Comparison

RSS 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

RSS Widget

Customize your device's Home screen and Today view with custom widgets. Display RSS feeds in a visually appealing and configurable manner, with options for refresh frequency, content layout, and article filtering. Easily access your information and actions from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home Screen widgets
  • Today View widgets
  • RSS feed display
  • Configurable refresh frequency
  • Multiple content display options
  • Article filtering
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each RSS widget allows you to view any RSS feed in a pleasant and highly customizable way. The refresh frequency can be chosen (from every 5 minutes to every day). You can choose to display the content as a beautiful image with an overlayed text, or as an article with an icon, and the associated text. Articles without an image can be filtered. You can define the number of articles to display in a single widget (from 1 to 6). If necessary, you can also choose the first article to be displayed. Decide to hide or show the image, title, abstract, content and author. Different visual parameters can be changed (such as font name, font size and the different colors). Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: 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

RSS Widget4 screens
Paws Week4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RSS Widget at 88% against Paws Week's 0%. RSS Widget also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Paws Week's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 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

RSS 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

RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, Paws Week monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RSS Widget versus Paws Week: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSS WidgetPaws Week
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninGrey Paws AB

Customer experience

RSS Widget

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Paws Week

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

In-app purchases

None

RSS Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Paws Week

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RSS Widget free?
RSS Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paws Week free?
Paws Week costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RSS Widget or Paws Week have ads?
Neither RSS Widget nor Paws Week shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSS Widget or Paws Week?
RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, and Paws Week monthly. Most recently, RSS Widget was updated on November 4, 2026 and Paws Week on November 2, 2026.

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