Comparison

PhotoLink widget vs Glimpse 2

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Create your own widgets with the information you want to see at a glance. PhotoLink lets you turn photos, web pages, schedules, notes and useful information into your own Home Screen widgets. Keep the things you use every day right on your Home Screen — your work schedule, a favorite website, a shopping list, a reminder, the weather forecast, exchange rates, or a photo you love. Create widgets that fit the way you use your iPhone: • Add your favorite photos • Display any web page directly on your Home Screen • Keep schedules and timetables visible • Create simple notes and to-do lists • Save useful websites and bookmarks • Check weather and forecasts • View currency exchange rates • Display text, quotes, formulas and other useful information • Organize widgets into folders • Rotate multiple items automatically Web pages on your Home Screen Have a website you check every day? Add it to PhotoLink and keep it available directly from your Home Screen. Use it for work information, timetables, dashboards, news, reference pages, shopping lists, or any other website you want to keep within reach. Use PhotoLink for • Work schedules and timetables • Calendars and agendas • To-do lists and reminders • Shopping lists • Favorite websites and bookmarks • Weather and forecasts • Currency exchange rates • Important notes and reference information • Photos and memories Make your Home Screen yours Instead of opening an app every time you need information, put that information where you can see it. Create your own widgets and keep the information that matters most right on your Home Screen. PhotoLink — your information, always within reach.

About

Glimpse 2

Display your favorite webpages directly on your homescreen with customizable widgets. Monitor news, product availability, or data usage by selecting specific areas of a page. Open pages instantly in Safari from the widget.

Highlights
  • Add webpages as homescreen widgets
  • Select specific areas of webpages for widgets
  • Customizable refresh intervals
  • Open webpages directly from widgets
  • Add pages from Safari
Features
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With Glimpse 2 you can always add all your favourite webpages as Widgets to your Homescreen You want to see if there are news, if there is something new on your favourite webpage, if your long awaited product is available to order or check your used mobile data? You can do all of this with the right webpage inside Glimpse. Just add a page to Glimpse. Choose the right area of the page and then this page is inside the Glimpse Widget on your Homescreen. If you want to open a page quickly, you can do it from by pressing on the Widget and your page will be opened in Safari You can add multiple widgets for different webpages to your Homescreen. Press firmly on the widget choose edit widget to select your webpage and desired refresh interval. Features of Glimpse 2: - Add a page to a Homescreen widget - When adding you can scroll to a certain area of the page. The widget keeps this position, so that you are always in the right place (Note: Glimpse works best with mobile optimised webpages) - Individual refresh intervals for your widgets - You can open webpages from the widget - Add any page directly from Safari

Screenshots

PhotoLink widget4 screens
Glimpse 23 screens

Verdict

The call

PhotoLink widget and Glimpse 2 both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of PhotoLink widget's written reviews are positive against 41% of Glimpse 2's. Glimpse 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PhotoLink widget sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Glimpse 2 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotoLink widget holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 92 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of PhotoLink widget's written reviews are positive against 41% of Glimpse 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoLink widget ships an update every 4 months, Glimpse 2 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PhotoLink widget versus Glimpse 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoLink widgetGlimpse 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (92 ratings) — better4.2 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews — better41.2% of reviews
Number of ratings92 — better45
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperIanis PlumitArno Appenzeller

Customer experience

PhotoLink widget

All ratings92 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative17.8%

Glimpse 2

All ratings45 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative17.8%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral16.2%
Negative42.6%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

PhotoLink widget

One-time7
  • Buy developers a coffee$0.99
  • Remove Ad$2.99
  • Multiple Widgets$3.99
Show 4 more
  • All$4.99
  • Buy developers a pizza$4.99
  • Buy developers a lunch$9.99
  • Buy developers a dinner$19.99
7 purchases

Glimpse 2

One-time7
  • Pay what you want 0,99$0.99
  • Pay what you want 1,99$1.99
  • Pay what you want 2,99$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Pay what you want 3,99$3.99
  • Pay what you want 4,99$4.99
  • Pay what you want 5,99$5.99
  • Pay what you want 6,99$6.99

Questions

Is PhotoLink widget free?
PhotoLink widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glimpse 2 free?
Glimpse 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhotoLink widget or Glimpse 2?
PhotoLink widget is rated higher. PhotoLink widget averages 4.3 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while Glimpse 2 averages 4.2 from 45 ratings.
Do PhotoLink widget or Glimpse 2 have ads?
PhotoLink widget shows ads; Glimpse 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoLink widget or Glimpse 2?
PhotoLink widget ships an update every 4 months, and Glimpse 2 every 2 weeks. Most recently, PhotoLink widget was updated on October 21, 2026 and Glimpse 2 on October 20, 2026.

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