Comparison

Webcam Widgets vs Echo Net+

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

Head to head
About

Webcam Widgets

Display live images from the web directly on your Home Screen. Track weather, charts, or any live image feed with customizable widgets. Share images easily with friends.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home Screen widgets
  • Live image updates from web URLs
  • Track weather, charts, and webcams
  • Share images from widgets
  • Supports JPEG, JPG, and PNG URLs
Features
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ImageTracker lets you add image widgets to your Home Screen with live images from the web which update with realtime information. You can use it to track a weather cameras, various charts and figures, or anything live image you can think of! ImageTracker is the spiritual successor of SlothCam, the original webcam app for Dashboard, MacOS, and iOS, and it offers similar features to SlothCam, but in a modern Home Screen Widget format. With this app you can create widgets using any live image from the web (jpeg, jpg, png URLs). Whether it’s a satellite image of the Earth, a real-time weather forecast, space weather charts showing aurora data, or a live webcam feed, this app allows you to create dynamic widgets with live content from the web. To install a Home Screen Widget, tap and hold on your Home Screen until the icons jiggle and press + to add a widget. Once you add the widget, you can tap it while in Home Screen edit mode and add a custom URL to the widget. Features: •Customizable Widgets: Place any image URL into a Home Screen widget on your iPhone or iPad or Mac. •Live Updates: Widgets refresh periodically to display the latest data, ensuring your information is always current. •Versatile Use Cases: Ideal for displaying weather maps, NASA satellite images, live webcams, space weather charts, aurora borealis data, and more. Any image published to the web can be used! •Easily share images from widgets with friends. ImageTracker is free to use. Purchasing the app removes the in-app ad banner and the nag message that appears on the widget, and allows you to customize widgets with title text for each webcam image. Privacy Policy: https://catspaw-systems.com/PrivacyPolicies/ImageTrackerPrivacy.html

About

Echo Net+

Features
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Echo Net moves files and text between your devices over your local network. No cloud, no accounts, no cables and no size limits. Your data never leaves your network. Open Echo Net on two devices connected to the same Wi-Fi and they find each other in seconds. Tap a device, pick photos or files, and they arrive at full network speed. Send a snippet of text and it lands right in the clipboard of the other device, ready to paste. FEATURES Instant discovery: devices on your network appear automatically, no setup and no pairing codes. Any files: photos, videos, documents, archives. Multiple files at once, no size limits. Text and clipboard: send a link or a note, it is copied on the receiving device instantly. Trusted devices: approve your own devices once and every next transfer is accepted automatically. Encrypted: every transfer is protected with TLS, device keys are verified on each connection. Private by design: no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Everything stays in your network. Works across platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows. The Windows app is available on our website. Two languages: English and Russian, switchable in Settings. Echo Net needs local network access to discover your devices. Transfers work only between devices connected to the same network.

Screenshots

Webcam Widgets4 screens
Echo Net+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Net+ at none against Webcam Widgets's 1. Webcam Widgets's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Webcam Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echo Net+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Webcam Widgets ships an update every 9 days, Echo Net+ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Webcam Widgets versus Echo Net+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWebcam WidgetsEcho Net+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatspaw Systems LLCAzret Shogenov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Webcam Widgets

One-time1
  • Purchase App$5.99
None

Echo Net+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Webcam Widgets free?
Webcam Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo Net+ free?
Echo Net+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Webcam Widgets or Echo Net+ have ads?
Neither Webcam Widgets nor Echo Net+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Webcam Widgets or Echo Net+?
Webcam Widgets ships an update every 9 days, and Echo Net+ every 2 weeks. Most recently, Webcam Widgets was updated on September 30, 2026 and Echo Net+ on October 11, 2026.

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