Widgetsmith 4+

Interactive Widgets

Cross Forward Consulting, LLC

Designed for iPad

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Widgetsmith lets you personalize your device like never before with a wide range of highly-customizable 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.

Widgetsmith showcases your photos, countdown to upcoming events, lets you get to your favorite music, check the weather at a glance, and a whole lot more!

Each widget can be adjusted precisely to fit your desired appearance and function, using a wide range of colors, fonts, borders, and themes. With Widgetsmith, you can create your perfect home screen aesthetic and easily change it over time.

WIDGETS
You can create almost anything with Widgetsmith, using the wide range of widget types offered in the app! Here are some favorites:

• Photos: Highlight your favorite images across your home screens with a range of filters and borders
• Photo Galleries: View photos in an album or customized collection
• Customizable Date & Time Clocks
• Activity Tracking & Step Counting
• Countdown Timers
• Solar & Lunar Trackers
• Weather Conditions & Forecasts
• Time Zone Tracker

Widgetsmith not only lets you customize 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.

WALLPAPERS
To really take things to the next level, Widgetsmith includes a range of built-in wallpapers that can be customized to match your desired look and feel.

FLEXIBILITY
If you want different widgets at different times of day, Widgetsmith 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.

IN-APP TOOLS
Widgetsmith is also home to a wide range of useful tools, including:
• A weather app with air quality, pollen, and tide information
• A full-featured time zone converter
• Charts to review activity and workout data
• Wallpaper designer

NOTES
• Widgetsmith is designed to optionally integrate with Apple Health to display your step and activity. Permission for Widgetsmith to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app.
• Widgetsmith 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/watchOS privacy prompts, and this information is only used to be shown in Widgetsmith.
• Widgetsmith includes an optional premium subscription. This is offered on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription your payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase.
• Access to tide and weather data is only available to Widgetsmith Premium subscribers.

LEARN MORE
Privacy Policy: https://david-smith.org/widgetsmith_privacy.html
Terms of Use: https://david-smith.org/widgetsmith-terms-of-use.html

What’s New

Version 7.0.4

This update introduces a Background Sounds tool in the Tools tab, allowing you to play our high-quality, seamless sounds directly, without needing to configure a widget first.

We've also now made several of the sounds free available to everyone to enjoy. These include Brown Noise, Waterfall, Forest at Dawn, and Beach Waves. Enjoy!

Additionally, it improves the display of tools and editors on iPad.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
655.3K Ratings

655.3K Ratings

valeria..1717 ,

I think it’s good but needs some work

It seems like people mostly download this app for customizable pictures in their widgets. But sometimes it will turn grey. Also, as soon as I got the new update for this app, it won’t let me add any new widgets. For example when my homepage is in jingle mode and I click the + to add a new widget, I try to look up Widgetsmith but now however, it’s not there! So it won’t let me add new widgets. Also my widgets I already had all turned grey and when I hold down the widget to click on “edit widget” it’s not there anymore! So I can’t even change it at all. Also before I got the update the last few widgets I added were all grey and I couldn’t get the picture I wanted. It’s a really good app and concept but I feel like it also needs to have directions on how to use it and edit widgets on the homepage to change widgets. Also it has bugs that need to be fixed. :( (by the way could you please make it so we can customize the widgets name so it doesn’t just say Widgetsmith?)

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your feedback! Unfortunately the grey boxes are a frustration to us too. Sometimes it means that the app can't find the widget you are showing (just make sure that you have selected a current one in the app). We are working to see if there's anything more we can fix on our end but it might just be an iOS14 issue as well. So sorry about that!

We have made a help video in the "Get Help" area of the app to help you understand how to customize and add widgets to your home screen - hopefully that is helpful too!

Thanks for your patience as we continue to work to improve the app!

HXJ45 ,

Can’t exactly customize

So my friend uses this and says it’s good so that’s why I gave you some stars I personally haven’t used this because of what I will tell you. So the thing is I want this specific picture right but when I try to make it it only gives me a certain selection like favorites recents etc. but the problem is when I click it, it inserts a random photo from that category and that’s not what I want I want specific photos. I tried to go to the help settings but the videos are out dated the set up of the app it had is not the set up it is now and basically what I got from one of the videos is you can’t chose the picture it randomly choses for you. I want control over my pictures I mean the whole point is to be able to customize your widgets right? Also when I looked in the help section I found something that could help but these help instructions are outdated the set up isn’t the same I tried to follow the instructions but it said after going to default one scroll down to custom section but I scrolled there’s no custom section anymore. So If this is an option and I just don’t know or either you could make it an option that would be great! And if you could update the help instructions and videos that would also be great because if it is an option I would like to select certain photos and the instructions now can’t help because there outdated and it’s not well helping. So if you can help out here thank you!!

DrFog ,

Does the basics, but needs a few revisions

Overall, the app is good. I think it does its job well enough, but it’s very simple. I like the customizable nature of the app, my home screen looks a lot better since downloading it.
The only technical issue I have encountered is that my large widget for my reminders seems to glitch at random points and not list any of my scheduled items. This is not a constant issue, but it does happen every once in a while, as well as taking a while to update once I add a new reminder.
The only other complaints I have are a matter of further improving aesthetic and perhaps some future ideas, none of which are deal-breakers for me, but would improve my experience with the app. I don’t particularly like the battery widget as it shows only the battery and not the percentage, which seems almost useless to me, as I have the same symbol showing in the upper right corner of my screen at all times. I also wish that the widgets did not say widgetsmith underneath them (similar to how the name of an app shows under its icon), I would prefer they have no title/caption. My third wish is that the widgets could have customizable shortcuts, so that when I select them, I am taken to the app that corresponds to the widget, rather than simply opening the widgetsmith app.
Nonetheless, I recommend this app. It makes me happy to see my home screen much more organized and customized to my aesthetic. I much preferred this app to others similar to it.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback - it's always great to hear that Widgetsmith has made people enjoy their home screen aesthetic!

We are working on finding any other areas where we can improve on our end (and iOS14 keeps getting better too) so hopefully you'll have fewer glitches in the future - make sure to update the app as we ship updates!

Thanks too for your suggestions about the battery widget. Unfortunately (like we note in the FAQs) we can't remove the label (it's an iOS14 system requirement) and we can't incorporate shortcuts either (sorry about that!)

Dave the developer is doing what he can to creatively give you more and more features within the scope of new development options - stay tuned!

App Privacy

The developer, Cross Forward Consulting, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Location
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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