Comparison

John Widget vs Hyper Zones

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

Head to head
About

John Widget

Features
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John Widget can help you personalize your phone screen. It supports many ways of widget customization, such as gradient background, photo background with flexible adjustment, many choice of fonts, many widget styles. It also use Health Kit to display your walk steps.

About

Hyper Zones

Manage time zones effortlessly with this intuitive app. Visualize and preview times across locations with interactive sliders and customizable entities. Seamlessly syncs across devices, prioritizing privacy and accessibility for global connections.

Highlights
  • Curved sunlight slider for time zone visualization
  • Interactive sliders for time previews
  • Customizable entities with colors and icons
  • Cross-platform syncing
  • Privacy-focused with zero tracking
  • Customizable accessibility settings
Features
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Hyper Zones turns time zones into something you can see instead of something you calculate. Track every city, colleague, and family member you care about, then move one slider to find the moment that works for everyone. WATCH THE DAY MOVE The curved sunlight slider shows daylight, not just digits. Sunrise, midday, and sunset curve across each location, so you can tell who is starting work, who is at dinner, and who is fast asleep before you send that message. FIND A TIME THAT WORKS Drag the slider and every location updates together. Pick any date, not just today, and check a meeting time across ten cities in a single gesture. Combo time zones flip between standard and daylight saving on their own, so a recurring call never quietly drifts by an hour. PLACES AND PEOPLE Add cities, or add the people who live in them. Import a contact, give them a photo, and you are following a person rather than a coordinate. Group anyone into tags, then watch a whole team on one slider. WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep your most important places on the Home Screen in small, medium, or large widgets. Each one carries the same sunlight preview as the app, so a glance is usually all you need. REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE ON TIME Set a reminder for any place or person and receive a Time Sensitive alert that can break through Focus. No more doing the mental math at 11pm and getting it wrong. SHARE WHAT YOU SEE Send a place as a rich card or as plain text, sunrise and sunset details included. Share an entire list at once when you are lining up a group. MADE YOURS Custom colors, icons, and photos for every entry. Adjustable visual density for compact or roomy layouts. Accessibility settings that genuinely adjust. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web, with your account keeping every device in sync. On Mac it also lives in the menu bar, one click away without leaving what you are doing. A SEARCH THAT KEEPS UP Cities, towns, and the smaller places most apps miss, with results that appear as fast as you can type. PRIVACY No tracking beyond what the app needs to run. Built by remote workers who got tired of miscounting the hours before a call. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

John Widget4 screens
Hyper Zones4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hyper Zones at 15.0 against John Widget's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. John Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hyper Zones sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

John Widget ships an update every 9 days, Hyper Zones fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
John Widget versus Hyper Zones: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJohn WidgetHyper Zones
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQian Kun zhuBirju Vachhani

In-app purchases

1 purchases

John Widget

One-time1
  • Pro Edition$0.99
4 purchases

Hyper Zones

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is John Widget free?
John Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hyper Zones free?
Hyper Zones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do John Widget or Hyper Zones have ads?
Neither John Widget nor Hyper Zones shows ads.
Which is updated more often, John Widget or Hyper Zones?
John Widget ships an update every 9 days, and Hyper Zones fortnightly. Most recently, John Widget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hyper Zones on November 4, 2026.

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