AppDab for App Store Connect vs Developer Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppDab for App Store Connect
Streamline your app management tasks with this tool. It allows you to handle builds, testers, certificates, and provisioning profiles directly from your device. Securely store your credentials for quick access without repeated logins.
- Manage app builds
- Organize testers
- Handle certificates
- Provisioning profile management
- Secure credential storage
- Direct API access
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With AppDab you can manage your apps and all the resources around it, be it builds, testers, certificates, devices or provisioning profiles. Unlike App Store Connect, you won't be prompted for a password, or worse, a 2-factor code when you use AppDab. Your credentials are stored securely in Keychain, so the app is ready to use as soon as you launch it. AppDab uses Apple's App Store Connect API to read and manipulate data in the Apple Developer Portal and App Store Connect. An Apple Developer Program membership is required to use AppDab. The Terms of Service can be found here: https://appdab.app/terms
Developer Widgets
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Developer Widgets puts the information you need on the lock screen of the device you're developing for. Lockscreen widgets of all different sizes and shapes, showing you: - the current epoch time in seconds - the current OS version installed on the device - an arbitrary message of your choice
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AppDab for App Store Connect at every 3 weeks against Developer Widgets's every 3 months. AppDab for App Store Connect also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Developer Widgets's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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. AppDab for App Store Connect sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Developer Widgets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AppDab for App Store Connect ships an update every 3 weeks, Developer Widgets every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppDab for App Store Connect | Developer Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Morten Gregersen | The Detroit Software Works |
In-app purchases
AppDab for App Store Connect
- Intelligence monthly$0.991 Month
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly with Intelligence$2.991 Month
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- Intelligence yearly$4.991 Year
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Yearly with Intelligence$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99
Developer Widgets
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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