Comparison

TerminalWidget vs Wander

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

Head to head
About

TerminalWidget

Display script output directly on your home screen widgets. Visualize data with progress indicators, charts, and tables. Control scripts via Shortcuts or URL schemes, with iCloud sync for Mac and iOS.

Highlights
  • Script output in widgets
  • Progress indicators, charts, graphs
  • iCloud sync for Mac and iOS
  • Control via Shortcuts
  • URL scheme support
  • Universal purchase
Features
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Scripters rejoice! Now you can have output from your scripts, AppleScripts, and Shortcuts display in widgets on iOS (and sync to and from your Mac via iCloud). You can see progress indicators, charts, graphs, icons, tables, and more. All controllable via Shortcuts or with a URL scheme (and a CLI on Mac). This is a universal purchase for the Mac, iOS, and Watch apps.

About

Wander

This app offers a clean writing experience for markdown files, ensuring your notes remain in plain text and accessible in your own folders. It provides a WYSIWYG editor that accurately reflects your markdown while keeping files tidy on disk, allowing for seamless offline use and no vendor lock-in.

Highlights
  • Plain markdown in owned folders
  • WYSIWYG editing
  • Wikilinks, tables, code blocks
  • Fast and native for iPhone/iPad
  • Works fully offline
  • No account required
Features
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Wander is a markdown editor that respects your files. Your notes stay plain markdown in folders you control — no account, no lock-in, no cloud required. What you see is what lands on disk, byte for byte. Write in a clean WYSIWYG editor — bold looks bold, headings look like headings — while the file on disk stays tidy markdown with clean diffs. Images render in place too, so a note with photos reads like a page, not a preview pane. Open any folder of markdown and start writing; Wander reads and writes standard files, so nothing you open is trapped in the app. • Plain markdown, in folders you own • WYSIWYG editing, clean files on disk • Wikilinks, tables, code blocks, task lists, footnotes • Images inline — photos, galleries and captions render right in the note, sized with plain markdown • Fast and native for iPhone and iPad — works fully offline, no account • Your notes never leave your device unless you move them

Screenshots

TerminalWidget4 screens
Wander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wander at Free against TerminalWidget's $19.99. Wander also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (90% vs 80%). TerminalWidget's advantage is chart position (#158 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Wander is free to download; TerminalWidget costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wander holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of TerminalWidget's written reviews are positive against 90% of Wander's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
TerminalWidget versus Wander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerminalWidgetWander
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB147 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrett TerpstraSystem Operator LLC

Customer experience

TerminalWidget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Wander

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

TerminalWidget

No in-app purchases

None

Wander

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TerminalWidget free?
TerminalWidget costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wander free?
Wander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TerminalWidget or Wander?
Wander is rated higher. TerminalWidget averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Wander averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do TerminalWidget or Wander have ads?
Neither TerminalWidget nor Wander shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TerminalWidget or Wander?
TerminalWidget ships an update every 2 days, and Wander every 2 days. Most recently, TerminalWidget was updated on October 2, 2026 and Wander on September 29, 2026.

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