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iPhone users if you're not using widgets you're insane or at least doing yourself a disservice Android users know the majesty of these mini apps today here are the top 5 iOS widgets you should use at number 5 the ESPN widget you've gotta track your team's the ESPN app lets you select your favorite teams and have the latest scores in the Notification Center you can also check out the widget from the score which gives you scores with odds along with sports news at number 4 is Evernote Apple's newest version of its Notes app borrows heavily from Evernote but it didn't bother to swipe its widget if you're unfamiliar with Evernote it lets you write notes set reminders make lists and store photos as notes in notebooks that are synced in the cloud the Evernote widget lets you quickly make a new note with inspiration hits at number three a data widget my wireless carriers app includes a data widget that lets me know how much of my data I've burned through in the month if you're Carrie it doesn't have that in widget form there are a lot of options including data flow which is free and lets you input your data cap the date the month rolls over and you can let it know how much of your data you used up already at number two a weather widget there's no way we're all gonna agree on which apps got the best weather widget but it's probably not the default one here are some other options Weather Underground zap comes with two different widgets one with weather conditions and the other was radar now I'm partial to the freebie weather app because you can customize how much weather information appears on your todays screen be the power user feel the power before we get to number one I asked you find folks on Twitter what widget you like to use Steve I had a lot of pics including fantastical and dark sky Alex's favorite is the transit app which I just downloaded thanks Alex and RB McAllister suggested the pedometer widget thanks everyone and the number one type of widget you should have is something like AI launch or a launcher Pro sure iOS this control center gives you access to a couple of apps and features toggles for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but it's not customizable here a bunch of apps that bring you all kinds of shortcuts to your Notification Center I launcher is a free option you can put shortcuts to apps specific sections of the Settings app web sites and even create a shortcut to message people with OneTouch launch a pro is a paid option that works in Italy and is less buggy both of these apps at a great number of shortcuts to your iPhone or iPad for more top fives like this check out top 5.2 Netcom Amaya's act heart and we'll see you later