Put your active users on your Home Screen

Short answer: send your daily active users to WidgetDash with one HTTP request, then add the WidgetDash widget to your iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen. It updates every time you push a new value, and it is free for up to 5 numbers.

Active users tell you whether people actually use what they signed up for, which is the truth behind every vanity metric. Pull your DAU and WAU from analytics or a direct query and push both. The widget keeps engagement in view, not just registrations.

Push it with one request

A source is created automatically the first time you push to it, so there is no setup step. Send your daily active users like this:

curl -X PUT https://api.widgetdash.app/api/v1/data/active_users \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_WRITE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "display_name": "Active Users",
    "icon": "person.3.fill",
    "category": "Growth",
    "metrics": [
      { "label": "DAU", "value": "1,284" },
      { "label": "WAU", "value": "6,910" }
    ]
  }'

• The value is a plain string, so format it however reads best: "$8,420", "99.98%", "+58".
• icon is an SF Symbol name. Here we use person.3.fill.
• Push to the same source_key again any time and the widget updates in place.

Add it to your iPhone

1. Sign up free and copy your WRITE key from the dashboard.
2. Install the WidgetDash iOS app (free on the App Store) and connect with the dashboard QR code or your READ key.
3. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, search WidgetDash, pick a size, then choose this source.

Small Lock Screen widgets are supported too, so your daily active users can sit right under the clock.

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