Free Feature

Widgets

Pocket Clear offers widgets on both iPhone and Android that show a spending snapshot without opening the app. At a glance you can see today's spend and your current period's totals — and tapping a widget takes you straight to Add Expense, so logging something is a tap away instead of a hunt for the app icon.

On iPhone you can choose from three home-screen sizes — Small, Medium, and Large — plus three Lock Screen shapes; on Android there's a single home-screen widget. Either way, the widget follows your chosen view period and budget period, so it always reflects the same window you see inside the app.

Adding the widget on iPhone

1. Touch and hold an empty area of the Home Screen until the apps jiggle.
2. Tap the + button to add a widget.
3. Search for Pocket Clear.
4. Pick a size — Small, Medium, or Large.
5. Tap Add Widget, then place it where you like.

Adding the widget on Android

1. Touch and hold an empty area of your home screen.
2. Tap Widgets.
3. Find Pocket Clear in the list.
4. Drag the Pocket Clear widget onto your home screen and drop it where you like.

Adding a widget to your Lock Screen (iPhone)

Lock Screen widgets sit under the clock, alongside things like the weather. Tapping one opens Pocket Clear straight on the Add Expense screen.

1. Touch and hold your Lock Screen until Customise appears, then tap it.
2. Tap Lock Screen.
3. Tap the widget area beneath the clock.
4. Find Pocket Clear in the list and tap it to add.
5. Tap Done.

There are three shapes to choose from: a small circular one, a wider rectangular one showing today's spend on its own line, and an inline one that sits beside the date above the clock.

The Add Expense button (iPhone, iOS 18 and later)

On iOS 18 and later you can also put an Add expense button in Control Center, or use it to replace the torch or camera button in the bottom corner of your Lock Screen.

1. Swipe down from the top-right of the screen to open Control Center.
2. Touch and hold an empty area, then tap Add a Control.
3. Search for Pocket Clear and choose Add Expense.

To put it in a Lock Screen corner instead, touch and hold your Lock Screen, tap Customise, tap Lock Screen, then tap the button in the corner you want to replace.

Good to know

• On iPhone the home-screen widget comes in three sizes (Small, Medium, Large), and the Lock Screen offers three shapes; on Android it's a single fixed-size widget.
• It reflects your chosen view period and budget start day, matching what you see in the app.
• The widget updates periodically, so the snapshot stays current through the day.
• Tapping a Lock Screen widget or the Add Expense button still asks for Face ID before the app opens — iPhone doesn't allow typing from a locked screen. It's quicker than finding the app icon, but it isn't a single tap.
• Lock Screen widgets and the Add Expense button need Pocket Clear 2.05 or later. The Add Expense button also needs iOS 18 or later; on iOS 17 the Lock Screen widgets work but the button won't appear.
• Some Android phones support Lock Screen widgets too, depending on the manufacturer and Android version. Where they're available, Pocket Clear's widget can be added there in the same way as any other.