Comparison

Hidgets vs Crow

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

Head to head
About

Hidgets

Display your Apple Health data beautifully on your iPhone's home and lock screens with customizable widgets. Track over 20 health metrics with various design options and time period selections.

Highlights
  • Unlimited widget creation
  • 6 beautiful widget variants
  • Home and Lock Screen support
  • 20+ health metrics tracked
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Time period selection
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Your Health, Your Way – Beautiful, Customizable Widgets for Home and Lock Screens. Hidgets gives you complete control over how you view and track your Apple Health data. With unlimited customization, beautiful widget designs, and comprehensive health metric support, Hidgets transforms your iPhone into a powerful health dashboard. UNLIMITED CUSTOMIZATION • Choose from 6 stunning widget designs: Simple, Minimalist, Chart, Complete, Fitness, and Blood Pressure • Customize colors, icons, and time periods for every widget • Create unlimited widgets for different health metrics • Mix and match styles to create your perfect health dashboard 20+ HEALTH METRICS Track everything from Apple Health: • Activity: Steps, Active Energy, Distance, Exercise Minutes, Stand Hours • Body: Weight, BMI, Body Fat %, Lean Body Mass, Height • Vitals: Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Blood Oxygen, Body Temperature • Fitness: Activity Rings, VO2 Max, Walking Heart Rate Average • Sleep: Sleep Analysis with detailed charts • And many more... HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS • System Small widgets for quick glances • System Medium widgets for detailed data • Lock Screen circular widgets (iOS 16+) • Lock Screen rectangular widgets (iOS 16+) • Always-available health data without unlocking HIDGETS PRO FEATURES Upgrade to unlock premium experiences: • Chart Widgets - Beautiful data visualizations with 7-day trends • Minimalist Widgets - Clean, elegant designs • Complete Widgets - Detailed stats with progress tracking • Fitness Widgets - Apple Activity Rings display • Blood Pressure Widgets - Specialized BP monitoring • All future premium features included PRIVACY FIRST • Direct Apple Health integration - your data stays on your device • No third-party data sharing - ever • No ads or tracking • Read-only access to Health data • Optional iCloud sync uses end-to-end encryption PERFECT FOR • Fitness enthusiasts tracking daily activity • Health-conscious individuals monitoring vitals • Weight management and body composition tracking • Sleep quality improvement • Chronic condition management (BP, heart rate) • Anyone wanting quick access to health data KEY FEATURES • Unlimited widget creation • 6 beautiful widget variants • Home Screen and Lock Screen support • 100+ SF Symbols icons to choose from • Custom color themes and gradients • Time period selection (today, week, month, year) • Export widget previews as images • Dark mode optimized • Regular updates with new features REQUIREMENTS • iOS 18.0 or later (iOS 26+ recommended) • Apple Health data for metrics you want to display HIDGETS PRO SUBSCRIPTION • Monthly: $0.99/month • Yearly: $9.99/year (Save 17%) • Lifetime: $14.99 (One-time purchase, best value!) • Free trial available for new subscribers • Cancel anytime SUPPORT Need help or have suggestions? Visit hidgets.com/support or contact us directly through the app. WHAT'S NEXT Your Hidgets Pro subscription supports ongoing development and exciting future features including Apple Watch support, expanded metrics, and more customization options.

About

Crow

This app allows users to create personalized journal entries using both typing and handwriting. It offers features like mood tracking, multimedia attachments, and AI-powered prompts to enhance the journaling experience. Users can also monitor their progress through detailed statistics and streaks.

Highlights
  • Typing and handwriting support
  • Journal statistics and streaks
  • AI-generated prompts
  • Multimedia entry additions
  • Mood tracking
  • Daily insights
Features
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Some days you want to type. Some days you want to write it out by hand with a pen. Crow lets you do both — in the same entry, in whatever order the day comes out. Write a paragraph. Sketch under it. Keep writing. Add the photo you took at lunch, the song that was on, and where you were standing. Then get on with your evening. Crow reads your handwriting too, entirely on your iPhone or iPad, so searching finds the words you wrote with a pen — not just the ones you typed. Nothing is uploaded at all: your journal lives on your device and in your own private iCloud account, and there are no accounts and no ads. WRITING • Type and handwrite in the same entry, in any order • Apple Pencil or finger, on paper you choose • 500+ writing prompts, offline, one picked fresh each day • Templates for the days when a blank page is the problem • Entries save themselves as you write — a dead battery can't cost you an evening YOUR DAY, ALREADY THERE • Photos, places, songs, workouts and people from your day, added in a tap • Share a link, an article or a picture into Crow from any app • Automatic location, or pick the place yourself LOOKING BACK • Mood through the year, words written, and a calendar of every day you wrote • A map of everywhere you've written from • Entries brought back from a year ago, and from the ones you'd forgotten • Goals, if you like that sort of thing, with a quiet nudge when you're keeping one IT'S YOUR JOURNAL, SO YOU CAN TAKE IT • Export a PDF laid out for reading and printing, handwriting and photos in place • Markdown for other apps, or a complete backup Crow can restore • Import from other apps, Markdown or plain text — free, and always will be • Or scan a paper notebook and let Crow read the pages KEPT PRIVATE • Lock it with Face ID • Blur previews so the timeline isn't readable over anyone's shoulder • Delete everything, properly, whenever you like License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.recitation-app.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Hidgets4 screens
Crow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crow at 92% against Hidgets's 45%. Crow also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3). Hidgets's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (170 vs 32). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Hidgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Crow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidgets has 170 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Hidgets's written reviews are positive against 92% of Crow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidgets ships an update weekly, Crow every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hidgets versus Crow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidgetsCrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (170 ratings)4.7 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.6% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings170 — better32
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPluginslabTroy Husted

Customer experience

Hidgets

All ratings169 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative37.9%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive44.6%
Neutral11.2%
Negative44.2%

Crow

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Bugs and requests

Hidgets

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sleep widget displaying incorrect data
  • Steps widget not updating
  • Restore purchase functionality not working
  • Crashes when accessing certain widgets
  • Widgets not refreshing automatically

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more health data widgets (e.g. VO2 max, blood pressure, nutrition)
  • Improve widget update frequency and accuracy
  • Add support for iPad and Apple Watch
  • Allow customization of units (e.g. metric vs imperial)
  • Restore previously purchased features

Crow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hidgets

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription to Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription to Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Purchase$14.99
3 purchases

Crow

Subscriptions2
  • Crow Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Crow Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Hidgets free?
Hidgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crow free?
Crow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hidgets or Crow?
Crow is rated higher. Hidgets averages 3.3 out of 5 from 170 ratings, while Crow averages 4.7 from 32 ratings.
Do Hidgets or Crow have ads?
Neither Hidgets nor Crow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hidgets or Crow?
Hidgets ships an update weekly, and Crow every 3 months. Most recently, Hidgets was updated on November 3, 2026 and Crow on October 30, 2026.

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