WidgetWorker vs One Big 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
One Big Widget
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Put any web page on your Home Screen. Pick a site, crop to the part you actually care about, and the widget keeps a fresh snapshot of it. A price, a scoreboard, a headline, a launch countdown, an RSS feed, a dashboard you check ten times a day. Kept fresh in the background, and refreshed every time you open the app. That is the Web Widget, and it is why most people install One Big Widget. The rest of the app is a full widget builder with no subscription trap: a genuinely generous free tier, and a one-time unlock if you want everything. AT A GLANCE One smart widget that shows what matters right now: your next event, reminders due today, a severe weather alert, an upcoming birthday, or a low battery warning. It ranks them by urgency so you only see the one that counts. Everything is gathered on your device. THE BUILDER Pick a template. Tap a few colors. Drop it on your home screen. Three taps to something beautiful, with a deeper editor underneath when you want to control every detail. WIDGET TYPES - Photo widgets in every size - Countdown widgets that update to the day, hour, and minute - Digital and analog clocks - Custom text and bundled quotes - Gradient backgrounds with multi-color blends - Animated GIFs straight from your photo library - Lock Screen widgets: circular, rectangular, and inline EVERY SIZE Small, medium, large, and extra large, plus Lock Screen. All from the same builder, with no upsell to unlock the size you actually need. THE FREE TIER, ACTUALLY FREE - Unlimited widgets, no count cap - Every widget size - 82 of the 127 designs - Custom colors - No ads in the editor, ever UNLOCK EVERYTHING A one-time purchase unlocks all 127 designs, including the Web Widget and At a Glance, plus every future addition. Pay once, yours forever. PRIVACY No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Your photos, calendar, reminders, and contacts never leave your device. The only thing that ever leaves is feedback you type and send us from Settings — nothing about your widgets goes with it. Built by Hello Good Day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hellogoodday.com/onebigwidget/terms Privacy Policy: https://hellogoodday.com/onebigwidget/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WidgetWorker at weekly against One Big Widget's fortnightly. WidgetWorker also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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 One Big Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WidgetWorker ships an update weekly, One Big Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidgetWorker | One Big Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bastian Kohlbauer | Hello Good Day LLC |
In-app purchases
WidgetWorker
- WidgetWorker Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- WidgetWorker Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One Big Widget
- Lifetime Unlock$2.49









