B2C · home screen widgets app

How WidgetBox grows

1 tactic and 1 figures from 1 interview.

About WidgetBox

Launched: 2020 (iOS 14)

As described in the interviews, not independently verified.

WidgetBox's tactic

WidgetBox · B2C · home screen widgets app

Build fast for a brand-new iPhone feature, like iOS 14 widgets

Became one of the top ~3 widget apps

When Apple released home-screen widgets with iOS 14 there was a boom in widget apps; the team executed fast and threw all its marketing expertise at the opportunity. Same pattern: when the ChatGPT API launched there was no official ChatGPT iOS app, so apps ranking for 'ChatGPT' searches made good revenue. BeHard similarly monitors social media for new challenge trends.

Workedmarket-selectionaso

App Masters · 2026-03-07

WidgetBox by the numbers

Metric	Value	Context	Said in
rank	3 estimate	Among top widget apps after the iOS 14 widgets launch ('probably like top three')	App Masters 2026-03-07 13:46

Topics

App Store optimization (ASO)1 Picking a niche and positioning an app1

Interviews

How I Built Multiple $1M+ ARR Product · App Masters · 2026-03-07