PhotoLink widget vs Widget Web 26
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoLink widget
Create custom widgets for your home screen to display favorite photos or save frequently accessed web pages. Access saved content offline, organize with folders, and enjoy automatic content rotation.
- Create custom photo and web page widgets
- Offline access to saved web pages
- Web page bookmarking and direct launch
- Photo and web page organization with folders
- Automatic content rotation via timer
- iCloud synchronization
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PhotoLink lets you create your own Widget - you can attach your favorite photos (timetable, reminders, quotes, formulas, cribs, notes, shopping list, etc) or save your favorite web-page (e.g. with the weather, exchange rates, etc.) and get quick access to them on the Widget (and even set web page to autorefresh). Other functions PhotoLink provides: • View the saved web-pages, even when no internet (this can help to save your battery). • Export your saved web-pages. • Create bookmarks for frequently visited web-pages and open them directly from the Widget (by tapping the 'Launch PhotoLink' button). • Share extension (Attach your photos on the Widget directly from Photos App). • Comfortably customize the photo view in the Widget (moving across the page, scaling, resizing of widget). • iCloud sync • The ability to group photos and web pages in a folders • The ability to roll the photos and web pages on the widget automatically (timer)
Widget Web 26
Display websites and images directly on your iOS home and lock screens. Interact with web pages through links and special JS-Widgets, with features like geolocation and automatic updates. Customize appearance with transparent backgrounds, dark mode, and ad blocking.
- View websites in home screen widgets
- Interactive JS-Widgets
- Geolocation support
- Transparent lock screen widgets
- Automatic web page updates
- Ad blocker
- Customizable widget style
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• View websites in a widget on the iOS home screen and lock screen. • To navigate, tap on web page links in the iOS widget. • Use special JS-Widgets with instant interaction. • Geolocation support for websites in widgets. • Transparent background for lock screen widgets is supported. • You can also view images from the internet in a widget, such as photo of the day. • The widget can automatically update the state of the web page. So you haven't missed any important information. • Choose a time interval to refresh the web page, or simply click on the widget to refresh it. • Use Dark Mode for any website to match your home screen style. • Use Ad Blocker to remove ads from your web page in a widget. • Customize the widget style to match your home screen wallpaper. • The functions of the widget can be customized by long pressing on it. ----------- Please don't rate it low because some web pages don't work, but write to support from the settings menu to fix it. _____________________________________ The following information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy Policy link https://vitalek.app/widgetweb/privacyPolicy.html and Terms of Use link https://vitalek.app/widgetweb/termsOfUse.html • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widget Web 26 at none against PhotoLink widget's shown. Widget Web 26 also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). PhotoLink widget's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 64%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PhotoLink widget sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Widget Web 26 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for PhotoLink widget against 4.2 for Widget Web 26. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 167 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of PhotoLink widget's written reviews are positive against 64% of Widget Web 26's.
PhotoLink widget ships an update every 4 months, Widget Web 26 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoLink widget | Widget Web 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (93 ratings) — better | 4.2 (167 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews — better | 64.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 93 | 167 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ianis Plumit | Vitaliy Alekseev |
Customer experience
PhotoLink widget
Widget Web 26
Bugs and requests
PhotoLink widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Widget Web 26
Reported bugs
14 issues- App constantly asks to rate it
- Ad bubble in the bottom corner
- White screen on page load since iOS 18
- Widgets not showing up in the widget list
- Widget loses its position in the webpage
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- Scheduled refresh doesn't work
- Widget only works the first time it's set
- Pro version doesn't display all of crop area
- Crop feature duplicates and crop lines show on widget
- Widget shows white screen after refresh
- Snapshot can slip on reload
- Difficult to frame webcam photos, no useful preview
- App takes up a large amount of storage
- Cannot select the top part of the site due to modal window
Requested features
10 requests- Larger square widget option for iPads
- Ability to interact with website through widget
- Remove "widget web" caption
- Allow trying premium features for one webpage
- Add larger 4x2 widget size
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- Backup saved widgets for import between devices
- Ability to group widgets in categories
- Option to adjust browser font size
- iCloud support for storing links
- Fix iOS 18 white screen issue
In-app purchases
PhotoLink widget
- Buy developers a coffee$0.99
- Remove Ad$2.99
- Multiple Widgets$3.99
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- All$4.99
- Buy developers a pizza$4.99
- Buy developers a lunch$9.99
- Buy developers a dinner$19.99
Widget Web 26
- Super PRO3 Days trial$1.993 Months
- PRO Version$4.99
Questions
Is PhotoLink widget free?
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