Comparison

Note Widget vs Paws Week

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

Head to head
About

Note Widget

Add customizable text widgets to your iOS home screen. Quickly view and edit notes, reminders, or inspirational quotes with various formatting options. Supports dark mode and allows multiple widgets displayed in organized lists.

Highlights
  • Customizable text widgets
  • Home screen integration
  • View and edit notes
  • Font and color customization
  • Markdown and pseudo HTML support
  • Dark mode support
  • Multiple widget lists
Features
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Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, with a simple top to bottom swipe, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Note widget allows to view user defined text. This is perfect to quickly view and edit some notes and reminders or to give you inspiration with your favourite quotes. The text can be displayed in different ways (by changing the size, the font, the color, the alignment). Markdown and pseudo HTML are partially handled and allows to easily add some specific colors and text formatting. The text can be quickly edited by touching it. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

About

Paws Week

Display the current week number and month calendar on your iPhone home screen or Apple Watch. Customize widget colors and easily navigate dates.

Highlights
  • Week number display
  • Month calendar view
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complication
  • Customizable widget colors
  • Date navigation
Features
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Paws Week present the current week number when you launch the app, accompanied by a month calendar. The main benefit, however, is using Paws Week as a complication on your Apple Watch, or as widgets directly on your home screens together with your apps. Paws Week Widget Three variants of widgets are available for your Home screen: Week, Day, and Month widget. The Week widget focuses on the week number, while the Day widget has the focus on the date. The large sizes of those widget includes, besides the date and week number, a month calendar showing the current month. The Month widget presents a full month calendar in the small and medium widget formats. Add widgets in a size your choose to any of your home screens, or the Today view. This way you can have the date and week information visible at all times directly on your main screen. The colours of the widget can be customised in the app's Settings view. Choose colours for each of the components of the widget. Paws Week Watch Complication Select Paws Week as the complication on your Apple Watch to display the current week number. The format varies somewhat depending on the selected watch face. On the watch the Digital Crown can be used within the app, to scroll through the dates and see the corresponding week number. Paws Week iPhone App In the iPhone app you see the current week number. Use the buttons to move to previous or next month.

Screenshots

Note Widget4 screens
Paws Week4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Widget at 64% against Paws Week's 0%. Note Widget also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Paws Week's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Note Widget costs $0.99 and Paws Week $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Widget ships an update every 4 months, Paws Week monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Note Widget versus Paws Week: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote WidgetPaws Week
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.4 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninGrey Paws AB

Customer experience

Note Widget

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative33.3%

Paws Week

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Paws Week

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note Widget free?
Note Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paws Week free?
Paws Week costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Note Widget or Paws Week have ads?
Neither Note Widget nor Paws Week shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Widget or Paws Week?
Note Widget ships an update every 4 months, and Paws Week monthly. Most recently, Note Widget was updated on November 1, 2026 and Paws Week on November 2, 2026.

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