Tools
Home screen widgets for iPhone that change what they show through the day according to rules you set.
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A single widget slot that shows different things at different times is the idea behind Themes: Color Widgets, Icons. You might have it display the weather first thing, switch to the calendar on weekdays and end the day with your activity ring progress, all following rules you define. That makes it useful for people short of home screen space. Widgets available include wallpaper, clock and weather, and each can be adjusted in both function and appearance. A widget box holds extra tools that launch depending on which widget is active, so a fairly personal layout can be built from a small number of slots. Browsing and choosing widgets is done by swiping through the app. Getting everything requires a Premium Membership sold as a weekly auto-renewing subscription, which is worth weighing against what the free tier offers.
One slot, several jobs. The idea behind this widget app from QIJI TECHNOLOGY is that a single home screen widget can show the weather at breakfast, the calendar on weekdays and your activity rings in the evening, switching according to rules you write. For people with a crowded home screen, that saves space rather than spending it.
Each widget, wallpaper, clock or weather among them, is adjustable in function and appearance, and a widget box keeps extra tools ready, launching whichever matches what's currently shown. Full access is a Premium Membership on a weekly auto-renewing subscription.
Setup is the real work: deciding what you want to see when, and building the rules. After that, the widget changes itself through the day without you touching it. Morning glance, weather. Midweek, your meetings. Night, how close you got to your movement goal. Tapping the widget can launch a tool from the widget box tied to whatever is showing.
New widget designs are found by swiping through the app, and most people will do that once, settle on a layout, and leave it.
Home screen real estate. Widgets are big, and anyone who wants weather, calendar and fitness visible without giving up a whole page looks for a way to rotate them. Rule-based switching is a fairly specific feature, and the people who search for it already know they want it. The Tools category placement reflects that utility focus rather than a decorative one.
Filed under Tools rather than Art & Design, which hints at function over decoration, though the five screenshots on the page will show how much styling is on offer. Every widget can be adjusted in appearance as well as content, so expect colour and layout options per widget. Swiping through designs suggests a gallery-style browser rather than a settings-heavy one.
At 4.2, the rating is the lowest among the theming and widget apps in this batch, and with 10,000-plus reviews that's a meaningful signal rather than noise. Version 1.2.7 indicates an early product with limited revision history. QIJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED publishes it, App Store only. Whether the rule engine has matured since launch isn't something the listing can show.
Crowded home screens
One widget slot does the work of three by changing with the time of day.
Rule tinkerers
Setting conditions for what shows when is the whole appeal.
Fitness ring watchers
Activity progress can take over the slot in the evening.
Rated 4+ with no download cost. Premium Membership is a weekly auto-renewing subscription, which adds up faster than monthly plans, and the listing doesn't state the price or what the free tier includes. Weather and calendar widgets will need location and calendar permissions. Ads aren't mentioned. No account or region requirements are stated. iOS version requirements aren't given either, and no Android build is linked.
Our take
Worth a look if space is your problem and you like setting rules; the switching concept is genuinely useful. Be wary of the weekly billing and the 4.2 rating, and test the free tier before committing. If you want widgets for their looks or already have a page to spare, a conventional widget app will frustrate you less.