# Home Widget for HomeKit · HW

> Widgets from the Home app

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1579036143](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1579036143)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1579036143`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Clement Marty
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (151 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.10.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2021-12-10
- **Size:** 100 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/home-widget-for-homekit-hw/id1579036143)
- **Website:** [https://homewidget.app](https://homewidget.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://vision-apps.com/app-privacy-policy.html](https://vision-apps.com/app-privacy-policy.html)

## Description

**Home Widget for HomeKit** puts your smart home controls at your fingertips with customizable widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Today View, and Apple Watch. Control accessories, groups, scenes, sensors, cameras, and shortcuts without opening the Home app.

Create personalized panels with custom icons, names, colors, backgrounds, transparency, and blur. Interactive widgets support one-tap actions, light dimming, sensor readings, camera mosaics, and real-time accessory states. Panels sync across Apple devices with iCloud, while HomeKit integration keeps your setup familiar and secure. Premium features are available through a one-time purchase or monthly and yearly subscriptions.

## Rankings

- #121,730 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Home Widget for adding essential HomeKit widget functionality, live status, scenes/shortcuts, and iCloud sync across devices, along with a polished design and affordable lifetime license. However, recurring issues include reliability and real-time updates, iOS version compatibility problems, slower performance, and licensing-related frustrations. Overall, a strong concept with stability and update reliability as the main drawbacks.

### Pros

- Adds HomeKit widget functionality and live status control on the home screen, filling gaps in Apple's Home app.
- Supports scenes and shortcuts with iCloud sync across devices.
- Beautiful, fluid design and solid overall functionality.
- Lifetime license offers good value.
- Customizable widget sizes and appearance (colors/icons) for better organization.

### Cons

- Widgets frequently stop updating or become unresponsive and require restarts.
- State changes are not real-time and refresh on a timer rather than immediately.
- Compatibility issues with iOS updates (e.g., iOS 17/18.x) causing breakage and lock-screen problems.
- Interface can be slow or laggy in practice.
- Some features feel gated by the lifetime license and background behavior, which users find confusing or frustrating.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1579036143)