants the day, the date, their chosen metrics and a battery reading available at a glance. If that describes how you use your watch, the price of a coffee is a small amount to pay for a face you will look at dozens of times a day.

What's new in version 1.0.3

- Various Bug Fixes and Improvements.