Comparison

RSS Widget vs Rotate

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
Currently charting
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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

Rotate

Personalize your home and lock screens with dynamic widgets that display reminders, lists, and quotes on a schedule you set. Organize your day with custom notes and choose from aesthetic themes to match your style.

Highlights
  • Dynamic scheduled widgets
  • Customizable aesthetic themes
  • Effortless scheduling of notes
  • Inspiring quote and routine templates
  • Multiple note formats (text, lists)
  • Flexible widget sizes
  • Unlimited widgets and notes
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Imagine a smart widget on your home or lock screen that wakes you up with a morning routine reminder, keeps you focused on your goals throughout the workday, prompts a thoughtful question for your evening reflection, and inspires you with a motivational quote before you call it a night. All this, displayed in one rotating personalized widget on a schedule you set. That’s exactly how Rotate helps you make the most of your screens. Each widget can be a home of different notes, checklists, bullet points, and lists: all of them easy to personalize with variety of aesthetic themes and sizes, and easy to schedule – any time, any day. And if you are unsure about what you want a particular widget to display, you can just dive into our extensive collections of quotes, routines, and reminders, or design your custom one. FEATURES - Dynamic Widget: Deliver the right note at the right time throughout the day with our handy, customisable widget. - Aesthetic Themes: Choose from dozens of customizable, aesthetic themes to fit your style. - Effortless Scheduling: Schedule notes to appear in the widget at any time on any day of the week. - Inspiring Templates: Browse our collections of motivating quotes and daily routines, or create your own unique note. - Custom Formats: Present your note in a format that works for you, whether plain text, checklists, bullet points, or numbered lists. - Flexible Sizes: Display your widget in any size on your home screen and lock screen. - Unlimited widgets and notes: Create as many widgets and schedule as many notes in each widget as you want. - Reminders: Get notified when a new note appears in your widget. - iCloud Sync: Your widgets sync across your devices effortlessly through iCloud. Rotate: Your life, your notes, your schedule. Your widget. GET IN TOUCH Privacy Policy: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#privacy Terms of Use: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#terms Contact us: hi@timestwelve.xyz

Screenshots

RSS Widget4 screens
Rotate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rotate at Free against RSS Widget's $0.99. Rotate also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). RSS Widget's advantage is chart position (#200 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rotate is free to download; RSS Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rotate holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of RSS Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rotate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, Rotate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
RSS Widget versus Rotate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSS WidgetRotate
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)4.9 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings722 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB51 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFrancis Bonnintimes twelve OU

Customer experience

RSS Widget

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Rotate

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RSS Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Rotate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RSS Widget free?
RSS Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rotate free?
Rotate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RSS Widget or Rotate?
Rotate is rated higher. RSS Widget averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Rotate averages 4.9 from 22 ratings.
Do RSS Widget or Rotate have ads?
Neither RSS Widget nor Rotate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSS Widget or Rotate?
RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, and Rotate every 2 weeks. Most recently, RSS Widget was updated on September 10, 2026 and Rotate on September 7, 2026.

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