Tidbyt Widgets vs BUSY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tidbyt Widgets
Display real-time sports scores, transit updates, weather forecasts, and calendar events directly on your home screen. Personalize your device with over 100 available widgets, and even create your own.
- Sports scores and standings
- Real-time transit updates
- Weather forecasts and air quality
- Calendar events and countdowns
- Over 100 customizable widgets
- Full-screen widget mode
- User-created widget gallery
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Stay on top of sports, stocks, transit, and weather — all from your home screen. Personalize your phone with your favorite widgets and never miss a beat. WHAT’S INCLUDED • Sports: see your team’s standings and get live score updates during for Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, and college sports too. • Transit: quickly check the next train or bus in major cities around the US, including NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, DC, and Seattle. And in select cities, keep an eye on bike share availability. • Weather: track today’s weather, forecasts, air quality, and tides. Connect to your own weather station, look at ski reports, or check on METARs for your local airport. • Schedule: see your calendar, or setup countdowns to your favorite holidays, birthdays, and special events. And that’s just the start! Browse the entire collection of over 100 widgets and pick your favorites to put on your home screen. FULL-SCREEN MODE Set your phone on your desk and launch any widget in full-screen mode. It will update in real-time, so you can keep track of a live game while you’re working or watching something else on TV. CREATE YOUR OWN WIDGETS Are you a coder? Create and submit your own widgets and we’ll include them in our gallery. Visit [tidbyt.dev](http://tidbyt.dev) to get started. Coming soon— build your own widgets from inside the app! LIVE LOCATION UPDATES For weather and transit widgets, turn on live location updates and you’ll always see the latest info for your current location. TRY FOR FREE Browse our entire collection for free, and get started with a 3-day free trial. If you like it, keep it for only $1.99/month or $19.99/year. NOTES Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://tidbyt.com/privacy
BUSY
Enhance your productivity by blocking distracting apps and muting notifications. This tool offers customizable focus sessions, including Pomodoro-style workflows, and provides insights into your distraction attempts to help you improve focus.
- Customizable focus sessions (timer, Pomodoro, no time limit)
- Distraction blocking (apps, notifications)
- Accountability features (no skipping sessions)
- Distraction attempt tracking
- Apple Watch integration
- Customizable timer themes
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BUSY — Focus Timer & Distraction Blocker Stay focused. Get more done. Block distracting apps and notifications while adding structure to your day. Choose short focus sessions with regular breaks or switch to deep focus mode. Work without interruptions on iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac. FEATURES: - Instant Focus. Start focusing in one tap. Choose Pomodoro-style sessions with breaks or work without time limits. - BUSY Bar Сontrol. Connect and manage your BUSY Bar from your phone. Start focus sessions, block distractions, update firmware, connect to Wi-Fi, and more. - Music Themes. Choose visual themes with music designed to support deep, focused work. - Block Distractions. Automatically block distracting apps and mute notifications so you stay in control. - Track Your Attempts. See how often you try to open blocked apps and build stronger focus habits. - Structured Focus Sessions. Stay consistent with focus intervals designed to improve productivity. - Apple Watch & Mac Support. Start, stop, or manage sessions from your Apple Watch or Mac. Everything syncs instantly. BUSY helps you stay focused, reduce distractions, and build better work habits — across all your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BUSY at 58% against Tidbyt Widgets's 0%. BUSY also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Tidbyt Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Tidbyt Widgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BUSY asks for nothing beyond the download.
BUSY holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Tidbyt Widgets's written reviews are positive against 58% of BUSY's.
Tidbyt Widgets ships an update every 5 days, BUSY fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tidbyt Widgets | BUSY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tidbyt, Inc. | Flipper - FZCO |
Customer experience
Tidbyt Widgets
BUSY
In-app purchases
Tidbyt Widgets
- Tidbyt Widgets3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Tidbyt Widgets3 Days trial$19.991 Year
BUSY
No in-app purchases
