Web Widget vs Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Add favorite websites to Home screen
- Create custom webpage widgets
- Select specific display areas
- Tap widgets to open webpages
- Support for multiple widgets
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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.
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
Enhance your mobile device's productivity with desktop-like shortcuts and features. Create shortcuts for files, folders, and web links, and easily paste images, text, and URLs directly from a home screen widget. Enjoy a streamlined workflow with copy-paste functionality and customizable options.
- File and folder shortcuts
- Webpage and system URL links
- Image, text, and link pasting
- Clipboard copying
- Desktop item management
- Customizable background colors
- Dark mode
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Desktop mini enables you to save time and work more productively by adding familiar desktop features with a home screen widget. – File and folder shortcuts – Links to webpages and system URLs – Pasting of images, text, and links right from your widget – Copying of pasted files to your clipboard with a single tap – Move desktop items and edit shortcut names – Custom background colors and a beautiful dark mode Test the app for three days completely for free. After this period you can decide if you want to unlock the full version with a one-time purchase. ––– Important compatibility information: This app works with iOS 26, iOS 18 and iOS 17. The compatibility with future versions can‘t be guaranteed due to possible native changes in the iOS file system and the iOS internal URL handling. The landscape shots that are used as example images are provided by the artists Fabian Wiktor (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@fabianwiktor) and Pok Rie (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@pok-rie-33563).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Desktop mini @ your Homescreen at 100% against Web Widget's 43%. Desktop mini @ your Homescreen also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 14 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Web Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). 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. Web Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Desktop mini @ your Homescreen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Web Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Desktop mini @ your Homescreen's.
Web Widget ships an update every 14 months, Desktop mini @ your Homescreen every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Widget | Desktop mini @ your Homescreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LE NGUYEN QUANG PHUOC | Marian Koenig |
Customer experience
Web Widget
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
In-app purchases
Web Widget
- Lifetime$7.99
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
- Desktop mini +$0.99
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