WidgetPod 4+

Fantastic app.

Just because you don’t understand how this app has to compromise to bring playback controls to the home-screen does not mean it deserves 1 star - that is not how reviewing works.

This app is fantastic, and for its small fee, its offering way more for what its worth. This widget sits flushly on my home-screen - it fits right in. With great amounts of customisation, this app definitely remains as one of the best widget apps out there.

Deceiving…

That screenshot really makes you think that the widget function buttons would work as you’d expect… but they dont. They still open the app to change the track and then minimises the app. And the only way you can find that out? By purchasing the app. No trial, nothing. Conned into this app.

Developer Response ,

I understand that you find it strange and deceitful that WidgetPod has to open the app to perform the track change task, well this is due to iOS limitations, as it doesn’t allow widgets to perform any task itself, the widget has to open the app to perform tasks.

But I have a tip if it helps: If you enable Reduce Motion in Settings.app > Accessibility > Motion, the flickering becomes less obtrusive, but that does disable some more animations iOS wide. If that’s something you don’t mind, you can enable it.