Today I wanted to talk about widgets that allow you to customize your phone. There are many clock and weather widgets available in the app markets but the most popular one is Beautiful Widgets followed by Fancy Widget Pro.
Both of these are paid apps although fancy Widget has a scaled down free version as well, they both have clock and weather widgets with customizable skins available. Beautiful widgets comes with a few extras such as blue tooth, brightness and a few other settings toggles.
Is it worth buying either app? In one word no. Yes these two apps have bundled together some widgets that will make your phones home screen look very nice but if you do a little searching in the app store you will find some free alternatives in no time.
Go ahead and download the Fancy Widget free version for the clock and weather, they are almost identical to the paid ones. My personal favorite is an app widget by the name of 3D Digital Weather clock by Factory Widgets. In my opinion this free widget blows the other two away in terms of looks and while it doesn't have different skins it does have several options to change the appearance subtly.
It also gives you the choice of displaying your battery level or turning on or off what city your in. You can also set what app should open when you press the time, for instance have the clock open to set the alarm. Pressing on different corners will also open either detailed system stats such as battery temp and sd card space and pressing on the weather will open a detailed forecast screen. Example of 3D Weather Clock Widget on home screen.
So now we have the clock and weather for free and making your Android look oh so pretty, what else can we get for free that comes with those paid apps? How about those toggles that save you opening up your settings to turn on or off blue tooth, wifi, GPS or brightness. Well if you didn't know it already Android has that widget built into the system, just press your home screen and when widgets appear choose the power control one.
There are a host of other free widgets out there in the market, just do a search for widget and you'll have pages of them to check out. Why spend money for something when there are plenty of free apps that look as good or better?
So here's a list of some widgets that are free and I use on my phone, I switch from time to time to keep it fresh. 3D Digital Weather Clock is definitely my favorite but you have to check out Minimalistic text as well. It takes a little time to get it setup but its well worth it for the all text look, here is an example.
Some of you are lucky and have extra widgets available depending on what company manufactured your phone and all of us have a few built in to the Android OS. One of the main reasons to own an Android over an iPhone is the ability to customize the look of our phones and the widget is the wonderful tool Android has that Apple doesn't. So go crazy and start trying them out, make your phone your own!
Apex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
ReplyDeleteApex Weather is a new weather app from the developers of Apex Launcher, one of the best Android launchers. This weather app is above average. You get your basic stuff like the current, daily, and hourly forecasts. It also includes a weather map, severe weather alerts, and some of the better clock and weather widgets we've seen in a while. It even shows less common stuff like sunrise and sunset times, air pressure, UV index, and more. You can get weather forecasts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia along with a rather bland news blog if you want one. The ads can be a tad annoying, but otherwise this weather app checks all of the boxes. You can also remove the ads with a single $5.99 payment.
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