Comparison

WidgetLink vs Link Widget

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

Head to head
About

WidgetLink

Create custom home screen widgets to launch any URL or app URL scheme with a single tap. Personalize the appearance of your links with various customization options. Open links directly in your preferred third-party browser.

Highlights
  • Add any URL to home screen widgets
  • Launch app URL schemes
  • Open links in third-party browsers
  • Customize link display (colors, shapes, icons)
  • Quickly access and launch links
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WidgetLink lets you add any URL to your home screen widgets to be able to quickly access and launch them. - Supports any URL including apps' URL schemes. This enables you to launch any app using widgets or perform any action with them. - Supports opening links in third-party browsers. - Customization for how your links are displayed including colors, shapes, link icons and more.

About

Link Widget

Features
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Your favorite websites, one tap away — right from your Home Screen. Link Widget puts the sites you open all day into a simple list and a Home Screen widget, so the pages you actually use are always a single tap away. Add a link once, give it a title, and launch it instantly — no digging through bookmarks, no retyping URLs. Features Large Home Screen widget that shows your links as a tappable list One tap opens any link in your default browser Simple two-screen app — a Links list (add, edit, delete, reorder) and Settings Share Extension: send any URL from Safari or another app through the system Share sheet to add it instantly, with an editable title Automatic favicons fetched straight from each site, with a clean letter-tile fallback — and it's optional, so you can turn fetching off Customize the widget: square or circle icons, show or hide a caption, and set the caption to the page Title or the URL Native look that adapts automatically to Light and Dark Mode Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Why you'll love it If you open the same handful of sites every day — a work dashboard, internal tools, a news page, a social feed — they don't belong buried in a browser. Pin them to your Home Screen instead and reach them the moment you unlock your device. Set your list up once, reorder it whenever your routine changes, and add new links from anywhere with the Share sheet. It's a small change that quietly removes a dozen taps from your day. Privacy No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, and no tracking. Your links are stored locally on your device, and favicons are fetched directly from the websites you add — there are no third-party analytics services involved.

Screenshots

WidgetLink4 screens
Link Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WidgetLink at 15.0 against Link Widget's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WidgetLink versus Link Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetLinkLink Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 22 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVatthikorn ApiratithamJens Rieckhof

In-app purchases

None

WidgetLink

No in-app purchases

None

Link Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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