Comparison

Charty for Shortcuts vs Widget Web 26

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

Head to head
About

Charty for Shortcuts

Enhance Apple's Shortcuts app with powerful charting capabilities. Create and customize various chart types directly from your automations. Unlock advanced features for unlimited data visualization.

Highlights
  • 24 new actions for Shortcuts
  • Create 7 different chart types
  • Add unlimited series (premium)
  • Style charts and axes (premium)
  • Export charts as images (premium)
  • Update widgets
Features
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Charty is the ultimate charting companion for Shortcuts. Whether you're tracking workouts, visualizing health data, monitoring budgets, or building dashboards from any app on your iPhone or iPad — Charty makes it effortless to go from raw numbers to beautiful, shareable charts. CREATE CHARTS YOUR WAY Build bar charts, line graphs, scatter plots, area charts, pie charts, donut charts, and ring charts — all from Shortcuts automations you already use. Combine multiple data series, customize every detail, and see your data come to life. STUNNING WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Display your charts as widgets that update automatically. Track your goals, habits, fitness progress, or anything else — right from your Home Screen. POWERFUL DATA TOOLS Go beyond simple plotting. Group, filter, and accumulate values. Add moving averages and trend lines. Import data from CSV files. Export charts as high-resolution images to share or save. STYLE EVERYTHING Fine-tune colors, markers, axis labels, date formats, floating-point precision, and more. Apply custom themes to keep your charts consistent and polished. Stack bars, customize line thickness, and highlight the data that matters most. LEARN AS YOU GO Access 16 built-in tutorials that walk you through creating your own Shortcuts — from simple charts to advanced data workflows. No coding required. FREE TO START Create unlimited charts with up to 2 series per chart — completely free. Unlock Charty Premium to access all 25 Shortcuts actions, unlimited series, full styling controls, area charts, CSV import, image export, widgets, and more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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.

Highlights
  • View websites in home screen widgets
  • Interactive JS-Widgets
  • Geolocation support
  • Transparent lock screen widgets
  • Automatic web page updates
  • Ad blocker
  • Customizable widget style
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Charty for Shortcuts4 screens
Widget Web 264 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Charty for Shortcuts at 4.7 against Widget Web 26's 4.2. Charty for Shortcuts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Widget Web 26's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Charty for Shortcuts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Charty for Shortcuts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 337 and 167 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Charty for Shortcuts's written reviews are positive against 64% of Widget Web 26's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charty for Shortcuts 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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Charty for Shortcuts versus Widget Web 26: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharty for ShortcutsWidget Web 26
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (337 ratings) — better4.2 (167 ratings)
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews — better64.4% of reviews
Number of ratings337 — better167
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRapptor Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDAVitaliy Alekseev

Customer experience

Charty for Shortcuts

All ratings327 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative17.3%

Widget Web 26

All ratings167 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative26.0%

Bugs and requests

Charty for Shortcuts

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

7 purchases

Charty for Shortcuts

Subscriptions2
  • Charty Premium$1.991 Month
  • Charty Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Charty Premium$4.99
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  • Large tip$4.99
  • Charty Premium$99.99
2 purchases

Widget Web 26

Subscriptions1
  • Super PRO3 Days trial$1.993 Months
One-time1
  • PRO Version$4.99

Questions

Is Charty for Shortcuts free?
Charty for Shortcuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widget Web 26 free?
Widget Web 26 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Charty for Shortcuts or Widget Web 26?
Charty for Shortcuts is rated higher. Charty for Shortcuts averages 4.7 out of 5 from 337 ratings, while Widget Web 26 averages 4.2 from 167 ratings.
Do Charty for Shortcuts or Widget Web 26 have ads?
Neither Charty for Shortcuts nor Widget Web 26 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charty for Shortcuts or Widget Web 26?
Charty for Shortcuts ships an update every 3 weeks, and Widget Web 26 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Charty for Shortcuts was updated on September 17, 2026 and Widget Web 26 on September 21, 2026.

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