Live Data Widgets vs Small Talk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Data Widgets
Create custom text, chart, and progress widgets for your iPhone using live data. Connects with automation tools like Google Sheets and Apple Shortcuts to display information from your apps and websites.
- Custom text widgets
- Chart widgets
- Progress widgets
- Integration with Google Sheets
- Integration with Apple Shortcuts
- Customizable themes and typefaces
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Ever wanted a custom text widget, chart widget, or progress widget for your own data? Meet AnyWidget for iOS. AnyWidget connects to your favorite automation tool (Apple Shortcuts, Zapier, Google Sheets supported), allowing you to tap into data from your iPhone's apps, websites, and more. AnyWidget comes with 3 custom widget types: • Chart Widget: A beautiful bar chart built from a list of numeric values. • Progress Widget: A progress bar to track any quantifiable value 0 to 100%: think yearly goals, finance, or reading. • Text Widget: A minimalistic canvas for any live text. Each widget can have one or more variables where you push your custom data. Make any widget your own with our beautiful themes and typefaces. AnyWidget is 100% free for all users. We hope you love AnyWidget! Please contact us at hello@heliconapps.com for support, feature requests, and business inquiries. Terms of Service & Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/terms-privacy/f9c45fcc-dac6-492b-a532-5e9c1b5711f5/other
Small Talk
This app helps you remember important personal details about people, like their birthdays, interests, and notes from conversations. It prioritizes privacy with on-device storage and offers a simple, stress-free interface for managing these memories.
- Record personal details about people
- Jot notes after conversations
- Private, on-device storage
- Birthday reminders
- Link people together
- Searchable notes and contacts
- Customizable themes
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Small Talk is a personal notebook for remembering the kind of stuff you don't want to forget — but often do: Where they are from. The name of their dog. Their birthday. That book they recommended. Add someone new in seconds. Fill in the details whenever. Jot a note after a conversation, and it's there next time you need it. PRIVATE No accounts, no tracking, and no servers. Everything is stored on your device, encrypted. If you enable backups, they go to your own iCloud or Google Drive. SIMPLE BY DESIGN No streaks, no likes, no feed, no stress. Small Talk does one thing well: help you remember. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE - Add people with notes, birthdays, and custom details - Link people together (coworkers, family, friends) - Search across all your people and notes - Timeline view with calendar - Three beautiful themes - Birthday reminders - Face ID / biometric lock SMALL TALK PLUS One purchase. No subscription. Unlock: - All 13 color themes - Create your own custom themes - Export and import backups Built for people who care about people and want to remember the things that matter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Live Data Widgets at free against Small Talk's free with in-app purchases. Small Talk's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Live Data Widgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Small Talk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Live Data Widgets against 5.0 for Small Talk. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Live Data Widgets ships an update every 5 days, Small Talk weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Data Widgets | Small Talk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HELICON LLC | KIERAN FREDERICK LAMEE |
Customer experience
Live Data Widgets
Small Talk
In-app purchases
Live Data Widgets
- Monthly$5.991 Month
- Lifetime$24.99
Small Talk
- Small Talk Plus Lifetime$4.99









