Comparison

Widgets Factory vs Present

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

Head to head
About

Widgets Factory

Features
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This is a minimal, dedicated, pre-styled, and pre-formatted widgets application. It supports both light and dark modes automatically as well as the smaller and larger sizing customizations. The first feature implemented is a small and simplistic Maps widget which is auto updated based on your present location. The second feature is a classic and vintage medium sized Clock widget with 12 or 24 hour modes available. The third feature is a large size Weather widget that has a detailed and informative interface style which also matches the flat theme and layout of the other widgets.

About

Present

This app transforms your phone into a minimalist bedside display showing time, date, weather, and upcoming calendar events. It's designed to be glanceable and reduce phone distractions, offering a calming visual experience without interactive elements.

Highlights
  • Glanceable time, date, and weather
  • Calendar event preview
  • Dynamic sky and moon phases
  • Offline functionality
  • Minimalist, distraction-free interface
  • Automatic screen dimming
Features
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Enough things already ask for your attention. Present is not one of them. Set your phone on a stand and it becomes a calm, glanceable display: the time, the date, the weather, and a quick look at what is coming up. What matters right now, and nothing else. NOTHING TO TAP There are no controls on the readout. No settings screen. No feed, no badge, and no notification it can ever send you. Present is built to reduce what your phone asks of you, not to collect your attention — it slips into the background and is simply there when you look up. A GLANCE, NOT A SESSION The time and date, the current conditions, and the next few hours of your calendar scrolling under a fixed now-marker. You read it in a second from across the room and get back to whatever you were doing. TIME YOU CAN SEE WITHOUT READING Behind it all, a sky that dims through the real dusk where you actually are. Sunrise and sunset are computed on the device from your own coordinates. The sun climbs the edge of the screen and sets at the bottom right; the moon takes over at nightfall, drawn at tonight's true phase. Look up and you know roughly where you are in the day before you have read a single number. BUILT TO BE LEFT RUNNING The screen dims after a minute untouched and clears the moment you reach for the phone. The now-marker breathes and the clock's separator blinks — small movements that keep a bright, static screen from settling into one position all night. YOUR CALENDAR STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Events are read on the device, read-only, one day at a time. No title, location, attendee or time ever leaves it. Location is requested at kilometre accuracy and rounded before it reaches the weather service, which is the only thing the app talks to. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account. No sign-in. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. The clock, the sky and the moon need no network at all, so they keep working offline. This is Present — A Simple Clock Here & Now. Free for a week, then $0.99 once. No subscription. Weather data from MET Norway. Requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Widgets Factory4 screens
Present3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widgets Factory at none against Present's 1. Widgets Factory also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). Present's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, 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. Present sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widgets Factory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgets Factory ships an update daily, Present every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Widgets Factory versus Present: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgets FactoryPresent
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan ChiappettaViable Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Widgets Factory

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Present

One-time1
  • Unlock Present$0.99

Questions

Is Widgets Factory free?
Widgets Factory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Present free?
Present is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widgets Factory or Present have ads?
Neither Widgets Factory nor Present shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widgets Factory or Present?
Widgets Factory ships an update daily, and Present every 4 days. Most recently, Widgets Factory was updated on October 30, 2026 and Present on November 6, 2026.

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