Comparison

Link Widget vs One Big Widget

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

Head to head
About

Link Widget

Features
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Your favorite websites, one tap away โ€” right from your Home Screen. Link Widget puts the sites you open all day into a simple list and a Home Screen widget, so the pages you actually use are always a single tap away. Add a link once, give it a title, and launch it instantly โ€” no digging through bookmarks, no retyping URLs. Features Large Home Screen widget that shows your links as a tappable list One tap opens any link in your default browser Simple two-screen app โ€” a Links list (add, edit, delete, reorder) and Settings Share Extension: send any URL from Safari or another app through the system Share sheet to add it instantly, with an editable title Automatic favicons fetched straight from each site, with a clean letter-tile fallback โ€” and it's optional, so you can turn fetching off Customize the widget: square or circle icons, show or hide a caption, and set the caption to the page Title or the URL Native look that adapts automatically to Light and Dark Mode Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Why you'll love it If you open the same handful of sites every day โ€” a work dashboard, internal tools, a news page, a social feed โ€” they don't belong buried in a browser. Pin them to your Home Screen instead and reach them the moment you unlock your device. Set your list up once, reorder it whenever your routine changes, and add new links from anywhere with the Share sheet. It's a small change that quietly removes a dozen taps from your day. Privacy No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, and no tracking. Your links are stored locally on your device, and favicons are fetched directly from the websites you add โ€” there are no third-party analytics services involved.

About

One Big Widget

Features
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Put any web page on your Home Screen. Pick a site, crop to the part you actually care about, and the widget keeps a fresh snapshot of it. A price, a scoreboard, a headline, a launch countdown, an RSS feed, a dashboard you check ten times a day. Kept fresh in the background, and refreshed every time you open the app. That is the Web Widget, and it is why most people install One Big Widget. The rest of the app is a full widget builder with no subscription trap: a genuinely generous free tier, and a one-time unlock if you want everything. AT A GLANCE One smart widget that shows what matters right now: your next event, reminders due today, a severe weather alert, an upcoming birthday, or a low battery warning. It ranks them by urgency so you only see the one that counts. Everything is gathered on your device. THE BUILDER Pick a template. Tap a few colors. Drop it on your home screen. Three taps to something beautiful, with a deeper editor underneath when you want to control every detail. WIDGET TYPES - Photo widgets in every size - Countdown widgets that update to the day, hour, and minute - Digital and analog clocks - Custom text and bundled quotes - Gradient backgrounds with multi-color blends - Animated GIFs straight from your photo library - Lock Screen widgets: circular, rectangular, and inline EVERY SIZE Small, medium, large, and extra large, plus Lock Screen. All from the same builder, with no upsell to unlock the size you actually need. THE FREE TIER, ACTUALLY FREE - Unlimited widgets, no count cap - Every widget size - 82 of the 127 designs - Custom colors - No ads in the editor, ever UNLOCK EVERYTHING A one-time purchase unlocks all 127 designs, including the Web Widget and At a Glance, plus every future addition. Pay once, yours forever. PRIVACY No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Your photos, calendar, reminders, and contacts never leave your device. The only thing that ever leaves is feedback you type and send us from Settings โ€” nothing about your widgets goes with it. Built by Hello Good Day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hellogoodday.com/onebigwidget/terms Privacy Policy: https://hellogoodday.com/onebigwidget/privacy

Screenshots

Link Widget3 screens
One Big Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Link Widget at none against One Big Widget's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. One Big Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Link Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Link Widget versus One Big Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLink WidgetOne Big Widget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB16 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJens RieckhofHello Good Day LLC

In-app purchases

None

Link Widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

One Big Widget

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$2.49

Questions

Is Link Widget free?
Link Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is One Big Widget free?
One Big Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Link Widget or One Big Widget have ads?
Neither Link Widget nor One Big Widget shows ads.

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