Comparison

I Need That Widget vs Bindery

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

Head to head
About

I Need That Widget

This app provides customizable calendar and reminder widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. View your schedule, upcoming events, and weekly plans at a glance without opening other apps. Your data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets (small, medium, large)
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Today Counts widget
  • Reminder support
  • Weekly calendar view
  • Open in preferred calendar app
  • Customizable display options
  • Privacy-focused, data stays on device
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"I Need That Widget" brings clean, focused calendar and reminder widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. See today's schedule, upcoming events and reminders, weekly plans, a full monthly calendar, and today's reminders at a glance without digging through apps. Your calendar and reminder data stays private on your device. KEY FEATURES - Home Screen Widgets for different layouts - Small: Month Calendar or Today Counts - Medium: Upcoming events and reminders, or Weekly Calendar - Large: Full Month Grid or Compact Event List - Lock Screen Widgets - View a compact 3-week calendar directly on your Lock Screen - See today's reminders from the Lock Screen with the reminder widget - Focus Calendar Filters - Choose which calendars stay visible while a Focus is active - Apply the same calendar filter in the app and widgets - Turn off the active Focus filter from the app when needed - Today Counts Widget - See today's total event and reminder count at a glance - Get a quick summary for busy days or free days - Reminder Support - View reminders alongside calendar events - See today's reminders and upcoming reminders in widgets - Choose whether to show overdue reminders and reminders without due dates - View recurring and all-day reminders more reliably - Open reminder details from supported widgets and app views - Weekly Calendar Widget - See your week in a clean 7-day layout - Choose a rolling 7-day view starting today, or use your selected week-start setting - Choose the first day of the week in the app settings, or follow your system setting - Open in Your Preferred Calendar App - Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Fantastical supported - Tap widgets and jump into the calendar app you prefer - Improved fallback helps widget taps recover when permissions or destination apps need attention - Customizable - Choose which calendars and reminder lists to show - Choose between the new calendar-inspired app icon and the Classic icon - Toggle all-day events - Control reminder visibility - Choose how to display past items - Localized - Available in English, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Arabic, Dutch, Hindi, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Portuguese - Includes regional variants such as English (UK), English (Canada), English (Australia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Portugal), and Portuguese (Brazil) - Privacy First - Your calendar and reminder data stays on your device - No accounts, no servers, no tracking - Clean and Simple - No ads - No clutter - No subscription PERFECT FOR - Checking your schedule without opening Calendar - Seeing today's workload instantly - Viewing reminders from the Home Screen or Lock Screen - Planning your week from the Home Screen - Keeping a calendar visible on the Lock Screen - Filtering calendars around your current Focus - Choosing a widget layout that fits your workflow - People who want simple, readable calendar widgets PRIVACY & SIMPLICITY Your calendar and reminder data never leaves your device. "I Need That Widget" is built for people who want practical widgets, minimal design, and quick access to what matters most. An in-app FAQ explains widget setup and answers common questions.

About

Bindery

Features
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Bindery turns Markdown files into finished documents — Word (.docx), PDF, EPUB and Kobo KEPUB — with a table of contents that actually works: Word's navigation pane, the PDF's outline and contents page, an e-reader's chapter list. Add one file or a dozen chapters at once. The order you put them in is the order of the book: sort by name with a tap, or drag the chapters into place. Headings, lists, tables, code with syntax colouring, footnotes, images, Mermaid diagrams and mathematics all come through, and links between chapters keep working in every format. Everything happens on your device. Your files are not uploaded anywhere; there is no account and nothing to sign in to. Results land in the Files app, under Bindery, ready to share. FREE TO USE Convert up to 20 pages of Markdown a month, free. Bindery Pro removes the limit with a single purchase — no subscription. THE FORMATS • Word (.docx) — real Heading styles and a contents field, bookmarks for every internal link • PDF — an outline, a contents page with page numbers, code blocks that break cleanly across pages • EPUB — one file per chapter, EPUB 3 navigation plus the classic NCX for older readers • Kobo KEPUB — the EPUB with Kobo's own markup, so page counts and reading position work as they should WRITTEN FOR MARKDOWN AS PEOPLE ACTUALLY WRITE IT Two-space list nesting, fenced code inside list items, $…$ mathematics, raw HTML passed through. Where you wrapped a line is not where the reader's is: soft wraps reflow, and only a real line break stays one. Bindery is made by The Owlery Works. Nothing you convert leaves your device. Kobo is a trademark of Rakuten Kobo Inc., and Word is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies. Neither company is connected with The Owlery Works or has endorsed this app; the names say only what a file is made to open in.

Screenshots

I Need That Widget4 screens
Bindery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bindery at Free against I Need That Widget's $2.49. I Need That Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, 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

Bindery is free to download; I Need That Widget costs $2.49 up front. Bindery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. I Need That Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

I Need That Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, Bindery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
I Need That Widget versus Bindery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterI Need That WidgetBindery
Price$2.49Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoohee KimDuy Anh Tuan Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

I Need That Widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bindery

One-time1
  • Bindery Pro$3.99

Questions

Is I Need That Widget free?
I Need That Widget costs $2.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bindery free?
Bindery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do I Need That Widget or Bindery have ads?
Neither I Need That Widget nor Bindery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, I Need That Widget or Bindery?
I Need That Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bindery fortnightly. Most recently, I Need That Widget was updated on October 28, 2026 and Bindery on October 24, 2026.

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