Backtick vs WidgetBee

Backtick turns your home and lock screen into a terminal. Not a picture of one — a working one. Panels drawn with hairline rules, a tab bar you actually tap, a cursor that genuinely blinks, and your real life inside it: calendar, reminders, weather, steps, battery — and now your GitHub, your focus sessions and anything your automations want to say. FULL-PAGE WIDGETS (iOS 27) The Terminal fills an entire home screen page — now, next up, tasks, weather and system as one live session. The Console goes full page too, with bit idling above the menu. THE WIDGETS — 35 OF THEM • Terminal — five panels switched by tapping tabs on the widget; small, medium, large and full page • Console — a navigable menu: arrows move, enter selects, esc backs out, without opening an app • git log — your GitHub contribution graph, streak and recent activity • focus — one tap starts a timer, with a Live Activity on your lock screen and Dynamic Island • curl — any number from a JSON endpoint you choose, with a sparkline of recent values • echo — shows whatever you send it from Shortcuts; build automations that write to your home and lock screen • Weather — current, hourly and forecast; the small one pages when you tap it • Clock — a live 7-segment face with ticking seconds, zero battery cost, 12h or 24h • Countdown — days to a date you pick; ticks live on the final day, counts up after • Daylight — sunrise to sunset as a gauge, golden hour, light left • Year Progress — every day of the year as a dot; watch it fill • Elapsed — day, week, month and year as block gauges • Month — the full month with event markers • Timeline — upcoming events with durations drawn to scale • Steps — today's count and distance, with the week as bars • Disk — storage as a block gauge • Moon — tonight's phase as a dot matrix • motd — a daily line from bit, free • bit — a resident terminal creature. It has moods, it types little lines, its heartbeat blinks, and it reacts when you poke it. Bond over time. LOCK SCREEN Nine rectangular widgets (next up, tasks, weather, forecast, hourly, elapsed, battery, daylight, echo), six circular gauges, and inline status lines. STANDBY Charge your phone on its side and the Terminal, Weather, Clock and bit widgets switch to big, glanceable layouts you can read from across the room. THEMES Six full terminal palettes — Dracula, Gruvbox, Nord, Solarized, Catppuccin and Tokyo Night — or classic true black with one of five accent phosphors. Every widget follows instantly. SHORTCUTS, SIRI & CONTROL CENTER • "Set Backtick Message" puts any text on the echo widgets — when you arrive at work, when your battery runs low, whenever • Start or stop a focus session from Siri, Shortcuts or Control Center • Tick your top task, poke bit, or jump to your agenda from Control Center or the Action button BUILT LIKE A TOOL • Tick reminders off from the widget — writes straight to Apple Reminders • Tap a section to open YOUR apps: choose which calendar, reminders and weather apps widget taps launch • Battery, weather and steps refresh in the background through the day • Live clocks, countdowns and a blinking cursor with zero widget refreshes • True black. Made for OLED and dark home screens. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION • No account, no sign-in, no Backtick server — there isn't one • Calendar, reminders, steps and device stats are read on-device via Apple's frameworks • Weather comes from Apple Weather using your approximate location • git log and curl talk only to the addresses you give them; an optional GitHub token stays in your phone's keychain • Nothing is collected. There is nowhere to collect it to. FREE / PRO The Terminal widget, Next Up, the inline status line, motd and the classic amber theme are free forever. One purchase unlocks everything else — every widget, every palette — no subscription, no upsell treadmill. — Privacy policy: https://backtick.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://backtick.app/terms.html

### App Description **WidgetBee: Build Custom, Dynamic iPhone Widgets Without Code** Transform your Home Screen and Today View into a personalized data dashboard with WidgetBee. Designed for power users, productivity enthusiasts, and aesthetics lovers alike, WidgetBee bridges the gap between raw data and beautiful, highly customizable widgets—all without writing a single line of code. Whether you want to track daily habits, monitor live data feeds, stay on top of work metrics, or display customized text, WidgetBee gives you full control over how your widgets look, feel, and update. --- ### Key Features #### 1. Powered by Apple Shortcuts * **Limitless Data Potential:** Trigger live, automatic updates using Apple Shortcuts. Feed custom text, dynamic numbers, system statistics, external API data, or personal logs directly into your widgets. * **Flexible Automation:** Set up automated updates that sync seamlessly in the background using native triggers. * **Target Specific Fields:** Update widgets dynamically by targeting specific data rows or using unique row keys within your shortcuts. #### 2. Multi-Data Row Display * **3-Row Multi-Data Layout:** Display up to three distinct rows of information within a single widget to maximize space and utility. * **Custom Topic Headers:** Add dedicated title headers to categorize your data (e.g., "Daily Goals," "System Stats," "Work Dashboard"). * **Granular Formatting Controls:** * Add custom prefixes and suffixes to your raw values (e.g., adding "$", "kg", "°C", or custom emoji labels). * Assign fallback/default text to handle missing or null data gracefully. * Adjust text alignment (Left, Center, or Right) for perfect visual harmony. #### 3. Tailored Styling & Themes * **Multiple Theme Options:** Switch between Light, Dark, and Signature Honeycomb themes to fit any aesthetic. * **App Tint Support:** Match your widgets with your system tint and wallpaper color schemes. * **Clean & Modern Canvas:** Built specifically for canvas sizes (`.systemSmall` and `.systemMedium`). * **Optional Timestamps:** Toggle the "Last Updated" timestamp on or off per widget so you always know when your data was last refreshed. --- ### How WidgetBee Works 1. **Create & Design:** Pick your canvas size (`.systemSmall` or `.systemMedium`), select a theme, and set up your topic header. 2. **Configure Rows:** Define up to 3 data rows. Customize row labels, text alignment, and default fallback values. 3. **Connect via Shortcuts:** Use simple, pre-built Apple Shortcuts actions to update your widget rows dynamically whenever events trigger. 4. **Place & Enjoy:** Add WidgetBee to your Home Screen or Today View, link your widget configuration, and enjoy a real-time personalized display. --- ### Privacy First WidgetBee respects your privacy. Your data stays on your device and inside your own Apple Shortcuts environment. No forced accounts, no hidden server tracking, and full transparency. **Take control of your iPhone Home Screen today. Download WidgetBee and build the ultimate custom widget setup!** ### Legal Related Footnote LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy for WidgetBee https://widget-bee-pro.web.app/privacy/ Terms and Conditions for WidgetBee https://widget-bee-pro.web.app/terms/ Support hello@eagletworkshop.com