Aura vs Widgnest

Make your home screen yours. Aura is an aesthetic widgets app — home screen widgets, wallpapers, icon packs and matching themes that are beautiful, free, and actually work. No ads just to apply anything. No bait paywall after you pick something you love. A generous free library, and changes that really land on your home screen. Aesthetic widgets that really go on your home screen • Digital and analog clock widgets that keep real time • Countdown and anniversary widgets that count actual days • A calendar widget for the current month • A daily quote widget • Live editor — change the font, colour, gradient and size and watch the preview update instantly • One tap to place it: Aura asks your launcher to drop the widget straight onto your home screen Wallpapers that get set, not just saved • Curated wallpaper packs: minimal, cute, dark, nature, abstract, seasonal • Choose home screen, lock screen, or both — Aura sets it for you • Rendered at your screen's own resolution so it stays sharp Icon packs you can actually put on your home screen • Four styles: pastel, dark, clean line and 3D glossy • Pick any app you have installed and Aura pins a styled shortcut for it • Search your apps by name • No watermarks, no ugly borders Coordinated home screen themes • A matching wallpaper and icon style in one tap Built for browsing • A real search across every widget, wallpaper and icon pack • Favourites, recents and your saved designs in one place • Local backup and restore Private by design All your designs stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, works offline. An internet connection is only used to show ads. Whether you want a cute pastel home screen, a clean minimal one, or a dark aesthetic setup, Aura has the widgets, wallpapers and icon packs to build it — and the live editor to make each one exactly yours. Download Aura and make your home screen unmistakably yours.

Widgnest turns your Home Screen into something that's actually yours. Pick from more than 50 widgets — clocks, calendars, weather, countdowns, notes, checklists, habit trackers, finance tickers and more — then style them the way you like. Five themes, custom accent colours, and a library of wallpapers designed to match. Everything runs on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. WIDGETS FOR EVERY PART OF YOUR DAY Time & Date • Digital and analog clocks • Date and calendar • Year progress and ISO week number • World clock across time zones • Multi-countdown and days until the weekend Weather & Nature • Current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecast • Sunrise, sunset and golden hour • UV index and air quality • What to Wear, based on the hour you're actually in • Weekend Planner — Saturday and Sunday, and the best dry hours to head out • Moon phase Productivity • Next meeting and the day's agenda from your calendar • Notes and checklists • Pomodoro timer Habits & Health • Habit grid and streak counters • Water intake • Weight tracker with a trend graph • Fasting timer • Mood tracker and days since Personal & Aesthetic • Countdowns and anniversaries • Photo frame • Quote of the day and horoscope Finance • Currency exchange rates and cryptocurrency prices • Budget ring, subscriptions and bills due • Payday countdown and salary per second Smart Utility, Social, Fun and Mindfulness • Wi-Fi QR code, unit converter, bubble level, tip & split • Birthday list from your contacts, together since, long-distance clock • Magic 8-Ball, random picker, joke of the day • Life in weeks, life progress and daily affirmations MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT • Five themes: Glass, Minimal, Material, Dark Luxe and Neon • Custom accent colours • Adjustable panel transparency WALLPAPERS BUILT FOR WIDGETS More than 80 wallpapers, ready to save to Photos. Every one is measured rather than just labelled: filter for OLED wallpapers that hold true blacks, or widget-safe ones that stay calm exactly where your widgets sit, so your text keeps its contrast. Each wallpaper tells you which theme it looks best with. Browse by collection and keep the ones you love in Favourites. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes, lists, counters and settings never leave your iPhone. Widgnest has no user account and collects no analytics. Weather and finance widgets ask public services for data using nothing but coordinates or a currency symbol — never your identity. WIDGNEST PRO A single one-time purchase unlocks every premium widget, all four premium themes and custom accent colours. No subscription, and every future widget and theme is included. Questions or ideas? Write to info@designer2.org