Comparison

Link Widget vs Intent

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.

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Intent

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Use your phone on purpose โ€” not out of habit. Intent is a calm, beautiful digital wellbeing app that helps you focus, understand your screen time, and build lasting habits. It's powered by Apple's Screen Time technology, and it's completely free โ€” no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. FOCUS SESSIONS Start a focus session in one tap. Intent gently blocks distracting apps for as long as you choose, so deep work stays deep. A Live Activity keeps your remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and Home Screen widgets keep your goal in view. SCREEN TIME ANALYTICS, DONE RIGHT Apple shows you the numbers. Intent shows you what they mean. See clear daily and weekly breakdowns of where your time goes, track your focus score, and watch your progress build over time. INSIGHTS THAT RESPECT YOU Intent surfaces gentle, actionable insights like "you spend most of your social media time after 9 PM" โ€” never shame, never judgment, never medical claims. Insights are deterministic and generated entirely on your device. DAILY GOALS & WEEKLY REPORTS Set a daily intention and let Intent help you keep it. A weekly report shows the trend that matters: are you moving toward the life you want? PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN Your usage data stays on your device. Insights are computed locally โ€” there's no advertising, no profile-building, no selling of your data. Optional iCloud sync keeps your sessions and preferences seamlessly up to date across your devices, secured by your Apple account. BUILT FOR iOS - Focus Sessions with app blocking - Live Activities on the Lock Screen & Dynamic Island - Home Screen widgets - Daily goals and streaks - Weekly reports and focus score - On-device insights - iCloud sync - Full Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver support MADE FOR Students, software engineers, creators, remote workers, parents, and anyone who wants a more intentional relationship with their phone. Intent is free, forever. Start your first focus session today.

Screenshots

Link Widget3 screens
Intent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Link Widget at 17.0 against Intent's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Link Widget versus Intent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLink WidgetIntent
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJens RieckhofRavikiran Basavaraju

In-app purchases

None

Link Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Intent

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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