Nomo Widgets vs Ember Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nomo Widgets
Display your sobriety journey directly on your home screen. This companion app allows you to create custom clocks with your sobriety date and chosen colors. Seamlessly integrate with the main sobriety app to view your progress at a glance.
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable sobriety clocks
- Display sobriety date
- Color customization
- Companion to Nomo app
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One day at a time on your home screen. Nomo Widgets is a companion app for the popular Nomo - Sobriety Clocks app. You can quickly create a clock with your sobriety date and a color to be displayed as a widget on your home screen. If you're already a Nomo user and have the latest version, your clocks will automatically be on the list when you add a new widget. I hope this is helpful for everyone!
Ember Canvas
This app helps you break the smoking habit by replacing the ritual with a creative outlet. Engage in short sessions that mimic smoking, using your breath to create digital art and build a personal gallery.
- Replaces smoking ritual with art
- 3-minute sessions mirroring cigarette breaks
- Breath-activated ash animation
- Unlock masterpieces session by session
- Personal art gallery
- Focuses on habit replacement, not just quitting
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Why can't you quit? It's not the nicotine. It's the ritual. The pause. The deep breath. The moment of calm in a chaotic day. That's what you're actually addicted to. Ember doesn't take that away. It replaces what comes after. Light up. Breathe. Watch ash fall. Over 20 sessions, those ashes quietly become a masterpiece — a Vermeer, a Van Gogh, a da Vinci. You're not quitting anything. You're collecting something. Every cigarette you don't smoke becomes a brushstroke. Every craving becomes art. - 3-minute sessions that mirror a real cigarette - Blow into your mic — the ash responds to your breath - Complete masterpieces revealed one session at a time - Build a personal gallery of works you created The ritual stays. The smoke disappears. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ember Canvas at Free against Nomo Widgets's $1.99. Ember Canvas also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Nomo Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). On 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
Ember Canvas is free to download; Nomo Widgets costs $1.99 up front. Ember Canvas sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.79 per month. Nomo Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nomo Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Ember Canvas every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nomo Widgets | Ember Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (179 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Parker Stech | SAELI, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY |
Customer experience
Nomo Widgets
Ember Canvas
In-app purchases
Nomo Widgets
No in-app purchases
Ember Canvas
- Unlimited$4.791 Month
- 1 Painting Pack$1.19
Questions
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