Kidgets is a simple iPhone widget maker for putting the things you care about right on your home screen: your kids' ages down to the day, countdowns to birthdays and vacations, pregnancy progress, anniversaries, and photos of the people and pets you love. Pick a template, customize it, and you're done in under a minute.
This guide walks through what Kidgets does, the kinds of widgets you can make with it, and how to get it. It's free to download on the App Store.
Kidgets: Simple Widget Maker
Create beautiful widgets to track ages & countdowns
Gorgeously curated templates for home-screen widgets that track ages, pregnancy, birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, school and sports info, and your favorite photos. Customizable to fit your unique style.
Track ages down to the day
One of the most popular things to do with Kidgets is turn your home screen into a living age tracker. Pick a template, add the details, and your kid's age, down to the day, appears on your iPhone every time you unlock it. Watching "13 weeks old" tick over to "14 weeks old" is the kind of tiny moment a calendar app doesn't quite capture, and that's exactly the gap a home-screen widget fills.
Kidgets also auto-updates the school grade on the widget as your kid grows, so "Kindergarten" becomes "1st Grade" on its own when the new school year starts. No need to edit the widget every August; the age and grade both advance on their own.
Despite the name, Kidgets isn't just for kids. Build a widget for yourself, your spouse, a grandparent, a grandchild, another family member, a close friend, or a pet. Anyone whose age (or birthday, or anniversary) you want to see on your home screen has a place in Kidgets.
Count down to the moments that matter
Countdown widgets are Kidgets' bread and butter. Build one for any future event: birthdays, holidays, vacations, anniversaries. The curated templates make each widget look polished without having to fiddle with fonts and layouts.
Birthday countdown widgets
Never lose track of when the next birthday is coming up. A birthday countdown widget on your iPhone home screen is also a gentle nudge for gift shopping, weeks out, not the night before.
Vacation and holiday countdown widgets
Counting down to a family trip, a summer vacation, or a holiday is more fun when the number is already sitting on your home screen. Make one widget per trip and watch them tick down side by side.
Anniversary widgets
Mark a wedding anniversary, the day you met, or any relationship milestone with a dedicated widget. Add a photo from the day itself, and the widget becomes a small daily keepsake.
Pregnancy and due date widgets
Kidgets includes a template for tracking a pregnancy, so the current week and the countdown to the due date live on your home screen instead of getting buried inside a separate pregnancy app. The widget refreshes on its own as the weeks go by. No extra taps, no opening the app every morning to see where things stand.
School and sports info for your kids
Beyond ages and countdowns, Kidgets has templates for your kid's school and sports information: the small details that are easy to forget. A glance at the home screen puts them front and center instead of scattered across notes, group chats, and fridge magnets.
Curated templates, customizable your way
What sets Kidgets apart from generic widget makers is its template library. Instead of handing you a blank canvas, Kidgets starts with gorgeously curated templates designed to look good the moment you drop them on your home screen. From there, customize them to fit your unique style (the colors, photos, and details that matter to you) without learning a complicated widget editor.
Most widgets take under a minute to make: pick a template, type in the name and date (or load a photo), pick a style, and tap done.
Who Kidgets is for
Kidgets is built for anyone who wants the people and dates they care about on their home screen: parents tracking their kids' ages, expecting parents counting down to a due date, grandparents keeping grandkids close, spouses and partners remembering anniversaries, teachers watching the school year tick by, aunts and uncles, godparents, and kids themselves making widgets for their friends, family, and pets. If you've ever wished your iPhone home screen showed something that actually matters to you instead of another generic clock, Kidgets is built for exactly that.
Download Kidgets on the App Store
Kidgets is available for iPhone and iPad, free to download on the App Store.
Kidgets: Simple Widget Maker
Create beautiful widgets to track ages & countdowns
Home-screen widgets for kids' ages, pregnancy, birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, school and sports info, and photos of the people and pets you love. Available for iPhone and iPad.
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