Comparison

Widgets Now vs Scrolly

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

Head to head
About

Widgets Now

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.

About

Scrolly

Features
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Turn your phone into a glowing LED scroller. Type a message, pick a style, and Scrolly fills the whole screen with smooth, bright scrolling text — perfect for pickups at the airport, cheering at a game, a birthday shout-out, or just saying something big. HOW IT WORKS • Type your message and see it live in preview • Choose scroll direction — left, right, up, down, or hold it static • Pick colors, glow, outline and an authentic LED-dot look • Set your speed, loop it forever or a fixed number of times • Go full-screen for a real LED-sign effect, with an optional screen brightness boost READY-MADE TEMPLATES Six built-in templates for common moments — airport pickup, concert, cheering on a team, a quiet message, a sale sign, a birthday — or save any banner you make as your own template. SAVE & EXPORT Keep your favorite banners, rename, duplicate or favorite them, and pick up right where you left off. Export any banner as an MP4 video or GIF to share anywhere. BUILT FOR EVERYONE • Full support for larger text sizes and VoiceOver • Reduce Motion and Reduce Flash options, with a safe blink-rate limit • Works in portrait and landscape YOUR PRIVACY Scrolly works completely offline. There's no account, no sign-up, no ads, and no analytics. The only thing the app ever asks permission for is adding a saved video or GIF to your Photos library when you choose to export — and only at that moment. It never reads your existing photos. No internet connection required. No data ever leaves your device.

Screenshots

Widgets Now4 screens
Scrolly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Scrolly at 17.0 against Widgets Now's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Widgets Now versus Scrolly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgets NowScrolly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNow Studio LLCADELINA RAILEAN

In-app purchases

None

Widgets Now

No in-app purchases

None

Scrolly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widgets Now free?
Widgets Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrolly free?
Scrolly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Widgets Now or Scrolly have ads?
Neither Widgets Now nor Scrolly shows ads.

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