Put the Bitcoin price on your Home Screen

Short answer: send your Bitcoin price 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.

A small script that hits any public price endpoint can keep a Bitcoin widget current to the minute. Push the spot price and the twenty-four hour change in one request. It is the glanceable ticker you wanted without handing yet another app permission to send you notifications.

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 Bitcoin price like this:

curl -X PUT https://api.widgetdash.app/api/v1/data/bitcoin_price \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_WRITE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "display_name": "Bitcoin",
    "icon": "bitcoinsign.circle.fill",
    "category": "Crypto",
    "metrics": [
      { "label": "BTC", "value": "$67,310" },
      { "label": "24h", "value": "+2.4%" }
    ]
  }'

• 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 bitcoinsign.circle.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 Bitcoin price can sit right under the clock.

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