Comparison

Widgets Now vs SleepCall

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

Head to head
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.

About

SleepCall

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Choose when to end your bedtime call. SleepCall connects to Apple Shortcuts to schedule your call to end. Sleep log · Statistics Log your bedtime and wake-up time, and set morning reminders for each day of the week. View your sleep calendar, 7-day average, and consecutive and total days of call-timer use. Sleep and actual call duration are not measured automatically. With Screen Time permission, choose one app to block on a daily schedule, with or without PRO. After an 8-second breathing exercise, you may allow 1–60 minutes of temporary access. When it expires, blocking resumes until the daily blocking period ends. Free features • 15-minute, 30-minute and 1-hour timers • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, Control Center and Siri • Vibration before the timer ends, cancellation and recovery guidance Choose your own time with PRO (1 minute–12 hours) Set a custom duration or end time, change the time during a timer, or extend it by 30 minutes. PRO is a monthly subscription that renews automatically. The price is shown on the purchase screen. You can cancel through your Apple Account's subscription management. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid and can be restored using Restore Purchases. How it works One call timer uses a shortcut that turns Airplane Mode on and Wi-Fi off. If the end of the call is detected, connectivity may return early; otherwise, within 60 seconds, it turns Airplane Mode off and Wi-Fi on. Results vary by app and device. Use the in-app 10-second test before relying on it. Connect the shortcut before your first timer. Before starting, check that Airplane Mode is off, cellular data is on and Wi-Fi is on. The app cannot read your network settings and does not automatically restore your previous settings. If the shortcut stops, turn Airplane Mode off and turn cellular data and Wi-Fi on in Settings. Email the developer from Settings → Help. Timers and settings stay on this iPhone. We do not collect your contacts, call content or phone numbers. Requires iOS 27.0 or later. Terms of Use: https://getsleepcall.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://getsleepcall.com/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Widgets Now4 screens
SleepCall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widgets Now at none against SleepCall's 1. SleepCall's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SleepCall sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Widgets Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgets Now ships an update every 2 months, SleepCall every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Widgets Now versus SleepCall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgets NowSleepCall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.5 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmol SrivastavaIlwolobongdo

In-app purchases

None

Widgets Now

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SleepCall

Subscriptions1
  • SleepCall PRO Monthly$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Widgets Now free?
Widgets Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SleepCall free?
SleepCall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widgets Now or SleepCall have ads?
Neither Widgets Now nor SleepCall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widgets Now or SleepCall?
Widgets Now ships an update every 2 months, and SleepCall every 5 days. Most recently, Widgets Now was updated on October 28, 2026 and SleepCall on November 10, 2026.

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