LocalPlay TV vs Widgeton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocalPlay TV
Access local broadcast television channels on your modern devices without cable subscriptions. Enjoy live news, sports, and prime-time shows as they air in your region. The app offers straightforward setup and flexible viewing options.
- Access local broadcast television
- Live local news, sports, prime-time
- Optional recording features
- Works on phones, tablets, smart TVs
- No cable bundles or long-term commitments
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LocalPlay TV makes it easy to access local broadcast television on modern devices. With LocalPlay TV, you can enjoy local broadcast TV programming — including news, sports, and prime-time shows — when they are broadcast in your area, without cable bundles or long-term contracts. LocalPlay TV focuses on infrastructure and access, helping users connect to over-the-air local broadcast television through a simple, easy-to-use app experience. The app lets you browse available broadcasts, select programming, and view content on supported devices — all with straightforward setup and flexible viewing options. Features include: Simple access to local broadcast television Live local news, sports, and prime-time programming (based on local broadcast availability) Optional recording features for supported broadcasts Works across supported phones, tablets, and smart TVs No cable bundles or long-term commitments Availability varies by location and broadcast schedule. LocalPlay TV does not create or provide television programming. Broadcast availability depends on local stations and regional coverage.
Widgeton
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With Widgeton you can personalize you home screen as you want. It delivers highly customizable set of widgets with information about your daily steps, distance, hour, calendar, battery and your current location. Each can be adjusted as you want. You can change its appearance: color, font size, font style. You can change an image, background gradient colors. Widgeton optionally integrates with Apple Health to get information about your daily steps and distance. Widgeton includes an optional premium subscription which allows you change the default appearance of the widgets. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LocalPlay TV at none against Widgeton's 1. Widgeton's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Widgeton sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. LocalPlay TV asks for nothing beyond the download.
LocalPlay TV ships an update every 5 weeks, Widgeton monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LocalPlay TV | Widgeton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Kulakowski | Artur Skwarek |
In-app purchases
LocalPlay TV
No in-app purchases
Widgeton
- Monthly subscription$0.991 Month









