Reviews of Stocks Widget (open source)
List of user reviews and ratings for Stocks Widget (open source)
Total ratings
4.53
(Rating count:
4,714)Review summary
Users generally appreciate the app's simple, efficient widget design and open-source nature. However, common issues include unreliable auto-refresh causing manual refresh necessity, buggy widget management, frequent data fetching failures, and inaccurate notifications. Some report excessive data usage and challenges with large stock lists. Despite this, users find it better than alternatives and benefit from its resource efficiency and news features.
Pros
- Simple and sleek widget interface that displays more information efficiently compared to other stock apps.
- Open source nature provides confidence in ongoing maintenance and updates.
- The app does not consume excessive CPU or RAM resources when functioning properly.
- Provides built-in news reader which some users find useful.
- Allows flexible display options and covers basic stock tracking needs reliably when working.
Cons
- Widget fails to refresh automatically; requires manual refresh, which is inconvenient for users.
- Buggy widget management such as inability to delete created widget profiles or re-add removed widgets.
- Data fetching issues leading to frequent 'Failed to fetch' alerts and stale or incorrect stock data.
- High data usage reported by some users despite background data being disabled.
- Poor handling of large stock lists and limited decimal precision for cryptocurrencies.
- App cache/data sometimes does not clear fully on uninstall, causing persistent issues.
- Notification reports often show inaccurate portfolio information, causing confusion.
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All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-06 |  | | the review request came before i could figure out how the widget works, still figuring how to have only 3 companies i like in the widget, the interface is simple but does not work |
| 2025-01-02 |  | | Overall, great job! But I've ran into a bug that I cannot fix/bypass triggering my OCD. uninstalling, but hope it gets fixed because I really liked the app. minor bugs here and there, like tickers not updating but if I changed the format/alignment of the widget to default it worked. main issues 1 "widget profiles" once created no delete option. 2 "widget" displays once removed cannot be re-added. 3 Clear app data, app cache and uninstall doesn't remove data (hidden somewhere else on my device?) |
| 2024-07-12 |  | | After more than 1 year of trying, no update on widget number issue. Even if I have no widgets on the screen, it shows more widgets in the app than one (clearing data, uninstalling, whatever does not help). When I than try to import my saved quotes or portofolio, it copies it to the non-existing widget #1.l without any choice possibility... |
| 2024-06-20 |  | | Just installed on a Galaxy S24. Would be fantastic if it actually refreshed by itself, but it doesn't. It takes jabbing the tiny refresh icon on the top right corner of the widget to get it to fetch. Would be much better if: 1) Auto refresh works AND can be set to 1 minute intervals, 2) A slightly larger manual refresh button could be OPTIONALLY added to the widget. Thank you. |
| 2024-01-23 |  | | Widget did not refresh automatically in 2018. Waste of time. I never knew unless I click refresh manually. Tried the same app in 2024. Wow same. No refresh. What a waste again. And the app won't tell me what's wrong. Power saving or what? And how to change settings. Just sits there with wrong quote couple hours old. |
| 2023-12-05 |  | | Great app. However, it doesn't handle large amounts of stocks on my device (samsung a11). To get a stock to a certain place in my list in the app, I ave to keep going back down (like 10+ times) to where it is and pulling it up several times because it stops after 1 row, at times. Would be great to have an option to 'send to top or middle'. For crypto, not enough numbers after the decimal are shown (only 4 when some require 6). Thanks, keep up the great work! |
| 2023-05-26 |  | | The last couple of updates have made this a huge data hog. I only have the widget and I'm seeing several gigabytes of data used over the past month, which is absolutely ridiculous! This is despite background data being disabled for the app. So to add insult to injury, the app doesn't even respect your data settings. Might be time to find another widget stock app. |
| 2023-05-25 |  | | This app doesn't receive the accolades and thanks it deserves. I tried Yahoo finance and webull widgets the past few days while this app was not working, and they were terrible. I absolutely love how this apps widget looks & feels, and how much information it can show in a 5x3 grid on homepage compared to others. The author/developer fixed the refresh issue due to Yahoo API changes, and the app is working well now. Please keep up the great work. |
| 2023-05-22 |  | | I was using "Ministocks" until it stopped working on 5/4/23. This widget greatly exceeds Ministocks in capability and usability. It's very flexible as far as display options, and being open-source adds confidence that it will be continually maintained and updated. |
| 2023-05-18 |  | | App had issue fetching data in early May and the attentive developer fixed the issue relatively quickly. After a couple more version updates, the widget is having issue fetching/refreshing data again. It will keep spinning if manual refresh button is tapped. But if I opens up the main app and manual refresh for once, the widget will be automatically updated and then will stop syncing again after a while |
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