Glimpse 2 vs Top Four
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glimpse 2
Display your favorite webpages directly on your homescreen with customizable widgets. Monitor news, product availability, or data usage by selecting specific areas of a page. Open pages instantly in Safari from the widget.
- Add webpages as homescreen widgets
- Select specific areas of webpages for widgets
- Customizable refresh intervals
- Open webpages directly from widgets
- Add pages from Safari
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With Glimpse 2 you can always add all your favourite webpages as Widgets to your Homescreen You want to see if there are news, if there is something new on your favourite webpage, if your long awaited product is available to order or check your used mobile data? You can do all of this with the right webpage inside Glimpse. Just add a page to Glimpse. Choose the right area of the page and then this page is inside the Glimpse Widget on your Homescreen. If you want to open a page quickly, you can do it from by pressing on the Widget and your page will be opened in Safari You can add multiple widgets for different webpages to your Homescreen. Press firmly on the widget choose edit widget to select your webpage and desired refresh interval. Features of Glimpse 2: - Add a page to a Homescreen widget - When adding you can scroll to a certain area of the page. The widget keeps this position, so that you are always in the right place (Note: Glimpse works best with mobile optimised webpages) - Individual refresh intervals for your widgets - You can open webpages from the widget - Add any page directly from Safari
Top Four
Personalize your phone's lock screen with customizable widgets. Add text, emojis, or symbols that can launch actions like calling contacts or controlling smart home devices. You can set up to four widgets for quick access to your favorite functions.
- Customizable text widgets
- Emoji and symbol integration
- Launch actions on tap
- Control HomeKit devices
- Open apps and contacts
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Top Four is an app to customize your lock screen widgets to be more personal to you. Choose text, emojis or symbols to add under the time. Tapping these widgets can also run an action like calling someone, toggling a HomeKit device or opening instagram (many more coming soon). You get 4 widgets to add to your lock screen (your top four). - Use text with custom fonts - Use emojis - Use one of the many symbols Have any questions or issues? email me@shabz.co
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Top Four at 4.7 against Glimpse 2's 4.2. Top Four also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (50% vs 41%). Glimpse 2's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Glimpse 2 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Top Four sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Top Four holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Glimpse 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of Top Four's.
Glimpse 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, Top Four every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glimpse 2 | Top Four |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (45 ratings) | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arno Appenzeller | ShabzCo, LLC |
Customer experience
Glimpse 2
Top Four
In-app purchases
Glimpse 2
- Pay what you want 0,99$0.99
- Pay what you want 1,99$1.99
- Pay what you want 2,99$2.99
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- Pay what you want 3,99$3.99
- Pay what you want 4,99$4.99
- Pay what you want 5,99$5.99
- Pay what you want 6,99$6.99
Top Four
- Top Four Pro$1.99
