Watch your AWS bill from your Home Screen

Short answer: send your AWS month-to-date cost 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.

Cloud bills creep, and the worst time to find out is at the end of the month. The Cost Explorer API returns your month-to-date spend and a forecast, which a daily job can fetch. Push both and the widget becomes an early warning that keeps your infrastructure spend in check.

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 AWS month-to-date cost like this:

curl -X PUT https://api.widgetdash.app/api/v1/data/aws_bill \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_WRITE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "display_name": "AWS Bill",
    "icon": "cloud.fill",
    "category": "DevOps",
    "metrics": [
      { "label": "MTD", "value": "$1,412" },
      { "label": "Forecast", "value": "$2,980" }
    ]
  }'

• 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 cloud.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 write key.
3. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, search WidgetDash and pick a size. Small shows your first source, so use Edit in the app to move this one to the top.

Lock Screen widgets (rectangular and round) are supported too, so your AWS month-to-date cost can sit right under the clock.

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