WidgetWorker vs Busybody Web Screenshot Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Busybody Web Screenshot Widget
This app creates custom widgets that display live screenshots of websites directly on your home screen or desktop. You can zoom, crop, and even get AI-generated summaries of captured pages. Everything runs locally on your device for privacy.
- Website screenshot widgets
- Customizable zoom and crop
- Automatic widget refreshing
- AI-powered page summaries
- Local data processing
- Login support for websites
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Busybody captures screenshots of websites and shows them in widgets on your Home Screen or Mac desktop. It refreshes automatically while you use your device. In the app, zoom and crop so the widget shows exactly the region you care about. Open the app to scrub through past captures. Everything runs locally on your device. NEW: AI SUMMARIES Get a short summary of a captured page using Apple Intelligence. Read it in the app or choose "AI Summary if Available" for a widget. Busybody can generate summaries automatically after captures. If a summary isn't available, the widget shows the screenshot. Summaries run on your device and require iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later, with Apple Intelligence enabled on a supported device. WHY IT EXISTS Some sites are worth checking often. I check sites like Y Combinator's "Hacker News" several times a day. Internal dashboards, forums, niche news, and government pages don't always have their own widgets. Busybody is for glancing at your Home Screen or Mac desktop and seeing the page without opening a browser. HOW IT WORKS Add a URL in the app. Adjust the zoom and viewport to frame exactly what matters. Add a widget to your Home Screen or Mac desktop. Tap the widget anytime to jump straight to that site in the app. The app allows you to scrub through previous screenshots. Sign in to compatible websites in the app to capture pages that require a login. BUSYBODY PRO SUBSCRIPTION Busybody is free with one URL. Subscribe to Busybody Pro for more URLs. Widgets, screenshot history, ad blocking, and AI summaries on supported devices are included for everyone. Terms: https://folding-sky.com/terms NO BACKEND Everything runs on your device. URLs, screenshots, and summaries stay local. No Busybody account is required. I am Peter, an indie developer in Reno, Nevada. I built Busybody because I wanted a widget that shows a website at a glance without opening Safari. The name is a nod to a nosy neighbor who keeps tabs on everything. That is the idea.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Busybody Web Screenshot Widget at 100% against WidgetWorker's 33%. Busybody Web Screenshot Widget also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). WidgetWorker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). 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. WidgetWorker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Busybody Web Screenshot Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Busybody Web Screenshot Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of WidgetWorker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Busybody Web Screenshot Widget's.
WidgetWorker ships an update weekly, Busybody Web Screenshot Widget every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidgetWorker | Busybody Web Screenshot Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bastian Kohlbauer | Folding Sky Co |
Customer experience
WidgetWorker
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In-app purchases
WidgetWorker
- WidgetWorker Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- WidgetWorker Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
Busybody Web Screenshot Widget
- Busybody Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Busybody Pro Annual$14.991 Year
Questions
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