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by idearoots 1241 days ago
I had a similar discussion with a friend lately.

From analytics (mine [0] and friends) on various iOS apps, around 3-8% of active users use the widget.

So this answers the question partially = only a small percent of people use widgets. Hence low priority.

iOS widget use depends on the app category also. E.g

- productivity apps have higher widget usage because they have power users, and often users already think in workflows & quick access

- more general users don't care or don't know about widgets at all

That being said, regardless of the category, I always encourage companies to add it. Why?

- the cost is much lower than they usually think

- improves retention

- higher potential of forming a habit

[0] - neuracache.com

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This leaves off the fact that they don’t usually work well.