Comparison

Week Watch vs wg

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Week Watch

Easily track the current week number on your Apple Watch face or iPhone/iPad home screen. View past and future weeks with a simple swipe. Adheres to the international ISO 8601 standard for week numbering.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch complication for instant week number display
  • Home screen widget for iPhone and iPad
  • Swipe functionality to view past and future weeks
  • ISO 8601 international standard compliance
  • Supports Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad
Features
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Keep Track of the Week Number — Right on Your Wrist and Home Screen! Stay organized with the current week number displayed directly on your Apple Watch face! With this app, you can always see the week number at a glance - no need to unlock your phone. Key Features: • Apple Watch Complication: Display the current week number right on your watch face as a complication, so it’s always visible without extra steps. • Home Screen Widget: On iPhone and iPad, a handy widget shows the current week number in the Today view or directly on your Home Screen (available in iOS 14 and later). • Swipe for More Weeks: In the app, you can easily view past and upcoming weeks by swiping left or right. • International Standard (ISO 8601): The week number follows the international ISO 8601 standard, used widely across the world. How to Add the Widget to Your Home Screen on the iPhone: 1. Touch and hold an empty area on your iPhone or iPad Home Screen until the apps start to jiggle. 2. Tap the ”+” button in the upper-left corner of the screen. 3. Search for the Week Number widget in the widget gallery, or scroll through to find it. 4. Tap “Add Widget.” 5. Drag the widget to your desired location on the Home Screen and tap “Done” in the top-right corner to finalize the placement. Have any feedback or just want to share some love? Feel free to contact me at: daniel@rostsolutions.com

About

wg

Create a seamless look by making widgets appear transparent on your wallpaper. Display time, date, calendar, and notes with your chosen background image. Easily change wallpapers and access a user manual for guidance.

Highlights
  • Transparent widget effect
  • Use custom wallpaper as widget background
  • Display time, date, calendar, and notes
  • Easy wallpaper change shortcuts
  • In-app user manual
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Transparent widget on wallpaper. Use your favorite image as the wallpaper and place the widget on it. The wallpaper and the widget will have the same pattern, so the widget will look as if it is transparent. You can place the time, date, calendar, and notes on the widget. 1) By using the shortcuts provided, you can easily change the wallpaper. 2) The user manual has been enhanced. After launching the app, tap the "?" mark at the top of the screen. 3) On the iPad, widgets can only be displayed as images. There is no function to integrate it with the wallpaper.

Screenshots

Week Watch4 screens
wg4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: wg at 50% against Week Watch's 0%. wg also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.0 vs 1.0). Week Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

wg is free to download; Week Watch costs $0.99 up front. wg sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Week Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

wg holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Week Watch's written reviews are positive against 50% of wg's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Week Watch versus wg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeek Watchwg
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.3 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRost SolutionsHisanori Yamashita

Customer experience

Week Watch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

wg

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Week Watch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

wg

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.(~iOS15)$5.99

Questions

Is Week Watch free?
Week Watch costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is wg free?
wg is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Week Watch or wg?
wg is rated higher. Week Watch averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while wg averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Week Watch or wg have ads?
wg shows ads; Week Watch does not.
Which is updated more often, Week Watch or wg?
Week Watch ships an update every 2 months, and wg every 2 months. Most recently, Week Watch was updated on October 7, 2026 and wg on October 22, 2026.

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