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Widgetsmith Guide: How To, Tutorial, and Ideas

While other techniques are available to make the most of the widget feature of iOS 14, Widgetsmith is one of the most common apps for creating custom widgets.

The app provides a wide range of different widgets with various customization options, 

helping you fine-tune your home screen 's appearance. These customizable widgets 

are currently provided by the app for

• * Time
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• * Date
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• * Photos
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• * Photos in Album
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• * Custom Text
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• * Blank Space
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• * Calendar
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• * Reminders
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• * Weather ($)
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• * Health & Activity
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• * Tides ($)
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• * Astronomy

Is it Free?

The software is free (get it now) to download. It does provide an optional premium 

subscription that opens up access to the weather widget, tides, and unique types of 

widgets, but without investing any money, it is still very available.

Popularity

Its versatility is the reason Widgetsmith has become such a common tool for iOS 14 

home screens. The exact look you want can be curated with precise images and colour 

schemes. The user went all in with various colour schemes in this example and sorted 

their icons on different colour pages. Then, she was able to add decorative elements 

with Widgetsmith.

Timed Widgets

To ensure that there is a widget to suit your needs, there are a multitude of additional 

choices. Widgetsmith also allows you to schedule widgets to appear following specified 

guidelines, and you can trigger widgets just like any other app by tapping on them. To 

offer data at a glance, it integrates with existing stock apps such as Images, Calendar, 

Reminders, Health, and Fitness.

Color Theming

This is the most versatile aspect of Widgetsmith, maybe. Although its widgets are 

easy to see at first glance, the ability to select your own personal background 

and border colours ensures that you can organise the perfect look for your home 

screen.

Photo Widget

The odd decision was taken by Apple not to let users customise the standard \

Photo Widget. With Apple 's picture widget, you can't choose your own picture!

Fortunately, by both allowing you to set a particular picture or to rotate through 

an album, Widgetsmith enables you to perform this very simple task. You can 

also set timed widgets so that at various times of the day a various photo 

appears. While your first instinct might be to include a picture of your dog or cat, 

the more innovative uses we have seen involve more decorative and artistic 

elements to spruce up your home screen.

More Ideas

In Widgetsmith, the large range of options gives you the freedom to make home 

screens as you see fit. Some ideas for widget combinations for various themes in 

Widgetsmith are below, but the choice is yours.

• Sports: Activity Bar, Step Count, and Precipitation %.
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• Productivity: Upcoming Calendar Events, Calendar Month, Outlook, and 

• Reminders.

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• Photography: Weather Conditions, Sunrise and Sunset, and Photos in Album.
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• Sailing: Tide Graph, Tide Clock, and Sunrise and Sunset.
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• Astronomy: Moon Phase, Starfield, Sunrise and Sunset, and Wealther 
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• Conditions.

The app comes with three calendar widgets pre-set, and you should add one of 

the three sizes to your home screen. It does not matter whether you do this 

before or after customizing your widgets in the app. To learn how you can add a 

widget to your home screen, see our in depth guide.

How to Set up a Basic 

Widgetsmith Widget

How to build widgets with Widgetsmith is illustrated in the following steps. Although 

you might choose to build a different widget, the process is essentially the same, with 

visual choices presented at each point of the process slightly different.

Before following these steps, download the Widgetsmith from the App Store.

1. 1.Open the Widgetsmith app.
2. 2.Choose whether you want to make a Small Widget, Medium Widget, 
3. or Large Widget. To make a brand new widget in addition to the preset 
4. calendar widget, select Add... Widget for your chosen size. In this case, 
5. we are editing the preset calendar widget. To change the preset calendar 
6. widget of your chosen size, select it.
7. 3.Select Default Widget. To make the widget appear at a scheduled
8. time, simply tap Timed Widget instead of Default Widget.

How to Customize Widget 

Font and Colors

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2. 1.Under Style, scroll through the list and select the widget of your choice.
3. 2.Select the Font bar toward the bottom of the screen. Note that
4. depending on the widget you chose, the option bars may be different.
5. 3.Under Font, scroll through the list and select a font.
6. 4.Select the Tint Color bar toward the bottom of the screen. Again, your 
7. option bars may be slightly different.
8. 5.Under Tint Color, scroll through the list and select a tint.
9. 6.Select the Background Color bar toward the bottom of the screen.
10. 7.Under Background Color, scroll through the list and select a 
11. background color.



1. 8.Tap the back arrow in the top left corner.
2. 9.Tap Save.
3. 10.Return to the home screen.









Our final product:






Connect the widget of your chosen size from Widgetsmith to your home 

screen and drag it to your desired position if you have not already done so. 

You may need to hold down the widget, tap Edit Widget, and then pick the 

correct widget if you've created several widget in widgetsmith.