Per-widget album selection
Each widget on your home screen has its own configuration — choose a different album and rotation interval for every widget you create.
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PhotoWidget
Your photos, beautifully displayed on your home screen. A fully offline Android widget that rotates through photos from your local albums — with multiple rotation modes, per-widget settings, and a tap-to-open timeline. No network permission. No cloud. No exceptions.
Coming soon to Google Play
Privacy Policy
Core Features
A photo widget that respects your library — and your privacy.
Flexible rotation intervals
Set how often your widget photo changes, from every 5 minutes up to once daily. Best-effort scheduling works around Android's background restrictions.
Smart photo selection
Choose between Strict Random (balanced shuffle with recent-photo avoidance), Pictures This Month (rotates through every photo in your album taken during the current calendar month, across any year), or Sequential (by date) (a steady, chronological walk through your album).
Timeline viewer
Tap any widget to open the app to a timeline centered on the displayed photo. Swipe left or right to navigate through the rest of the album.
Privacy first
All photo processing happens on-device using Android's MediaStore API. No photos or metadata are ever uploaded or shared externally.
Fast with large libraries
Designed to perform well even with 10,000+ photos in a library, using efficient background scheduling and smart caching.
App screenshots
Screenshots coming soon
PhotoWidget is currently in development. Check back soon for previews.
How photo selection works
PhotoWidget offers three selection modes per widget:
Strict Random
Picks uniformly at random from your album, avoiding recently shown photos so you get fresh picks every rotation.
Pictures This Month
Rotates through every photo in your album whose capture date falls in the current calendar month — pulled from any year. If you're in June, you'll see all of your June photos: 2019, 2021, 2024, and so on, cycling through them. When no photos exist for the current month, the widget falls back to the full album.
Sequential (by date)
Walks through your album in chronological order, advancing one photo per widget refresh. Predictable, story-like playback — perfect for revisiting a trip or a baby's first year from start to finish.
Why PhotoWidget feels trustworthy
- Offline only: the app has no network permission and cannot upload your photos.
- No account needed: install, pick an album, and go.
- Lightweight: fast widget refresh designed not to drain your battery.
- No subscriptions: simple, transparent pricing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Android version does PhotoWidget require?
PhotoWidget targets modern Android versions that support WorkManager-based widget scheduling. Minimum version details will be listed on the Google Play page at launch.
Why doesn't my widget update exactly on time?
Android can throttle background work under Doze mode and battery restrictions. PhotoWidget uses best-effort scheduling — your widget will update as soon as the OS allows. For the freshest results, opening the app directly triggers an immediate refresh.
Can I have different albums on different widgets?
Yes — each widget you add to your home screen has its own independent album selection, rotation interval, and display mode.
Is my photo library ever uploaded anywhere?
No. PhotoWidget is fully offline. It reads from Android's MediaStore (your local photos) and all processing stays on your device. No network permission is requested.
How does "Pictures This Month" mode work?
The app collects every photo in your selected album whose capture date falls within the current calendar month — pulling from any year on record. The widget then cycles through that pool one photo at a time. For example, in June you'll see all of your June photos from every year, shuffled and repeated until the pool is exhausted or the month changes. If no photos exist for the current month, the widget falls back to the full album.
How does "Sequential (by date)" mode work?
Photos are sorted by capture date, and the widget advances through them in order — one step forward per refresh. When the end of the album is reached, playback wraps back to the oldest photo. Rotation interval controls how quickly you move through the album.