Bring life to your phone with Aquarium Widgets. Select from a variety of beautiful fish and calming backgrounds to create your own personalized underwater sanctuary right on your Home Screen. Relaxing, battery-efficient, and aesthetically pleasing.
I am the creator of Aquarium Widgets, and Iβm super excited to share it with the community today!
We look at our phones dozens (maybe hundreds?) of times a day. Usually, itβs to check stressful emails or endless notifications. I wanted to build something that turns that split-second glance into a moment of calm.
Love the idea of turning a glance into a moment of calm. Much better than seeing unread emails. With the new interactive widgets in iOS 17, did you implement any 'tap to feed' mechanics, or is it strictly a passive viewing experience for now?
This looks so soothing! π My main concern with animated widgets is usually battery drain. Since you mentioned it's 'battery-efficient', did you use a specific rendering technique (like low FPS or static sprites) to keep it from eating up the battery in the background?
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This is a great idea. You could be looking at a stressful email and then be calmed down by the tranquil fish. Great mental health edge to it.
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@daniplataΒ
Are you planning to develop an Android widget?
Love the idea of turning a glance into a moment of calm. Much better than seeing unread emails. With the new interactive widgets in iOS 17, did you implement any 'tap to feed' mechanics, or is it strictly a passive viewing experience for now?
Dirac
Reminds me of the viral trend back in 2025 when people had a labubu app on their phone as an accessory
Votap
Haha as an iOS dev I never thought about using widgets just for a design element of your home screen. Cool idea!
KleverList
I love this :)
SigniFi
This looks so soothing! π My main concern with animated widgets is usually battery drain. Since you mentioned it's 'battery-efficient', did you use a specific rendering technique (like low FPS or static sprites) to keep it from eating up the battery in the background?