Home-Screen Widgets
Your key numbers on your phone's home screen, without opening the app.
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The Four Widgets
| Widget | Shows |
|---|---|
| Left to Spend | How much of this month's budget remains, with a spending trend and a projected line to month-end. Turns red when you go over. |
| Net Worth | Your latest net worth and how it has changed over a range you choose, with a trend chart. |
| Recent Activity | Your most recent transactions, each with a merchant logo, name, date and amount. |
| Upcoming Activity | Your next bills and income, with labels like Today, Tomorrow or Overdue. |
These are separate from the in-app dashboard widgets you arrange inside Cadence.
Adding a Widget
Widgets are added through your phone’s normal widget picker:
- iPhone - touch and hold an empty area of the Home Screen, tap the + in the corner, search for Cadence, choose a widget and size, then tap Add Widget.
- Android - touch and hold an empty area of the Home screen, tap Widgets, find Cadence, then drag the one you want onto your Home screen.
Setting Them Up
There is no widget setting to switch on. Open Cadence and sign in, and pass two-factor authentication if you use it. Cadence links your widgets to your account securely and automatically, and they start showing real data within a few minutes.
Until that happens, a widget shows a prompt to open Cadence and sign in to set up widgets. You may also see a short hint when there is nothing to show yet, such as before you have set up budgets or added accounts.
Signing out clears your widgets
Letting a session simply expire keeps them working. It is an explicit sign-out that unlinks them, which is what you want on a shared or sold device.
Sizes & Options
On iOS, Left to Spend and Net Worth come in small and medium sizes, while Recent Activity and Upcoming Activity are medium. On Android, every widget can be resized on your Home screen.
To change the Net Worth time range:
- iPhone - touch and hold the widget, tap Edit Widget, then pick a Time Range.
- Android - tap the range labels (1M, 3M, 6M, YTD, 1Y, 5Y, All) shown on a wider Net Worth widget.
How Often They Update
Widgets refresh on their own roughly every 30 minutes, and update right away whenever you open the Cadence app. Your phone’s operating system controls the exact timing, so it can vary.
The Net Worth figure is based on your latest daily snapshot, so it may be up to a day behind the live number in the app. That is expected rather than a sync problem.
Privacy on Your Home Screen
A home-screen widget shows your numbers to anyone who can see your screen. On iPhone, Cadence marks these amounts as sensitive, so they follow iOS’s setting for hiding sensitive widget content - on the Lock Screen, for example.
Privacy Mode does not reach your widgets
The in-app Privacy Mode blur applies inside the app only. If you would rather not show balances at all, add only the Recent Activity or Upcoming Activity widget, or skip widgets entirely.