Comparison

WilliWidgets vs Local Chat

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

Head to head
About

WilliWidgets

Customize your device's Home Menu and Lock Screen with a vast array of widgets. Display information like countdowns, battery status, time, photos, and storage at a glance. Personalize every aspect with themes, backgrounds, and fonts for billions of unique combinations.

Highlights
  • Home Menu and Lock Screen widgets
  • Information at a glance (countdowns, battery, time, storage)
  • Favorite photo widgets
  • Widget theming (backgrounds, fonts, borders)
  • 100% customizable aspects
  • Interactive widgets
  • Infinite widget placement
Features
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WilliWidgets gives you all the tools you need to make your device useful, but yours at the same time! WilliWidgets has a TON of different widgets that let you show whatever information with various widgets that can be placed on your Home Menu and Lock Screen! WilliWidgets can give you at a glance information, including countdowns, battery, the time, or even your favorite photos and how much storage is left on your device! There's a widget for everyone in this app! Whether you want to customize your Home Menu or Lock Screen, or just want to see more info at a glance, WilliWidgets has you covered! Each widget supports a widget theme so you can make widgets look however you like! Use different backgrounds, fonts, or add borders to it, every aspect is 100% customizable and its scalable with each update, which means that every time we update, there's a chance for some new customization! You can place an infinite amount of widgets, and capture all of the occasions! We offer many widgets, including interactive ones! Theres BILLIONS of combinations possible! Works great on iOS 17.4 - iOS 26 Privacy Policy: https://www.williamgallegos.net/williwidgets-privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.williamgallegos.net/williapps-terms-of-service

About

Local Chat

Run powerful open language models directly on your Apple devices, even offline. Enjoy private conversations with AI assistants that can be customized to your needs. Save and sync chats across your Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

Highlights
  • Offline AI chat
  • Open language models
  • Private conversations
  • Cross-device sync
  • Customizable personality
  • Model selection
Features
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Local Chat allows you to run the latest open language models on your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Once you've downloaded the models, you can use the chat function even when your device is offline. Your chats remain totally private, since no internet connection is required to interact with the chatbots. It's like having your very own ChatGPT right on your device. You can choose to save your chat history on your devices or delete your chats automatically after you're finished. Any chats that you choose to save in your history will be synced via your private iCloud storage to your other devices. Try leading models from the open-source community, including Llama, Gemma, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek, and Kimi. Choose from different sizes to find the best fit for your device. You can also customize the chatbot's personality with a system prompt, whether you prefer a helpful assistant, an encouraging coach, a witty conversationalist, or anything else you can imagine. The chat function works with the following devices: - Mac (M1 and later) - iPhone 12 and later - iPad Pro (M1 and later) - iPad Air (4th generation and later) - iPad mini (6th generation and later) - iPad (10th generation and later) On earlier devices, you can view your chat history from your other devices synced via your private iCloud storage. Local Chat is just getting started, and we're planning to continue adding new features in the coming months. If you have any feedback about the app, we'd love to hear it at feedback@localchat.co. --- Privacy policy: https://localchat.co/privacy Terms of use: https://localchat.co/terms

Screenshots

WilliWidgets4 screens
Local Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WilliWidgets at none against Local Chat's 3. WilliWidgets also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Local Chat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. WilliWidgets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for WilliWidgets against 4.5 for Local Chat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 55 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of WilliWidgets's written reviews are positive against 80% of Local Chat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WilliWidgets versus Local Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWilliWidgetsLocal Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (42 ratings)4.5 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews79.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4255 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB164 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWilliam GallegosAnthony R. DePasquale

Customer experience

WilliWidgets

All ratings42 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative24.0%

Local Chat

All ratings55 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative15.9%

In-app purchases

None

WilliWidgets

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Local Chat

Subscriptions2
  • Local Chat Pro$8.991 Month
  • Local Chat Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Local Chat Pro$99.99

Questions

Is WilliWidgets free?
WilliWidgets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Local Chat free?
Local Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WilliWidgets or Local Chat?
Local Chat is rated higher. WilliWidgets averages 4.4 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Local Chat averages 4.5 from 55 ratings.
Do WilliWidgets or Local Chat have ads?
Neither WilliWidgets nor Local Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WilliWidgets or Local Chat?
WilliWidgets ships an update every 9 days, and Local Chat every 9 days. Most recently, WilliWidgets was updated on November 3, 2026 and Local Chat on November 7, 2026.

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