Widget Web 26 vs Phone Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Phone Widget
Quickly call and message contacts directly from your home screen with a single tap. Customize your widgets with various themes and sizes to suit your needs. Access your most frequent contacts without searching through your phone's address book.
- One-Tap™ calling and messaging
- Home screen contact access
- Multiple widget sizes
- Customizable themes
- Support for iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram
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With Phone Widget, calling your loved ones has never been easier and faster! Call and message your friends in only one tap! Thanks to our new One-Tap™ technology, tapping our widget is enough to start a call (Requires the Shortcuts app) or open a conversation in iMessage, WhatsApp, or Telegram. Forget about looking for contacts in the phone or contacts apps, as Phone Widget allows you to have your contacts directly on the home screen. The app comes with three different sizes of widgets that can hold up to 10 contacts each, which means that having quick access to your contacts has never been this easy. On iPad, widgets are available in 4 sizes and hold up to 20 contacts each. With themes, customizing your widgets is as easy as it gets. Change the color and appearance of a widget with just one tap!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Widget at 100% against Widget Web 26's 64%. On price, update cadence, 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. Widget Web 26 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months and Phone Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Widget Web 26 ships an update every 6 weeks, Phone Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Web 26 | Phone Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (167 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitaliy Alekseev | Erick Daniel Padilla |
Customer experience
Widget Web 26
Phone Widget
Bugs and 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
Phone Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Widget Web 26
- Super PRO3 Days trial$1.993 Months
- PRO Version$4.99
Phone Widget
- Phone Widget Unlimited$0.99
Questions
Is Widget Web 26 free?
Is Phone Widget free?
Do Widget Web 26 or Phone Widget have ads?
Which is updated more often, Widget Web 26 or Phone Widget?
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