RSS Widget vs Widgets Cool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable Home Screen widgets
- Today View widgets
- RSS feed display
- Configurable refresh frequency
- Multiple content display options
- Article filtering
- Dark mode support
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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).
Widgets Cool
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Widgets Cool lets you personalise your device like never before with a wide range of highly-customisable widgets. It allows you to design your home screen so it can remind you of the people, places, and words that mean the most to you. Each widget can be adjusted precisely to fit your desired appearance and function, using a wide range of colours, fonts, borders, and backgrounds. With Widgets Cool, you can create your perfect home screen aesthetic and easily change it over time. Widgets Cool not only lets you customise your home screen, but your lock screen as well! You can see an inspirational song lyric, a photo of a loved one, weather information and more, all without unlocking your device. Widgets Cool makes adding aesthetic and handy widgets to your iPhone and iPad easy. Browse thousands of predesigned widgets or, better yet, design your own with the easy-to-use widget customiser. Widgets Cool doesn't just stop at widgets...you can also discover endless themes, and fonts to perfectly match your aesthetic and interests. From customising your widgets to changing your app icons, Color Widgets is THE destination to transform your device. Widget cools support all types of widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen for your iPhone Widget cools also support Shortcut action in control centre like openApp, one click call, message and face time call, one click whatsup message without open whatsup and without save number FLEXIBILITY If you want different widgets at different times of day, Widgets Cool has you covered! For example, a particular widget could show the weather in the morning, then your calendar during your work day, then switch to your Activity ring progress as you wrap up your day. This lets you take full advantage of each slot on your home screen. UNLIMITED WIDGETS FOR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN Customise each widget with no limits by adding photos, selecting styles, editing fonts, crafting a unique color scheme, and so much more. Here’s a glimpse at some of our most-used widgets:) ● Interactive Widgets ● Photo Widgets ● Time Widgets ● Date Widgets ● Apple Music & Music library Widget ● Weather Widgets ● Air Quality Widgets ● StepCounting Widgets ● Health & Activity Widgets ● Battery Widgets ● Storage Widgets ● Calendar & Events Widgets ● Reminders Widgets ● Astronomy Widgets ● Shortcut Widgets UNLIMITED ACTION FOR CONTROL CENTER (also use this action in Home Screen and lock screen widget) ● Direct call ● Direct Message ● Direct Face time ● Direct whatsup message without open whatsup and without save number. ● Redirect Location ● Direct Redirect to Link ● Open Application from Direct control centre FREE Enjoy Widgets Cool Widgets for free, with an optional upgrade to supercharge your experience. If you decide to go Pro, enjoy it 2.99/month. PRIVACY-FIRST We believe that customising your device shouldn’t come at the expense of your privacy, which is why we collect and store as little personal information as possible. Read more on how we protect your data in our Privacy policy : https://ramainfotech22.wixsite.com/ramainfotech/privacy Terms of service : https://ramainfotech22.wixsite.com/ramainfotech/terms-of-uses MORE •Widgets Cool works on all iPhones and iPads iOS 17 or later. If you choose to use the health widgets, Widgets Cool integrates with the iOS Health app to collect and display health data – such as daily step count or activity progress – seamlessly from your iPhone or Apple Watch. • Widgets Cool can also integrate with your photos, your Apple Music library, you calendars, reminders and more. Access to this information is handled using the standard iOS/iPadOS privacy prompts, and this information is only used to be shown in Widgets Cool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Widgets Cool at Free against RSS Widget's $0.99. RSS Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On 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
Widgets Cool is free to download; RSS Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | RSS Widget | Widgets Cool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Vanita Chovatiya |
In-app purchases
RSS Widget
No in-app purchases
Widgets Cool
No in-app purchases









