Comparison

WidgetWorker vs Web Widget

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

Head to head
About

WidgetWorker

Design and display unique, personalized widgets on your device. Customize elements like weather, photos, RSS feeds, and websites with a powerful editor. Sync configurations across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Fully customizable widgets
  • Weather data integration
  • RSS feed widgets
  • Website display
  • Photo widgets
  • Drawing tools
  • Date and calendar widgets
  • Map integration
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Now available for iPhone, iPad and Mac! With WidgetWorker you get beautiful and unique widgets for your device that you can customize to your liking. Create your widget configurations inside the app and chose exactly the right configuration for your widgets. For each widget type you can create multiple configurations and swap them out inside the widget to show whatever you like, whenever you want. WidgetWorker is a Photoshop like editor for creating totally custom widgets directly on your device. You can add - Weather - Fully customize weather data for your personal needs. - RSS feeds - Create custom RSS feed widgets that keep you informed. - Websites - Place your favorite websites on right on your home screen. - Photos - Show off your favorite photos. - Drawings - Customize your home screen with your own drawings. - Dates and Calendars - Create great calendar widgets - Maps: Show any location on the globe or map - Colors, Gradients and Text to your widget and position and size them as you like. There are a bunch of fonts to choose from and a great color picker to find the exact color you like. When creating your widget configuration in the app you get a live preview of the widget in all the different sizes so making the configurations is easy and fast without the need to try out changes in the actual widget itself. Of course all your widget configurations are synced across your devices so you can access them wherever you like. The use of WidgetWorker is free of charge. Within the app, you can sign up for „WidgetWorker Pro“ subscription if you need to create more than 5 widget configurations or want to consume weather data. If you choose to subscribe, you will pay the price set for your country as shown inside the app, which is US$0.99 per month or US$9.99 per year, or the equivalent in your currency. When you purchase a subscription, your iTunes account is immediately charged for the first month at confirmation of purchase. Each subscription automatically renews for another month or year unless you choose to disable automatic renewal (via the Account Settings of your OS device or via the Manage Your Subscriptions button in the Settings menu of the app) at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. The cost of a renewal by one month or year is the same as the cost of the original subscription. If automatic renewal happens, your iTunes account will be charged for the next subscription period up to 24 hours prior to the current subscription period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing the subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.widgetworker.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Web Widget

Add your favorite websites directly to your Home screen as widgets. Select specific areas of a webpage to display and tap the widget to open the full site.

Highlights
  • Add favorite websites to Home screen
  • Create custom webpage widgets
  • Select specific display areas
  • Tap widgets to open webpages
  • Support for multiple widgets
Features
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Put your favorite website right on your Home screen. Just open the app, choose websites you want to see, and then select the area that you want to appear in a widget. You can add multiple widgets for different web pages to the Home screen You can also open the webpage by tapping on Widget.

Screenshots

WidgetWorker4 screens
Web Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Web Widget at 4.5 against WidgetWorker's 2.0. WidgetWorker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 14 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. WidgetWorker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Web Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Web Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of WidgetWorker's written reviews are positive against 43% of Web Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetWorker ships an update weekly, Web Widget every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WidgetWorker versus Web Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetWorkerWeb Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings411 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBastian KohlbauerLE NGUYEN QUANG PHUOC

Customer experience

WidgetWorker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Web Widget

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WidgetWorker

Subscriptions2
  • WidgetWorker Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • WidgetWorker Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Web Widget

One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is WidgetWorker free?
WidgetWorker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Web Widget free?
Web Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WidgetWorker or Web Widget?
Web Widget is rated higher. WidgetWorker averages 2.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Web Widget averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do WidgetWorker or Web Widget have ads?
Neither WidgetWorker nor Web Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgetWorker or Web Widget?
WidgetWorker ships an update weekly, and Web Widget every 14 months. Most recently, WidgetWorker was updated on October 3, 2026 and Web Widget on October 7, 2026.

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