LiDAR Rangefinder vs Widgetik
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiDAR Rangefinder
This utility app transforms your iPhone into a quick and easy distance measuring tool. Simply aim at a point to get an instant reading, with options to switch units and copy values. It's designed for effortless everyday use, providing fast answers for various measuring needs.
- Instant distance readout
- LiDAR-equipped iPhone compatible
- Zoom for precision aiming
- Switch between meters and feet
- Copy distance to clipboard
- Clean, minimal interface
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LiDAR Rangefinder turns your iPhone into a fast, simple range measurement tool. Aim at a point and get an instant distance reading from your phone to the surface in front of you. Built for clarity and speed, LiDAR Rangefinder gives you a clean, focused interface that makes measuring feel effortless. Whether you are estimating distances indoors, checking spacing on location, or simply curious how far away something is, LiDAR Rangefinder makes it easy to get a quick answer. Features: • Instant distance readout to the point you are aiming at • Designed for LiDAR-equipped iPhone models • Zoom the view on screen for easier aiming and improved precision • Tap the distance to cycle between metres, feet and yards • Touch-and-hold the distance to copy value to clipboard • Clean, minimal interface for fast everyday use Note: LiDAR Rangefinder works best on compatible iPhone models with a LiDAR scanner. Accuracy depends on lighting, surface type, distance, and environmental conditions. Reflective, transparent, very dark, or very distant surfaces may reduce reliability. LiDAR Rangefinder is designed for close to medium distances, from 0.1m up to a maximum of between 5m and 10m depending on iPhone model and conditions. If LiDAR lock cannot be achieved then ARKit raycast is used as a fallback measuring method and "AR Only" instead of "LiDAR" is displayed in the status bar. If you want a lightweight, modern distance tool that is ready whenever your phone is in your pocket, LiDAR Rangefinder is the simplest way to measure.
Widgetik
Personalize your device with interactive widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Track habits, log water, manage tasks, and display clocks or fun elements like a virtual aquarium. Customize appearance with colors, gradients, and fonts.
- Interactive widgets
- Habit tracking
- Water logging
- Task management
- Customizable appearance
- Focus timer
- Event countdowns
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Beautiful, interactive widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and iPad. Log water, check off habits and tasks, start a focus session or feed your aquarium fish right from the widget, without opening the app. Then make every widget your own with colors, gradients and fonts, or let your wallpaper show through. HABITS & WELLNESS • Habit Tracker: tick off daily habits with a tap and keep your streak going. • Habit Streak: your current streak and this week at a glance. • Habit Counter (Premium): count sets, reps or any daily goal, one tap at a time. • Hydration: log water in one tap and follow your daily goal. • Mindfulness: track meditation, breathing and mindful minutes. • Focus Timer (Premium): start, pause and reset focus sessions from the widget, and follow the countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Step Counter: your daily steps from Apple Health. PLAN YOUR DAY • Agenda & Day Planner (Premium): see what's on now, how long until your next event, and the days ahead. • Daily Dashboard: the time, your next countdown and three tiles you choose: steps, water, mindfulness, your monthly goal or a habit. • Interactive Checklist: keep tasks, routines and groceries on your Home Screen and check them off there. • Event Countdown: count down to trips, birthdays, exams and big moments. • Upcoming Birthdays (Premium): upcoming birthdays, ages and days remaining. • Month Calendar and Week Strip: the month or the current week at a glance. • Progress Tracker: see how much of the day, week, month, season or year has passed, also as a Live Activity, or set month and year goals and log them with a tap. CLOCKS • Digital Watch, Analog Watch and Emoji Clock: a clock face in your style. • World Clock: the time in the cities you care about. JUST FOR FUN • Aquarium: a small tank of fish to feed and keep clean. • Cat: a little cat that gets up to mischief all day. Pet it, feed it and play with it. • Zen Garden (Premium): water your plant and watch it grow. • Daily Quote and Daily Inspiration: a fresh quote every day. • Photo: pin a favorite photo or rotate through a collection. • Sun & Daylight: sunrise, sunset, golden hour and day length for your city. • Moon Phase: follow the current lunar phase. • Battery: your battery level at a glance. LOCK SCREEN, CONTROL CENTER & IPAD • Lock Screen widgets for the date, calendar, progress, steps, water, battery, world time and sunrise or sunset. • Control Center controls to log water, check off a habit or start a focus session. • Extra Large widgets on iPad for Agenda, Aquarium, Cat and Daily Dashboard, and for most widgets on iPhone with iOS 27. MAKE IT YOURS Choose solid colors or gradients, themes, fonts and text colors, and see every change in a live preview. With Transparent Backgrounds (Premium), nearly every widget blends into your wallpaper: take two screenshots and Widgetik lines each widget up with the wallpaper behind it. APPLE HEALTH Widgetik uses HealthKit to show your steps and, if you turn it on, to save water you log in Widgetik to Apple Health. WIDGETIK PREMIUM Widgetik is free to download and includes ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes ads and unlocks Agenda, Upcoming Birthdays, Habit Counter, Focus Timer, Zen Garden, extra fonts, custom text colors and Transparent Backgrounds. No subscription. Your habits, health data, calendar and photos stay on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Widgetik at 4.6 against LiDAR Rangefinder's 3.1. Widgetik also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 33%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). LiDAR Rangefinder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Widgetik sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LiDAR Rangefinder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widgetik holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widgetik has 73 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of LiDAR Rangefinder's written reviews are positive against 74% of Widgetik's.
LiDAR Rangefinder ships an update every 3 weeks, Widgetik weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiDAR Rangefinder | Widgetik |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WILLIAM BENJAMIN BURRARD-LUCAS | ANDREI RUSTI |
Customer experience
LiDAR Rangefinder
Widgetik
In-app purchases
LiDAR Rangefinder
No in-app purchases
Widgetik
- Premium version$1.99
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