Here's the uncomfortable math of habit apps: every extra tap between "I should log that" and "logged" loses people. Unlock, find the icon, wait for launch, tap the button — do that twelve times a day and even a lovely app starts feeling like admin.
Widgets delete the admin. Quenched puts your progress — and real, tappable quick-add buttons — on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, your watch face, and your Android launcher. Glance, tap, done. The app stays in your pocket; the habit sticks anyway. Widgets are part of Quenched's free tier on every platform.
iPhone Home Screen widgets
Quenched offers several styles — a progress ring over the water level, quick-add buttons, and a weekly chart — in every size up to the extra-large widget that iOS 27 added to iPhone. The quick-add buttons are interactive: tapping one logs the water right there, without opening the app.
- Touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen until the apps jiggle.
- Tap Edit in the top corner, then Add Widget (on older iOS versions, the + button).
- Search for Quenched.
- Swipe through the sizes, pick your style, and tap Add Widget.
- Drag it somewhere your thumb already lives, then tap Done.
iPhone Lock Screen widgets
For the true glance — no unlocking at all:
- Touch and hold your Lock Screen, then tap Customize.
- Choose the Lock Screen, then tap the widget area below the clock.
- Find Quenched in the list and add a widget.
- Tap Done. Your progress now shows before you even unlock.
The Live Activity: a widget that's always in front of you
Since Quenched 1.1, there's one more option that beats every widget for reach: a Live Activity. Turn it on under Settings → Lock Screen in Quenched and today's total and goal stay on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, in StandBy while the phone charges, and in the Apple Watch Smart Stack. Your quick-add amounts are buttons on it, so a glass is one tap from a locked phone. If you only set up one thing from this guide on an iPhone, make it this.
Apple Watch complications
Quenched includes four complication styles, including a live seven-day chart, so your ring can sit right on the watch face:
- Touch and hold your watch face, then tap Edit.
- Swipe to the complications screen and tap a slot.
- Scroll to Quenched and pick a style.
More of a full-app person? The Apple Watch guide covers logging from your wrist.
Android home screen widgets
The Android app ships with widgets too — progress, quick-add, and chart styles from your launcher's picker:
- Touch and hold an empty area of your home screen.
- Tap Widgets.
- Find Quenched, then press and drag the style you want onto your home screen.
- Resize it if your launcher allows — most do.
Placement advice from the trenches
- First page, thumb zone. A widget on page three might as well be in the app. Put it where your eye lands when you unlock.
- Pair it with your triggers. Next to your calendar if meetings make you forget to drink; next to your coffee app if espresso is the habit you're balancing.
- Quick-add beats pretty. If you only add one widget, make it the one with buttons. Logging in literally one tap is the whole game.
