Magic Contact Widgets vs Widget Web 26
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Contact Widgets
Quickly connect with your favorite contacts directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Control Center. Organize contacts into custom groups and initiate calls, texts, or video chats with a single tap.
- Home Screen Widgets
- Lock Screen Widgets
- Control Center Widgets
- Smart Contact Organization
- Instant Communication
- Fully Customizable Widgets
- Privacy Focused
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Magic Contacts - Contact Widgets Experience the fastest way to reach your favorite people. Magic Contacts puts your contacts everywhere you need them - right on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Control Center for instant access. WIDGETS EVERYWHERE Home Screen Widgets • Small, Medium, and Large layouts Lock Screen Widgets • Circular, Rectangular, and Inline options Control Center Widgets • Launch contacts from anywhere with a swipe SMART CONTACT ORGANIZATION Easily organize your contacts into groups: • Family • Friends • Colleagues • Business • Favorites • Recents • All Contacts • Custom Groups (create your own) INSTANT COMMUNICATION One tap from any widget to: • Phone Call • Text Message • FaceTime (audio & video) • WhatsApp • Telegram • Messenger • Skype • Email FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Make the widget yours with: • Themes & color presets • Gradient or solid backgrounds • Custom images • Multiple font styles • Adjustable tint & accent colors • Custom borders & corner radius • Decorative artworks • Flexible icon sizes PRIVACY FIRST • All contact data stays on your device • No data collection • No sharing with third parties • 100% secure and private PERFECT FOR • Busy professionals who need quick access • Families managing important contacts • Teams organizing work communication • Anyone wanting faster, smarter calling & messaging Transform the way you connect. Download Magic Contacts and keep your most important people just one tap away.
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 ratings volume: Widget Web 26 at 167 against Magic Contact Widgets's 7. Widget Web 26 also leads on rating (4.2 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Magic Contact Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Magic Contact Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.
Widget Web 26 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Web 26 has 167 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Magic Contact Widgets's written reviews are positive against 64% of Widget Web 26's.
Magic Contact Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, Widget Web 26 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Contact Widgets | Widget Web 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (167 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 167 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Roxwin Vietnam Technologies Company Limited | Vitaliy Alekseev |
Customer experience
Magic Contact Widgets
Widget Web 26
Bugs and requests
Magic Contact Widgets
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
Magic Contact Widgets
- Upgrade to Pro version$3.99
Widget Web 26
- Super PRO3 Days trial$1.993 Months
- PRO Version$4.99
Questions
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