Comparison

Buffers vs Widish

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

Head to head
About

Buffers

This tool helps design buffer solutions for pH control in research. It offers a calculator for accurate recipes and a reference for common buffering agents, supporting various parameters like pH, concentration, and temperature.

Highlights
  • 42 common buffering agents
  • Accurate recipe generation
  • Broad pH, concentration, temperature ranges
  • Detailed buffer system information
  • Shareable recipes (email, text, copy, print)
  • Sophisticated calculation algorithm
Features
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Buffers is a tool for designing buffer solutions for pH control. Buffers is useful both as a handy reference of available buffering agents and as an accurate, portable buffer calculator for chemical, biochemical and biological research. With Buffers you can: - Select from 42 commonly used buffering agents - Generate accurate recipes covering broad pH, concentration and temperature ranges - Access detailed information about each available buffer system - E-mail, text, copy or print recipes To use Buffers, just choose a buffering agent and target pH along with the desired solution volume, temperature and buffer concentration. The recipe is calculated with the push of a button. Buffers uses a sophisticated algorithm that is more versatile and potentially more accurate than simple calculations based on the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. An information page for each buffering agent lists the pKa, appropriate pH range, and temperature dependence, along with molecular weights and CAS numbers for the acid and base forms and other pertinent information. Bring your buffer calculations into the lab where you need them!

About

Widish

This app provides a large, customizable widget to display the current day of the week. Users can personalize colors and fonts, or let the app rotate them daily. It's designed for those who need a clear reminder of the day.

Highlights
  • Large day of the week display
  • Customizable colors
  • Over 50 font choices
  • Automatic color rotation
  • Widget installation tutorial
Features
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Finally a widget app for those of us who need our glasses or simply can't remember what day it is - or both! The day of week shows in really large text - in your preferred language. Widish allows for customized day color, background color and over 50 different fonts (for most languages - Arabic, Chinese, Korean & Japanese will only render 3 different fonts, but you can try before you buy.) Simply install the widget and pick your choice of colors and fonts. Or do nothing, and let the app rotate the colors daily for you. New to widgets? A short video on installing a widget is included.

Screenshots

Buffers4 screens
Widish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Buffers at Free against Widish's $1.99. Buffers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 18.0). On update cadence, 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

Buffers is free to download; Widish costs $1.99 up front. Widish sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Buffers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buffers ships an update every 13 months, Widish every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Buffers versus Widish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuffersWidish
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkkyra SystemsBlue Sky Appware, LLC

Customer experience

Buffers

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Widish

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Buffers

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Widish

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly7 Days trial$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Buffers free?
Buffers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Widish free?
Widish costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Buffers or Widish have ads?
Neither Buffers nor Widish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buffers or Widish?
Buffers ships an update every 13 months, and Widish every 10 months. Most recently, Buffers was updated on June 11, 2026 and Widish on June 4, 2026.

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