Comparison

RSS Widget vs Webcam Widgets

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

Webcam Widgets

Display live images from the web directly on your Home Screen. Track weather, charts, or any live image feed with customizable widgets. Share images easily with friends.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home Screen widgets
  • Live image updates from web URLs
  • Track weather, charts, and webcams
  • Share images from widgets
  • Supports JPEG, JPG, and PNG URLs
Features
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ImageTracker lets you add image widgets to your Home Screen with live images from the web which update with realtime information. You can use it to track a weather cameras, various charts and figures, or anything live image you can think of! ImageTracker is the spiritual successor of SlothCam, the original webcam app for Dashboard, MacOS, and iOS, and it offers similar features to SlothCam, but in a modern Home Screen Widget format. With this app you can create widgets using any live image from the web (jpeg, jpg, png URLs). Whether it’s a satellite image of the Earth, a real-time weather forecast, space weather charts showing aurora data, or a live webcam feed, this app allows you to create dynamic widgets with live content from the web. To install a Home Screen Widget, tap and hold on your Home Screen until the icons jiggle and press + to add a widget. Once you add the widget, you can tap it while in Home Screen edit mode and add a custom URL to the widget. Features: •Customizable Widgets: Place any image URL into a Home Screen widget on your iPhone or iPad or Mac. •Live Updates: Widgets refresh periodically to display the latest data, ensuring your information is always current. •Versatile Use Cases: Ideal for displaying weather maps, NASA satellite images, live webcams, space weather charts, aurora borealis data, and more. Any image published to the web can be used! •Easily share images from widgets with friends. ImageTracker is free to use. Purchasing the app removes the in-app ad banner and the nag message that appears on the widget, and allows you to customize widgets with title text for each webcam image. Privacy Policy: https://catspaw-systems.com/PrivacyPolicies/ImageTrackerPrivacy.html

Screenshots

RSS Widget4 screens
Webcam Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Webcam Widgets at Free against RSS Widget's $0.99. Webcam Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). RSS Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, ads 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

Webcam Widgets is free to download; RSS Widget costs $0.99 up front. Webcam Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RSS Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Webcam Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of RSS Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Webcam Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, Webcam Widgets every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RSS Widget versus Webcam Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRSS WidgetWebcam Widgets
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings710 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninCatspaw Systems LLC

Customer experience

RSS Widget

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

Webcam Widgets

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RSS Widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Webcam Widgets

One-time1
  • Purchase App$5.99

Questions

Is RSS Widget free?
RSS Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Webcam Widgets free?
Webcam Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RSS Widget or Webcam Widgets?
Webcam Widgets is rated higher. RSS Widget averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Webcam Widgets averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do RSS Widget or Webcam Widgets have ads?
Neither RSS Widget nor Webcam Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RSS Widget or Webcam Widgets?
RSS Widget ships an update every 3 months, and Webcam Widgets every 9 days. Most recently, RSS Widget was updated on October 3, 2026 and Webcam Widgets on September 30, 2026.

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