Comparison

Meow vs Markdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Meow

Customize your device's home screen with a variety of elegant and practical widgets. Choose from over 300 styles to display quotes, notes, tasks, photos, step counts, clocks, and more. Enhance your productivity and personalize your device's look.

Highlights
  • 300+ widget styles
  • Quote widget
  • Time note/countdown widget
  • Task list widget
  • Photo widget with frames
  • Today steps widget
  • Clock widget
  • Quick phrase keyboard extension
Features
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"Meow" is a lightweight, elegant and practical tool set of widget. It is only 10+ Mb in size, but it can be matched with more than 300 styles of small components. Of course, the large number is not the point. The point is no matter how to match it. , The results are all elegant and beautiful, and you can easily get the widgets you like. In the current version, "Meow" provides 9 widgets, which are composed of 8 desktop widgets and 1 keyboard extension. These functions are "Quote", "Time Note", "Launch" and "Task List", "Photo", "Today Steps", "Clock", "Calendar" and "Quick Phrase", these small tools are not limited to good-looking, most of them are also very useful. Even if they are separated from the desktop widgets, they have relatively complete functions in the app. Function Quick View - Quote: Display a paragraph of text input on the widget, which can be used for self-excitation, motto, simple reminders, etc.; you can also choose your favorite style for different content texts. -Time Note: Almost all-round countdown day tool, supports countdown days, cumulative days, percentage progress display, cycle cycles, multi-color themes, etc. - Quick Phrase: Expand the shortcut phrases on the keyboard. The simple design fits the original interface. You can enter frequently used phrases into the app. When you need to use it, you only need to long press to switch the keyboard and quickly click to use it. - Launch: Support custom URL Schemes launch tool, built-in dozens of unified styles and beautifully designed icons, which are efficient and beautiful. - Task List: A concise tool that can be used alone in the app, suitable for recording some simple to-do items. - Photo: Add your favorite photos, and select the frame style to present on the desktop; some styles provide the function of displaying the date, making this not a simple display of photos. - Today Steps: A widget showing the daily steps, you can set your own goals, and you can also generate a static map. - Clock: The design concept is mainly decoration, provides a number of interesting clock styles, and is continuously updated. Privacy Meow optionally integrates with Apple’s HealthKit API. This data is used to display your step on today steps widget. Subscription - Become Meow Pro to unlock all Meow features. - Subscription membership costs $1.49 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment will be made directly through your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. After the purchase or trial, the renewal will be carried out automatically, and the Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be extended by 1 subscription cycle. You can modify the automatic subscription settings in the system account settings. If you need to cancel the renewal, please do so at least 24 hours before the current billing period. Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/904wG0xy2jErhOf8/ Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/G2luo02rR7Y9COXx/

About

Markdown Widget

Features
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Markdown Widget 是一款桌面小组件应用,专注于将 Markdown 格式的内容以直观、美观的方式解析并展示在您的桌面小组件上。无论您是记录笔记、查看待办事项还是展示重要信息,都能通过简单的Markdown语法轻松实现个性化定制,让您随时随地获取关键信息,提高工作和学习效率。

Screenshots

Meow4 screens
Markdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Markdown Widget at none against Meow's 2. Meow's advantage is iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Meow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per year. Markdown Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Meow versus Markdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeowMarkdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鑫 吴Oukeen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Meow

Subscriptions1
  • Meow Pro - Year7 Days trial$1.491 Year
One-time1
  • Meow Pro$2.99
None

Markdown Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meow free?
Meow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Markdown Widget free?
Markdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meow or Markdown Widget have ads?
Neither Meow nor Markdown Widget shows ads.

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