Comparison

Facts Widget vs Munin

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

Head to head
About

Facts Widget

Get daily random facts displayed directly on your home screen. This app provides a simple way to learn new information throughout your day. Discover interesting tidbits without needing to open the application.

Highlights
  • Daily random facts
  • Home screen widget
  • Educational content
  • Simple interface
Features
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A genuinely interesting fact on your home screen and lock screen, drawn only from the subjects you care about. PICK YOUR TOPICS Thirty-nine of them, from space, the ocean and dinosaurs to language, timekeeping and mythology. Switch on the ones that interest you and the widget draws only from those. Nothing you did not ask for. ON BOTH SCREENS A medium widget for the home screen and a compact one for the lock screen, so there is something worth reading whenever you look. EIGHTEEN BACKDROPS Paper, linen, slate, cobalt, marble, deep ink and more. The widget and the app always match, and you can see how the text sits on each one before you choose. FACT OF THE DAY One fact chosen for the date, the same for everyone, with its own artwork. KEEP THE GOOD ONES Save anything worth repeating and share it in a tap. Find our EULA here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Munin

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Munin is a microlearning app for curious adults who want to build their general knowledge. Learn something new every day with short lessons in history, science, philosophy, psychology and mythology, then keep it with spaced repetition quizzes that bring each fact back right before you would forget it. STOP SCROLLING, START LEARNING You already spend time on your phone every day. Munin turns that time into knowledge. Every lesson takes a few minutes, states its learning goal up front and ends with a short quiz. Same quick hit as a feed, except you finish smarter. LESSONS THAT STICK Most learning apps let you read and forget. Munin does not. Every question you answer joins your personal review queue. Get it right and it comes back later. Get it wrong and it comes back sooner. This is spaced repetition, the memory technique used by medical students and language learners, built into every topic. TYPE IT, DON'T TAP IT Recognising the right option in a list is easy. Recalling it is what makes it stick. Selected questions ask you to type the answer, and questions you already know well switch to typed answers in review. Small typos are forgiven and the official spelling is shown. WHAT YOU GET • Bite-sized lessons written for adults, with the learning goal stated before you start • Quiz questions with explanations: multiple choice, typed answers, ranking, fill-in-the-blank and matching • Spaced repetition review: one daily review session sized to what is actually due • Your knowledge map: every topic you study becomes a tile on a growing hex map • Streaks, XP and ranks: build a daily learning habit one day at a time • Trophy shelf: master a topic and it goes on display • Weekly forecast: see what is due today and what is coming up this week • A growing library: new topics and lessons are added regularly WHAT YOU CAN LEARN • History: ancient empires, revolutions, trade routes and the world wars • Philosophy and ideas: Stoicism, existentialism, Buddhism, logic and the Enlightenment • Mythology and culture: Greek, Norse and Egyptian gods, the Renaissance and architecture • Science: the solar system, the human body, nuclear energy and the weather • Mind and behaviour: psychology and how memory works • Economics and power: propaganda, economic crises and the legacies of empire Pick the topics you care about and Munin builds your daily plan around them: general knowledge with depth, a few minutes at a time. WHO MUNIN IS FOR • Anyone who wants to replace doomscrolling with a daily learning habit • General knowledge and trivia fans who want depth, not just facts • Students and lifelong learners who need a memory system that actually works • Commuters, queue-standers and coffee-break readers with a few spare minutes WHY "MUNIN"? In Norse mythology Munin is one of Odin's ravens. The name means memory. Every morning he flies out over the world and returns with what he has learned. That is what this app does for you. FREE TO START Munin is free to download and includes a daily lesson allowance plus review sessions. Munin Unlimited removes the daily limit and is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your App Store account settings. Questions or feedback? Email info@munin.tech Privacy policy: https://api.munin.tech/legal/privacy Terms of use: https://api.munin.tech/legal/terms

Screenshots

Facts Widget3 screens
Munin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Facts Widget at none against Munin's 2. Munin's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 18 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Munin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Facts Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Facts Widget ships an update every 18 months, Munin every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Facts Widget versus Munin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFacts WidgetMunin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKawaiiIvar Reukers

In-app purchases

None

Facts Widget

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Munin

Subscriptions2
  • Munin Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Munin Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Facts Widget free?
Facts Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Munin free?
Munin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Facts Widget or Munin have ads?
Neither Facts Widget nor Munin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Facts Widget or Munin?
Facts Widget ships an update every 18 months, and Munin every 2 days. Most recently, Facts Widget was updated on October 16, 2026 and Munin on October 14, 2026.

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