The 59th try was a win for independent developer David Smith. When Apple introduced iOS 14, one of the most unexpectedly popular new features was the ability to add widgets and configure your iPhone Home Screen.

Who made the app widget Smith?

Widgetsmith comes from David Smith, who's the developer behind several popular Apple Watch and iPhone apps including Watchsmith, Sleep+ +, and Pedometer+ +. The concept of Widgetsmith is that it lets you create custom and personalized widgets for your iOS 14 home screen; here's how it works.

Who created widget?

Although patented by Guinness, the widget was actually invented by John Lunn, MD of Mclennons of Birmingham, who went on to invent a second for Whitbread and Heineken, so that Whitbread could launch Draught Boddingtons in a can and Murphy's.