‘Top Widgets’ soars to No 1 on the App Store, displacing BeReal, as iOS 16 customization takes off
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/top-widgets-soars-to-no-1-on-the-app-store-displacing-bereal-as-ios-16-customization-takes-off/
As iOS 16 Lock Screen customization takes off, an iPhone personalization app called Top Widgets has soared to the No. 1 spot on the U.S. App Store’s top free apps list, displacing BeReal. The Sichuan, China-based app maker first introduced Top Widgets in August 2020 to capitalize on the introduction of Home Screen widgets with the release of iOS 14. With its newly added support for iOS 16’s Lock Screen widgets, the app has gained approximately 1.3 million downloads in the two days following Monday’s iOS 16 launch.
That’s up 1,812% from the two days prior to iOS 16’s release, when the app saw approximately 68,000 installs, according to data from mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower.