Widgets for Dynamic Island vs WordPace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widgets for Dynamic Island
Create custom Live Activities for your lock screen and Dynamic Island. Display glanceable information with customizable styles and themes, including health data, device status, and weather. Some features require a Pro subscription.
- Custom Live Activity creation
- Lock screen and Dynamic Island display
- Customizable styles and themes
- HealthKit integration for health data
- Picture in Picture support
- Variety of module options (Health, Device, Weather)
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ActivityBuilder is the perfect app to create your own custom Live Activities that can be displayed on your lock screen and Dynamic Island. Live Activities are perfect glanceable widgets to view information quickly. These widgets are also customizable, you can change the style and theme of them. ActivityBuilder takes full advantage of the latest iOS features and tech to provide you with unique features on your lock screen and Dynamic Island Choose from a variety of different modules such as Health, Device, Weather and more to customize and start a Live Activity which is displayed on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. You can also view some activities in Picture in Picture! There are plenty of options to choose from and we are adding more regularly. Download ActivityBuilder now to try out the awesome new experience to customize your device. ActivityBuilder uses HealthKit and integrates with the Apple Health app to display your health data such as steps, active energy, exercise minutes, and more. Some features may require ActivityBuilder Pro. Pricing (USD): - Monthly: $1.49 per month - Yearly: $11.99 per year - Lifetime: $29.99 one time Contact: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/ActivityBuilder Privacy Policy: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/ActivityBuilder/privacypolicy Terms & Conditions: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/ActivityBuilder/terms Dynamic Island is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.
WordPace
This app helps you manage your speaking pace during presentations. It provides real-time feedback and warnings when you speak too quickly, ensuring you maintain a clear and controlled delivery. Analyze your performance after each session to improve future talks.
- Real-time speaking pace measurement
- Visual and haptic warnings
- Language-specific pace limits
- Post-session performance analysis
- On-device speech recognition
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Nerves make you speak faster, and you're the last to notice. WordPace measures your speaking pace while you present and warns you the moment you get too fast. Live, during the talk, not in the feedback afterwards. HOW IT WORKS Choose the language you'll present in, set a limit, and start the measurement. After about twenty seconds of speech, the first reliable reading appears in words per minute, and it keeps updating from there. Go over your limit and your screen turns red. Once you're comfortably back under it, the warning clears on its own. It also clears when you stop talking. WHAT IT MEASURES WordPace counts only the time you're actually speaking. Pauses don't count, because otherwise every breath would make you look slower than you are. The reading always covers the last twenty seconds of speech, so it shows how fast you are right now, not your average since you started. A WARNING ONLY YOU SEE On iPhone, the warning fills the screen, with a short vibration if you want one. On Mac, a red banner covers your display. It lets clicks through, so you keep advancing your slides as usual. With a second display, or by sharing only the presentation window in a video call, your audience never sees it. If you'd rather keep the number in view, the Mac can show a small floating readout, and you can start and stop from the menu bar icon. On both devices, you can add a sound so you don't have to look at the screen at all. EVERY LANGUAGE HAS ITS OWN LIMIT English is spoken at a different pace than German or Spanish, so WordPace keeps a separate limit for each presentation language. The default for English is 165 words per minute. A few minutes of rehearsal will show you where your own pace sits; set the limit a little above it. WordPace recognizes English as spoken in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere, along with many other languages. The warning appears in the language you're speaking, whatever language your iPhone or Mac is set to. AFTER THE TALK At the end of each session you see your average pace, your peak, how often you were warned, and how your pace developed over the whole session. That shows you where you sped up. The summary is for this session only; nothing is kept as a history. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Speech recognition runs entirely on your iPhone or Mac. WordPace records nothing and stores no transcript. All the measurement needs is when each word starts and ends, not which word it was. The app collects no data and asks for a single permission: the microphone. The only things it saves are your settings. GOOD TO KNOW WordPace requires iOS 26 or macOS 26. The first time you use a language, your device downloads Apple's speech model for it. That needs an internet connection briefly; after that, the measurement works offline too. On Mac, the warning appears over regular windows, not over an app in full-screen mode. No subscription, no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WordPace at 100% against Widgets for Dynamic Island's 54%. WordPace also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). Widgets for Dynamic Island's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On 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
Widgets for Dynamic Island is free to download; WordPace costs $2.99 up front. Widgets for Dynamic Island sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. WordPace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widgets for Dynamic Island ships an update every 4 weeks, WordPace every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widgets for Dynamic Island | WordPace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (296 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 296 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | Marco Mattes |
Customer experience
Widgets for Dynamic Island
WordPace
Bugs and requests
Widgets for Dynamic Island
Reported bugs
3 issues- Subscription issues after app updates
- Weather widget not refreshing automatically
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more free widgets
- Improve weather widget functionality
- Allow customization of text/icons in dynamic island
- Implement a trial period or one-time purchase option
WordPace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Widgets for Dynamic Island
- ActivityBuilder Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- ActivityBuilder Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- ActivityBuilder Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
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- ActivityBuilder Pro Monthly2 variants$4.991 Month
- ActivityBuilder Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
- ActivityBuilder Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- ActivityBuilder Pro - Lifetime$59.99
WordPace
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Widgets for Dynamic Island free?
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