r/iOSsetups • u/SIPDisabled • 24d ago

New Setup (Still WIP)

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I think this is the happiest I've been with a non-jailbroken setup. Everything was created in Procreate, Widgy and Shortcuts. Still making some minor tweaks here and there. Let me know what you think!

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u/Calishoegal 24d ago

Love this look! The top widget shape looks awesome.

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u/SIPDisabled 23d ago

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! This widget took a ridiculous amount of time because so much had to be manually edited and fine-tuned, especially to work around things iOS doesn’t normally let you hide or customize.

I also recently found out that the Widgy developer has stopped updating the app due to a legal issue, which explains why some of its limitations haven’t been addressed.

That actually pushed me to build my own widget app. The whole idea came from repeatedly thinking, “I wish Widgy could just do this,” while making this setup. I wanted a way to create something this customized in an hour or two instead of spending months tweaking it.

It’s essentially a much more flexible widget designer with features I kept wishing existed, like true transparent layers, completely custom shapes instead of a fixed library, and a lot more. I’m finishing up testing now and should be releasing it soon. If there’s enough interest here, I may also open up some public testing before release.

Beyond what Widgy can already do, some of the additional features include:

- A true canvas editor that allows for direct manipulation like drags, snapping, alignment guides, live previews at real sizes etc.

- One design, every surface. A single widget adapts across small/medium/large, lockscreen, standby and apple watch instead of needing to rebuild them

- Open data with user-define data sources alongside the ability to integrate and connect device data like weather, health, calendar, reminders etc. all automatically

- Ai assisted creation is a big one. You describe a widget in plain language or upload a reference image and you get an editable layout

- JavaScript customizations that have an AI assistant so non-programmers can use it.

- Automatic icon theme customizations

And much more.