Color Widgets
App & software · 2020 · Niche
Home-screen app Color Widgets hit No. 1 on the non-game App Store chart in its first week.
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- 2 days
- Sep 17 ’20 to Sep 19 ’20
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- Seeded
- Technology
How it spread
Trace the originColor Widgets was released on September 17, 2020. Within days it was No. 2 on the U.S. free iPhone chart and No. 1 on the non-game chart, while users shared custom home screens on Twitter and Reddit. Appfigures estimated 786,300 U.S. downloads by September 29.
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September 2020
U.S. App Store commercial · Sep 18 ’20
Sensor Tower placed Color Widgets at No. 2 on the U.S. free iPhone chart from September 18 to 22.[7]
2 No. 2 U.S. free iPhoneApp Store reviewer backlash · Sep 18 ’20
An App Store reviewer complained that the widget's battery percentage was not accurate.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added 1 source · Added 1 number · Revised 1 number · Score 49 → 33
- Added: 9 events, 12 sources · Score 49
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