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It allows you to design your home screen to remind you of the people, places, and words that mean the most to you. \n\nWidgetsmith showcases your photos, counts down to upcoming events, provides quick access to your favorite music, allows you to check the weather at a glance, and more. You can build widgets with Actions to launch apps, run Shortcuts, send a text, and more, from your home screen or Control Center.\n\nWidgetsmith includes a library of iPhone wallpapers and a tool to theme your widgets to perfectly complement these wallpapers or any of your own.\n\nEach widget can be adjusted precisely to fit your desired appearance and function, using various colors, fonts, borders, and themes. With Widgetsmith, you can create your perfect home screen aesthetic and easily change it over time. \n\nWIDGETS:\nYou can create almost anything with Widgetsmith, using the wide range of widget types offered in the app! Here are some favorites:\n\nPhotos: Highlight your favorite images across your home screens with a range of filters and borders\nPhoto Galleries: View photos in an album or customized collection\nCustomizable Date & Time Clocks\nActivity Tracking & Step Counting\nCountdown Timers\nSolar & Lunar Trackers\nWeather Conditions & Forecasts\nTime Zone Tracker\n\nWidgetsmith lets you customize not only your home screen but also your lock screen! You can view inspirational song lyrics, a photo of a loved one, weather information, and more without unlocking your device.\n\nWALLPAPERS:\n\nWidgetsmith includes a collection of phone wallpapers from various artists. These can be downloaded directly from the app and used to create custom widget themes to quickly and easily theme your entire home screen in a pleasing color palette. \n\nFLEXIBILITY:\nIf you want different widgets at different times of day, Widgetsmith has you covered! For example, a widget could show the weather in the morning, your calendar during your work day, and 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.\n\nIN-APP TOOLS:\nWisgetsmith is also home to a wide range of valuable tools, including:\n\nA weather app with air quality, pollen, and tide information\nA full-featured time zone converter\nCharts to review activity and workout data\n\nNOTES:\nWidgetsmith is designed to optionally integrate with Apple Health to display your steps and activity. Permission for Widgetsmith to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app.\nWidgetsmith can also integrate with your photos, Apple Music library, calendars, reminders, and more. Access to this information is handled using the standard iOS/iPadOS/watchOS privacy prompts, which are shown only in Widgetsmith.\nWidgetsmith 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. After purchase, you can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings in the App Store.\nAccess to tide and weather data is only available to Widgetsmith Premium subscribers.\n\nLEARN MORE: \nPrivacy Policy: https://widgetsmith.app/privacy\nTerms of Use: https://widgetsmith.app/terms","facts":{"developer_id":295660206,"developer_url":"https://widgetsmith.app/","first_released":"2020-09-16T07:00:00Z","support_url":"https://widgetsmith.app/widgetsmith-faq","privacy_url":"https://david-smith.org/widgetsmith_privacy.html","website_url":"https://widgetsmith.app/","app_version":"9.0.1","release_notes":"Widgetsmith 9 brings a new design, rebuilt to help you create and perfect your widgets.\n\nNext time you want to make a widget, swipe through our new Gallery. It’s filled with designs to spark ideas. Choose one to use as-is, or edit it until it feels like yours. \n\nThe widget editor has also been reworked so your ideas come together faster. The whole experience is more visual, giving you a better look at every widget — and at your edits as you make them.\n\nWe’ve added eleven new theme colors and refreshed the color swatches, so your favorites are quicker to spot.\n\nThis update is full of refinements across the whole app. It also brings support for the iPhone Duo, with beautiful full-screen views on the inside display.","rating_current_version":4.61416,"rating_count_current_version":780414,"star_counts":[35305,13051,27834,64391,637509],"genres":["Productivity","Utilities"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","realityDevice","ipad","ipod"],"made_for_iphone_duo":false,"chart":{"name":"top-free Productivity","position":31}},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-11-14T10:47:12.709Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-11-01T09:48:13.772Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-28T08:33:12.941Z","summary_written_at":"2026-09-30T03:00:08.263Z","placed_at":"2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","scored_at":"2026-11-14T14:30:12.869Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Creates customizable widgets, themes, and wallpapers for personalizing device screens.","what_is":"Widgetsmith is a Productivity app for creating customizable widgets and themes, and includes a collection of wallpapers. 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