Comparison

Backend widget vs API Widget

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

Head to head
About

Backend widget

Display crucial data and information directly on your home screen using customizable widgets. Track SaaS revenue, sports scores, deliveries, or build your own micro-apps by connecting to various API data sources.

Highlights
  • Custom HTTPs API requests (GET/POST)
  • JSON parsing
  • Multiple widget layouts
  • Widget customization
  • Dark theme support
  • No account required
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Observe important data and information right from your home screen: track you SAAS revenue, follow sport team score, trace you delivery package, build your own micro-applications with your own backend * This app helps you organise important information from API data source and provide you a simple way for fast analytics. Backend Widget can display any value from API on the phone home screen with widgets. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Just download Backend Widget and start creating you widgets. FEATURES: - Custom HTTPs API requests with GET/POST support - Parse JSON by providing parsing path - 2 widget layouts - Widget customisation - Dark theme support MADE IN UKRAINE * You need to use your own API or any available API provider to get actual data and render it inside widgets.

About

API Widget

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API Widget lets you display your own JSON data as customizable iOS widgets on your Home Screen. The app works with a data source you provide and presents the information as a clean, read-only widget. Widgets are updated automatically based on the refresh intervals supported by iOS, making API Widget suitable for monitoring metrics, counters, and status values. You can choose from multiple visual themes to match your style and focus on the information that matters most. API Widget does not require user accounts and does not collect personal information. The app is intended for informational and monitoring purposes only.

Screenshots

Backend widget4 screens
API Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: API Widget at Free against Backend widget's $0.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

API Widget is free to download; Backend widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Backend widget versus API Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackend widgetAPI Widget
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksii OliinykValery Shklovskiy

In-app purchases

None

Backend widget

No in-app purchases

None

API Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backend widget free?
Backend widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is API Widget free?
API Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backend widget or API Widget have ads?
Neither Backend widget nor API Widget shows ads.

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