Comparison

Web Widget vs PlainMark

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

Head to head
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.

About

PlainMark

Features
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PlainMark is a clean, privacy-focused Markdown and plain text reader for iPhone and iPad. Open local .md, .markdown, and .txt files, then read them in a calm, native interface designed for notes, documentation, drafts, project files, and long-form text. PlainMark keeps the reading experience simple: choose a file, view beautifully rendered Markdown, adjust your reading preferences, and move through longer documents with helpful navigation tools. Features include: Open Markdown and plain text files Render headings, lists, links, code blocks, quotes, and tables Navigate longer documents with a table of contents Adjust typography and reading settings Use light, dark, and comfortable reading themes Reopen recently used documents Open files from the Files app and other document sources Read offline without an account PlainMark is built for people who want a focused Markdown viewer without clutter, accounts, ads, tracking, or document uploads. Your files stay on your device, and the app is designed around local reading first. Whether you use Markdown for notes, technical documentation, writing drafts, project plans, README files, or personal reference material, PlainMark gives you a simple way to read your files comfortably on iOS and iPadOS.

Screenshots

Web Widget4 screens
PlainMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlainMark at none against Web Widget's 1. PlainMark also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 14 months). Web Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Web Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlainMark asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Web Widget ships an update every 14 months, PlainMark weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Web Widget versus PlainMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb WidgetPlainMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLE NGUYEN QUANG PHUOCElemental Development

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Web Widget

One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99
None

PlainMark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web Widget free?
Web Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlainMark free?
PlainMark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Web Widget or PlainMark have ads?
Neither Web Widget nor PlainMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Web Widget or PlainMark?
Web Widget ships an update every 14 months, and PlainMark weekly. Most recently, Web Widget was updated on October 7, 2026 and PlainMark on October 11, 2026.

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