Ultra Widgets vs Hourline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultra Widgets
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Widgets as unique as you. Ultra Widgets gives your Home Screen complete looks — not just a color picker. Choose from 32 premium designs, from a riveted Steampunk gauge to an airport departure board, and watch every change happen live on the real widget. A LOOK FOR EVERY MOOD • Steampunk — riveted gauges in copper, brass, verdigris and iron • Retro Watch — a digital sports watch with a gray-green LCD • Departure Board — dot-matrix LED rows on a dark or light panel • Atelier — ivory paper, serif numerals and a bold disc of pigment • Command — dark panels with a detail list beside every number • Plus Modern Red, Gradient, Flat Color, Color Pop, Gloss Glass, Modern Minimal and a Custom theme of your own PICK A SETUP, GET THE WHOLE LOOK Setups are coordinated sets of widgets designed to live together. Tap one and every widget in it is added at once. 22 WIDGET TYPES Clock, Countdown, Time Since, Time Progress, Year at a Glance, Calendar, Reminders, Weather, Steps, Battery, Habit, Progress, Quote, Notes, Photo, LED Board, Music, Combo, Stack, Chart, Custom API and Shortcut. MIX WIDGETS INTO ONE Combos put two or three widgets side by side in a single tile. Stacks rotate between widgets in the same spot. YOUR WHOLE YEAR AT A GLANCE A Large widget with every day of the year. Mark birthdays, trips and deadlines with an emoji, a tiny photo or a color. HABITS THAT KEEP AN HONEST RECORD Check off today right from your Home Screen or Control Center. Your streak and history always stay right. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, synced across your devices with iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your widgets stay on your iPhone — or in your own private iCloud. ULTRA PRO Start free with 17 widget types and the Midnight and Flat Color looks. Ultra Pro unlocks every premium look plus Combos, Stacks, Charts, Custom API and Shortcut widgets — monthly, yearly, or one lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hourline
Customize your device's appearance with illustrated cityscapes and dynamic weather widgets. Personalize your Home and Lock Screens with unique wallpapers, stickers, and time-based information. Access advanced features like detailed forecasts and city-specific alarms with a Pro subscription.
- Illustrated city wallpapers
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Local weather display
- Customizable widget designs
- World time comparison
- Live Activities integration
- City-specific alarms (Pro)
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Bring New York or San Francisco to your screen. Arrange Home Screen widgets, set a Live Photo Wallpaper of the city, then settle into Pomodoro Focus as its day passes. YOUR CITY, ON YOUR SCREEN • Style your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets. “Landmark Widget, Edge to Edge” and other premium widgets require Pro. • Export a Live Photo Wallpaper: the last three hours of the city's sky play as you wake your iPhone. Pro adds 3D. • See local weather free for six hours before and after now, along with the forecast’s update time. Pro unlocks weather for every city, hour by hour and for the next 10 days. • Holiday decorations dress the city scene for local celebrations, free for everyone. TIME TO FOCUS AND CONNECT • Pomodoro Focus is free: work and rest as the city's day passes, with a countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Pro moves each round to the next city and shows the past week. • Compare world time with the time-zone ruler and day–night map. Open World Time’s Calendar to see events in your time and the selected city's; Pro adds each clock's daily weather. Event Alerts let you join a call or snooze an alert. • With Pro, Lock Screen Clock for the Weather starts when you open Hourline if rain, snow, storms or fog are happening or due within three hours. The Dynamic Island shows that weather. • What to Wear (Pro) dresses two people for the hour you choose and explains each outfit. MORE WITH HOURLINE PRO Every place and unlimited saved cities; “Another Place’s Weather on Your Wallpaper”; “Wallpaper Cards in Any Size”; 3D city scenes, including San Francisco and New York; city alarms (iOS 26+); holiday information and market hours; iCloud Sync; extra app icons and “Pro Complications on Apple Watch”. New places with their own landmarks, including Buffalo, New York. The free version includes up to six saved cities from the free collection, scenery wallpapers, many widgets, Focus, the calendar, Live Activities and the Apple Watch app. Places added since 1.0.1 require Pro. City Stroll (Pro after the first free exchange) needs iOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence on device or a model you configure. Day Brief needs iOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence; its text is written on device by default. Availability depends on device, language and region. Choose Yearly, an auto-renewing subscription, or Lifetime, a one-time purchase. Yearly renews automatically at the price shown in the app unless cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hourline.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hourline at every 4 days against Ultra Widgets's fortnightly. Hourline also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Ultra Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Hourline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ultra Widgets ships an update fortnightly, Hourline every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultra Widgets | Hourline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHRISTOPHER HING-YU YEH | 成琦 李 |
In-app purchases
Ultra Widgets
- Ultra Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Ultra Pro Annual$14.991 Year
- Ultra Pro Lifetime$34.99
Hourline
- Hourline Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Hourline Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
- Hourline Pro Lifetime$19.99









