Comparison

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW vs Webcam Widgets

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

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About

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW

Enhance your smart home control with customizable widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. Quickly access accessories, scenes, sensors, and cameras, and build personalized dashboards for your routines.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen actions
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Camera mosaic view
  • Adjustable light and thermostat controls
  • Sensor readings display
  • iCloud panel syncing
Features
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Control your HomeKit home faster with fully customizable widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch. Home Widget brings accessories, scenes, groups, sensors, cameras and shortcuts together in panels built around your routines. LAUNCH HOMEKIT ACTIONS FROM YOUR LOCK SCREEN Open a compatible gate or garage when you arrive, turn on an accessory or run your Welcome Home scene with one tap on your configured widget. BUILD YOUR OWN HOME SCREEN CONTROL PANEL Create a panel, add accessories, scenes, sensors and shortcuts, then place the widget: your dashboard is ready in minutes. Turn a room's lights on or off together, run a shortcut or control several HomeKit homes. OPEN A CAMERA WITH ONE TAP See who is at the front door, check the driveway or look in on your pets. A Home Screen or Lock Screen widget opens the selected HomeKit camera or video doorbell in Home Widget. Audio options depend on your camera. OPEN YOUR CAMERA MOSAIC WITH ONE TAP Check several cameras on one screen instead of opening them individually. Launch the mosaic from your Home Screen, Lock Screen or Control Center, and choose which cameras to include. ADJUST LIGHT BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR Dim the living room for a movie or change the color of a lamp. Use interactive Home Screen controls or open the light control from a Lock Screen widget. Control one light or the lights in a room. SET BLINDS AND SHADES TO THE POSITION YOU WANT Let in the morning light or lower your blinds partway for privacy. Open the position control from your Home Screen or Lock Screen instead of settling for fully open or closed. ADJUST YOUR HOMEKIT THERMOSTAT Change the target temperature or a supported heating/cooling mode. Use interactive Home Screen controls or open the thermostat control from your Lock Screen. SEE THE READINGS THAT MATTER TO YOU Visual buttons help you tell which accessories are on or off. Display individual sensor values: temperature, humidity, CO₂, air quality and accessory batteries. Add counters for open doors, unsecured locks or unreachable accessories to spot what needs attention. KEEP YOUR HOME ON YOUR WRIST Use Apple Watch complications and Smart Stack widgets to reach your panels, cameras, lights and scenes. Keep your controls and readings on your wrist when your iPhone is out of reach. CUSTOMIZE EVERY DETAIL Choose icons, names, colors, backgrounds, transparency and blur. Use different panel sizes to build compact controls or a full smart home dashboard that feels truly yours. YOUR PANELS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Sync your panels with iCloud. Add widgets to a stack or Today View on compatible devices to keep your home within reach. Home Widget goes beyond basic on/off widgets with adjustable controls, camera access and personal dashboards. A tap runs an action or opens its control, then you choose the setting. Security actions may require authentication or confirmation. Widget states update within system refresh limits. Works with accessories already configured in Apple's Home app. Some features require Home Widget Premium, available as a one-time purchase or a monthly or yearly subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to us at contact@vision-apps.com The Vision-Apps team HomeKit is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vision-apps.com/website/en/privacy/

About

Webcam Widgets

Display live images from web URLs directly on your Home Screen. Track weather, charts, webcams, and any other live image content. Customize widgets with real-time information.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home Screen widgets
  • Display live image URLs
  • Real-time updates
  • Versatile use cases (weather, webcams, charts)
  • Share images from widgets
Features
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ImageTracker lets you add image widgets to your Home Screen with live images from the web which update with realtime information. You can use it to track a weather cameras, various charts and figures, or anything live image you can think of! ImageTracker is the spiritual successor of SlothCam, the original webcam app for Dashboard, MacOS, and iOS, and it offers similar features to SlothCam, but in a modern Home Screen Widget format. With this app you can create widgets using any live image from the web (jpeg, jpg, png URLs). Whether it’s a satellite image of the Earth, a real-time weather forecast, space weather charts showing aurora data, or a live webcam feed, this app allows you to create dynamic widgets with live content from the web. To install a Home Screen Widget, tap and hold on your Home Screen until the icons jiggle and press + to add a widget. Once you add the widget, you can tap it while in Home Screen edit mode and add a custom URL to the widget. Features: •Customizable Widgets: Place any image URL into a Home Screen widget on your iPhone or iPad or Mac. •Live Updates: Widgets refresh periodically to display the latest data, ensuring your information is always current. •Versatile Use Cases: Ideal for displaying weather maps, NASA satellite images, live webcams, space weather charts, aurora borealis data, and more. Any image published to the web can be used! •Easily share images from widgets with friends. ImageTracker is free to use. Purchasing the app removes the in-app ad banner and the nag message that appears on the widget, and allows you to customize widgets with title text for each webcam image. Privacy Policy: https://catspaw-systems.com/PrivacyPolicies/ImageTrackerPrivacy.html

Screenshots

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW4 screens
Webcam Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Webcam Widgets at 4.9 against Home Widget for HomeKit · HW's 4.1. Webcam Widgets also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Home Widget for HomeKit · HW's advantage is ratings volume (158 vs 10). 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. Home Widget for HomeKit · HW sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Webcam Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Webcam Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Widget for HomeKit · HW has 158 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Home Widget for HomeKit · HW's written reviews are positive against 100% of Webcam Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW ships an update every 10 days, Webcam Widgets every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Home Widget for HomeKit · HW versus Webcam Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome Widget for HomeKit · HWWebcam Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (158 ratings)4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings158 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartyCatspaw Systems LLC

Customer experience

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW

All ratings158 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral8.9%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative13.8%

Webcam Widgets

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Widgets don't save
  • Widgets don't update status
  • Incompatibility with iOS 16/17
  • Double downloads
  • Panels don't work

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to pinch to zoom on video
  • Control temperature on thermostats
  • Adjust brightness/color of lights
  • Custom sounds for actions
  • More widget size/layout options
Show 2 more
  • Live camera previews
  • Ability to control non-HomeKit devices

Webcam Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Home Widget for HomeKit · HW

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual subscription14 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime License$14.99
2 purchases

Webcam Widgets

One-time2
  • ImageTracker Pro$7.99
  • Image History$14.99

Questions

Is Home Widget for HomeKit · HW free?
Home Widget for HomeKit · HW is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Webcam Widgets free?
Webcam Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Home Widget for HomeKit · HW or Webcam Widgets?
Webcam Widgets is rated higher. Home Widget for HomeKit · HW averages 4.1 out of 5 from 158 ratings, while Webcam Widgets averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Home Widget for HomeKit · HW or Webcam Widgets have ads?
Neither Home Widget for HomeKit · HW nor Webcam Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Widget for HomeKit · HW or Webcam Widgets?
Home Widget for HomeKit · HW ships an update every 10 days, and Webcam Widgets every 9 days. Most recently, Home Widget for HomeKit · HW was updated on November 13, 2026 and Webcam Widgets on November 7, 2026.

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