Comparison

One Dot vs WidgetWire

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

Head to head
About

One Dot

Visualize your life, habits, and events on your lock screen with auto-updating calendar wallpapers. Track your progress, journal entries, and upcoming events without opening an app. Customize your look with various themes, shapes, and backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Auto-updating lock screen wallpapers
  • Visual life grid calendar
  • Habit streak tracking
  • Journal visualization
  • Countdown and agenda display
  • Customizable widgets
  • Multiple themes and shapes
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Turn passing time into something you can see whenever you pick up your iPhone. One Dot creates customizable, auto-updating Lock Screen wallpapers and widgets for your year, habits, journal, agenda, reminders, steps, and goals. PLAN YOUR DAY, YOUR WAY • See Apple Calendar events in Daily, Week Card, Week + Today, circular Sectograph, vertical Timeline, or Monthly layouts • Turn Apple Reminders lists into Daily, Minimal, Week + Today, or four-list Matrix wallpapers • Keep the right note close by showing any journal text as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen SEE PROGRESS AT A GLANCE • View your life in weeks or your year as 365 dots • Track habits, streaks, journal entries, and moods • Follow countdowns, Apple Health steps, or revenue from Stripe and RevenueCat • Add interactive Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets 16 VISUAL MODES Life, Year, Season, Quarter, Month, Week, Countdown, Agenda, To-Do, Notes, Journal, Mood, Habits, Steps, Revenue, and Astro. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from a wide range of themes, dot shapes, colors, and layouts. Adjust size, spacing, placement, opacity, labels, stats, and backgrounds. Use a solid color, gradient, preset, or your own photo. Save multiple wallpaper setups for different parts of your life. AUTOMATIC DAILY REFRESH Set up the included Shortcuts automation once and your wallpaper can update each day, keeping your progress, calendar, and reminders current. BUILT FOR PRIVACY One Dot requires no account or proprietary cloud sync. Personal content is processed on your device, and optional integrations are accessed only with your permission. Limited product analytics and diagnostics help improve the app. START FREE The free version includes Life, Year, Journal, and Habits modes, plus core customization. One Dot Premium unlocks all 16 modes, more themes and shapes, advanced widgets, multiple wallpaper slots, and full customization. Make every day visible with One Dot. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WidgetWire

Features
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Your widgets. Your design. Your data. WidgetWire connects the widgets you imagine to the data you care about. Power widgets with Google Sheets or JSON endpoints, or add your own text and numbers. Start with a ready-made design, change a few details and make a widget that feels like you. A GOOD STARTING POINT Choose from 18 layouts: meaningful numbers, progress rings, charts, lists, countdowns and more. Design small, medium and large Home Screen widgets. POWERED BY GOOGLE SHEETS OR JSON ENDPOINTS Connect a Google Sheet or JSON endpoint to power your widgets with your own data. Turn project lists, goals and key numbers into information you can see at a glance. Choose a column, a single spreadsheet cell or a fixed value, and reuse one connection across multiple widgets. Prefer to keep it simple? Type your own text or number directly into a content slot; no connection is required. FINE-TUNE THE FEELING Begin with one of five styles or 49 original scene backgrounds. Ready-made scene templates include editable content, so you can choose a look and make it yours without code. Search backgrounds by name or mood, or browse landscapes, botanicals, abstract artwork and materials. See every scene with your own widget content before choosing. Keep your layout and connection while changing the look. Then choose your typeface and colors, use your own photo or hide the title. FROM AN IDEA TO YOUR EVERYDAY Browse and search templates by category, then keep your designs together in one library. Tap Review & Save to preview a new design on a wallpaper and save it. Add WidgetWire to your Home Screen, and when iOS asks which widget to show, choose your design. Saved designs stay editable; changes reach your screen when you tap Save. Open a connection to see and edit the widgets it powers. ROOM TO GO FURTHER Most widgets need only a ready-made template and the visual editor. For advanced customization, the optional Custom layout supports a JSON canvas of text, stacks, bars, rings and more. Link a template URL to follow changes to its design. Private JSON endpoints can use bearer tokens, custom headers or query keys stored in the iOS Keychain. YOUR INFORMATION STAYS YOUR BUSINESS No WidgetWire account, advertising or analytics service. Your designs are stored on your device. Connected data is requested directly from the sources you choose. WIDGETWIRE PRO Your first widget design is free. The two examples the app starts with don't count. To make more designs, subscribe to WidgetWire Pro: $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year, each with a 1-week free trial. Designs you've already saved always stay editable. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://widgetwire.app/privacy.html Good to know: Google Sheets must be shared with anyone who has the link; Google sign-in is not supported. iOS controls widget refresh timing, so updates are not instant or guaranteed at a fixed interval. A failed refresh may leave the last good values visible. WidgetWire is designed for iPhone and is currently available in English.

Screenshots

One Dot4 screens
WidgetWire4 screens

Verdict

The call

One Dot and WidgetWire are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. One Dot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and WidgetWire sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
One Dot versus WidgetWire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne DotWidgetWire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniil KartsevThor Enterprises, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

One Dot

Subscriptions2
  • One Dot Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • One Dot Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Dot Premium Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

WidgetWire

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is One Dot free?
One Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetWire free?
WidgetWire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do One Dot or WidgetWire have ads?
Neither One Dot nor WidgetWire shows ads.

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