Comparison

UltraConvert vs Widgets Now

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

Head to head
About

UltraConvert

This app offers a comprehensive suite of conversion tools, including units, live currency and cryptocurrency rates, and various calculators. It also provides field tools like GPS, compass, weather, and world clocks, with support for widgets and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Unit conversion across 16 categories
  • Live currency and cryptocurrency rates
  • Standard, scientific, electronics, and metal calculators
  • GPS, compass, sun position, and weather tools
  • World clocks and meeting planner
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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UltraConvert is an all-in-one converter and utility app — units, live currency and crypto, calculators, and a set of field tools that usually need separate apps. UNIT CONVERSION • 16 categories: Length, Weight, Temperature, Volume, Speed, Area, Time, Data, Energy, Pressure, Angle, Torque, Frequency, Density, Fuel Economy, Power • Precise, verified conversion factors • Favourites and full history LIVE CURRENCY & CRYPTO • 161 currencies, updated live • Gold (XAU) spot price • 205 cryptocurrencies via CoinGecko • Keeps working offline with the last rates it fetched CALCULATORS • Standard and scientific modes, with history • Electronics: Ohm's law, power, resistor colour code, LED resistor, voltage divider, wire gauge, dB, capacitor code, battery life • Metal calculator: weight by shape and alloy • Size guide: clothing and shoe charts across regions FIELD TOOLS • GPS: coordinates in decimal, DMS and UTM; speed and altitude tracking; saved pins; GPX export • Compass with Qibla direction • Sun position: sunrise, sunset, golden hour and twilight • Weather for your location • World clocks for 90 cities, plus a meeting planner across time zones • Stopwatch with laps, countdown and interval timers — with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH • Home and Lock Screen widgets for currency, crypto, weather and world clocks • Apple Watch app: quick conversions, calculator, stopwatch and compass BUILT FOR EVERY DEVICE • iPhone and iPad, with layouts that use the whole screen • Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout • Light and dark themes 18 LANGUAGES Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. What you create stays on your device — the only thing that ever leaves it is a feedback message you choose to send.

About

Widgets Now

Design custom widgets for your home and lock screens with various types and extensive customization options. Track shared numbers with others, like fitness goals or savings, with live updates and leaderboards.

Highlights
  • 21 widget types (clocks, weather, photos, etc.)
  • Extensive design customization (themes, gradients, fonts)
  • Shared number tracking with leaderboards
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • App Clip for instant sharing
Features
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Widget Now is a widget studio — and a way to keep one number in front of the people who share it with you. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Start from 21 widget types: clocks, world clocks, calendars, countdowns, live weather, sunrise and sunset, moon phase, activity rings, steps, water, photos, battery, reminders, quotes and more. Then make them yours with 14 theme presets, 16 gradients, solid colours and photo backgrounds, 20 typefaces, and adjustable corners, padding and borders — with a live preview that updates as you edit. Every design works on both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. TRACK ONE NUMBER TOGETHER Pick something you and someone else both care about — miles run, waters drunk, deals closed, pages read, days sober, money saved — and Widget Now keeps it in sync between you. Everyone's contributions roll into a single total with a leaderboard, and that number lands on every surface iOS offers: • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A full-screen dashboard when you AirPlay to an Apple TV Invite someone with a link, a message or a QR code. When they tap it, an App Clip shows them the group straight away — they can put it on their Lock Screen before installing anything. LIVE ACTIVITIES Design timers, event countdowns, progress trackers and live counters in your own colours and symbols, then run them on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. SYNCS WITH ICLOUD Your designs follow you across iPhone and iPad automatically. Shared groups sync to everyone in the group, and updates arrive on their own — no refresh button. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no sign-ups, and no servers of ours. Everything lives in your own iCloud. What you share is limited to the people you share it with, and the contents of a shared group are stored encrypted. Widget Now collects no analytics and shows no ads.

Screenshots

UltraConvert4 screens
Widgets Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Widgets Now at 5.0 against UltraConvert's 4.0. Widgets Now also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). UltraConvert's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widgets Now holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UltraConvert ships an update every 6 months, Widgets Now every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UltraConvert versus Widgets Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltraConvertWidgets Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOzgur InceAmol Srivastava

Customer experience

UltraConvert

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Widgets Now

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

UltraConvert

No in-app purchases

None

Widgets Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UltraConvert free?
UltraConvert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Widgets Now free?
Widgets Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UltraConvert or Widgets Now?
Widgets Now is rated higher. UltraConvert averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Widgets Now averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UltraConvert or Widgets Now have ads?
Neither UltraConvert nor Widgets Now shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UltraConvert or Widgets Now?
UltraConvert ships an update every 6 months, and Widgets Now every 2 months. Most recently, UltraConvert was updated on November 5, 2026 and Widgets Now on November 13, 2026.

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