Widgets Factory vs Present
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widgets Factory
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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.
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.
- Glanceable time, date, and weather
- Calendar event preview
- Dynamic sky and moon phases
- Offline functionality
- Minimalist, distraction-free interface
- Automatic screen dimming
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Present sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widgets Factory asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widgets Factory ships an update daily, Present every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widgets Factory | Present |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Chiappetta | Viable Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Widgets Factory
No in-app purchases
Present
- Unlock Present$0.99









