iOS 8 Notification Center Widget Megathread

[schayes04]

Countdown App

New countdowns app that just came out with a Today Widget:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/countdowns-with-widget/id917514700?ls=1&mt=8

 

[deathnite]

Then inside NC I can't temporarily minimize a widget. This is the biggest oversight...If I have an ESPN widget I want to see the scores on sundays...but every other day I don't care and don't want it taking up space. You should be able to tap the title bar to minimize them.

Some widgets have this ability, like the PCalc widget, so it's up to the developers to implement it. https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/19718328/

Would be great if you could also resize the widget, make it smaller or bigger. Don't know if this is possible.

 

[gothamguy]

NCCalendar+ type widget?

Is anyone aware of a calendar app which lets you see more than the current day in the notification center (similar to what the NCCalendar+ tweak did)?

 

[Shawzborne]

Instapaper and widget out

 

[deathnite]

Yahoo Weather

What's New in Version 1.6.0

- Introducing: Weather effect animations for snow, rain, fog and intense heat
- New with iOS 8: Today extension allowing you to access the current weather with a single swipe
- Bug fixes and performance improvements

TwoDots

What's New in Version 1.2.0

-NEW 25 Levels – Transcend time and space in The Beyond!
-NEW Blank Dots – A dot that connects to ANY other colors!
-NEW iOS 8 Widget – Keep tabs on your medals, lives, and progress with the notification center widget.

Dropbox

What's New in Version 3.4

-Restores automatic backup functionality for iOS 8 – See blog.dropbox.com for details
-Create and manage Shared Folders within the app, plus additional sharing controls for Pro and Dropbox for Business users
-New for iOS 8 – See your recent activity in the Today view widget in the Notification Center, easily save files to Dropbox, and open your files directly from within other apps
-General iOS 8 compatibility

 

[MalcolmJID]

I'm not very happy with WeatherPro's new Today widget. If you haven't opened the main app in a while (i.e., it's no longer active/fallen out of memory) then the widget doesn't update.

 

[HawkBYU]

Clear is now updated with the widget.

 

[ericg301]

yahoo weather app widget is awful.

 

[rshroff2]

Of the widgets I've used:

Breaking news widget is dumb. Half of the news is cut off.

Yahoo weather widget is just a smaller version of its app. Not as good as the android widget. Plus it's right justified and just looks bad.

Clear widget is nice but I wish it wasn't right justified.

Calendars 5 widget is nice and takes up less space than the stock calendar widget.

NOAA radar pro widget is OK. Nothing special really just shows the weather for the next few hours.

On a different note, SwiftKey wins the keyboard battle in my eyes.

 

[batting1000]

Three super useful looking widgets made by a jailbreak tweak developer:

http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/17/jailb...or-monitoring-your-calendar-weather-and-more/

 

[Kenneth D]

I just bought the agenda app. Very nice thanks.

Three super useful looking widgets made by a jailbreak tweak developer:



http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/17/jailb...or-monitoring-your-calendar-weather-and-more/

 

[lsutigerfan1976]

Does anyone know if there is a widget for contacts? Perhaps also bring back a social widget with facebook and twitter etc also?

 

[amspratt]

Three super useful looking widgets made by a jailbreak tweak developer:

http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/17/jailb...or-monitoring-your-calendar-weather-and-more/

I just bought the weather app, and it's disappointing. No background app refresh that I can see, and it doesn't use your current location, instead displaying the weather for only one city which you predetermine in the app. I guess if you never leave your home town it would be great, but I'll keep looking.

 

[lsutigerfan1976]

I added Launcher to the list which actually have already had the opportunity try myself

It is sitting in review with apple

http://www.cromulentlabs.com/launcher.html

I am interested in this app. But it says it is temporarily unavailable???

 

[HE15MAN]

Evernote can now do this, its shortcuts to create new notes

 

[Simbadda]

I am interested in this app. But it says it is temporarily unavailable???

It says no longer available in the US app store, but when I tried it in my local app store, I was able to get it

 

[lsutigerfan1976]

It says no longer available in the US app store, but when I tried it in my local app store, I was able to get it

Tried again. It said this item is temporarily unavailable, please try again later.


Actually edit this: Now it says launcher is no longer available for purchase. I wonder if it was pulled?

 

[HoosBruce]

I just want ESPN...hurry up

 

[jev425]

I just want ESPN...hurry up

Oh it's not available yet??

I have been looking for it all day trying to make something happen. no wonder.

So what "widgets" are available now to download and setup? Not the best at figuring out this stuff

 

[HoosBruce]

I just bought the weather app, and it's disappointing. No background app refresh that I can see, and it doesn't use your current location, instead displaying the weather for only one city which you predetermine in the app. I guess if you never leave your home town it would be great, but I'll keep looking.

yea they really need to add that in...what's the point of a weather app if it doesn't show current location???

 

[Shawzborne]

here is another list we can use to update the OP

Launcher – Favorites at your Fingertips (Free)
24me (Free)
Agenda+ ($1.99)
Asana (Free)
Audible (Free)
Breaking News (Free)
Calendars 5 ($6.99)
Clear ($4.99)
Countdowns (Free)
DataMan Next ($1.99)
Day One (Free)
Discover (Free)
Dropbox (Free)
Duolingo (Free)
ETA ($1.99)
Evernote (Free)
Finish (Free)
Forecast+ ($0.99)
iTranslate (Free)
Kanvas (Free)
Lose It (Free)
Matter ($1.99)
News Republic (Free)
NYT Now (Free)
OmniFocus ($19.99)
OpenTable (Free)
Parcel (Free)
Paste+ ($3.99)
PCalc ($9.99)
Pedometer++ (Free)
Retro for Instagram on iPad (Free)
Runtime ($2.99)
Sky Guide ($1.99)
Star Guide ($1.99)
TwoDots (Free)
Vice News (Free)
Wattpad (Free)
Wdgts (Free)
Wunderlist (Free)
Yahoo Weather (Free)

 

[phositadc]

The stock calendar widget is blank for me. I think I saw some other posts saying the same thing. Any solution?

 

[HoosBruce]

Is the Health app going to be added to this? I feel like Ive seen that in Notification Center somewhere...maybe I'm crazy

 

[Shawzborne]

Is the Health app going to be added to this? I feel like Ive seen that in Notification Center somewhere...maybe I'm crazy

No it won't be and never has but other third party companies possibly can show some data if apples rules allow it

 

[deviant]

ESPN or NFL or NBA really need to make a widget. Like Tonight's games and so on. Sports buffs like me will be happy.