How to Add Oura Ring Widgets to Your iPhone Home Screen
Add Oura widgets to your iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen, see how Ring Widget compares with Oura's own widgets, and keep your scores in view.
Yes, the Oura app has iPhone widgets. According to Oura's widget guide, it offers a sleep widget for the Home Screen in three sizes, Lock Screen widgets for your scores, ring battery, and a few graphs, and complications for Apple Watch. Ring Widget adds Home Screen widgets for Readiness, Sleep, Activity, and more, plus widgets for metrics Oura's widget guide doesn't list, including Cardio Age, VO2 Max, Daytime Stress, and Bedtime.
This guide covers both: how Oura's widgets compare with Ring Widget, and how to set up Ring Widget on your iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen.
Oura's widgets vs Ring Widget
| Oura app widgets | Ring Widget | |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone Home Screen | Sleep widget in three sizes: small (sleep stages), medium (adds sleep and wake times), large (adds ring battery) | Widgets for Readiness, Sleep, Activity, Sleep Health, Daily Movement, Body Temperature, Bedtime, Cardio Age, VO2 Max, and Daytime Stress |
| Readiness, Sleep, and Activity Scores | Lock Screen widgets and Apple Watch complications | Home Screen widgets; Readiness and Sleep are free |
| Lock Screen (iOS 16+) | Scores, ring battery, activity goal progress, plus sleep stage, daily movement, heart rate, and body temperature graphs | Cardio Age, VO2 Max, Daytime Stress, and Bedtime, plus shortcuts that open Oura's meal logging and Oura Advisor |
| Apple Watch | Companion app plus circular, rectangular, and corner complications with scores, activity goal, ring battery, and graphs | Complications for Cardio Age, VO2 Max, Daytime Stress, and Bedtime |
| Ring battery | Large Home Screen widget, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch | Next to your scores on supported Home Screen layouts (free) |
| VO2 max and Cardiovascular Age | Not listed in Oura's widget or Apple Watch guides | Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch (Premium) |
| Daytime Stress and Bedtime | Not listed in Oura's widget or Apple Watch guides | Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch (Premium) |
Oura details come from Oura's widget and Apple Watch guides, checked November 1, 2026. Ring Widget also runs on iPad and Mac. Ring Widget is not affiliated with or endorsed by Oura Health Oy.
If Oura's widgets already show what you need, you don't need another app. Ring Widget is for when you want more metrics or layouts on your Home Screen.
What You'll Need
- An iPhone running iOS 15 or later (Lock Screen widgets require iOS 16 or later)
- An Oura Ring (Ring 3, Ring 4, or Ring 5)
- An active Oura account
- Ring Widget downloaded from the App Store
Step 1: Download and Connect
- Download Ring Widget from the App Store
- Open the app and tap Connect Oura
- You'll be redirected to Oura's authorization page — sign in with your Oura account credentials
- Grant Ring Widget permission to read your health data
- Once connected, your latest scores will appear in the app
Ring Widget connects through Oura's public API and Oura's own sign-in, so your password is handled by Oura — Ring Widget never sees it.
Ready to start? Download Ring Widget free, connect Oura, and return to this guide for the Home Screen steps.
Step 2: Add a Widget to Your Home Screen
- Long-press on an empty area of your iPhone home screen until the apps start jiggling
- Tap the + button in the top-left corner
- Search for "Ring Widget" in the widget gallery
- Browse the available widget sizes and styles
- Tap Add Widget on the one you want
- Drag it to your preferred position and tap Done
Step 3: Choose What to Display
Ring Widget offers widgets for:
- Readiness, Sleep, and Activity Scores — your daily scores, with resting heart rate, HRV, body temperature, and sleep stages on the medium Readiness widget
- Sleep Health and Daily Movement — more detail on last night and today
- Bedtime and Body Temperature — your ideal bedtime window and temperature trend
- Cardio Age, VO2 Max, and Daytime Stress — heart health and stress at a glance
Readiness and Sleep widgets and the ring battery indicator are free; the other widgets are part of Premium.
Supported Home Screen layouts can also show your ring's battery status beside your scores. See our guide to the Oura Ring battery indicator for setup and troubleshooting.
Widget Sizes
Ring Widget supports multiple widget sizes to fit your home screen layout:
- Small — a single score or metric
- Medium — a score with additional context or multiple metrics
- Large — a detailed Sleep Health view
Mix and match different sizes and configurations to build a health dashboard that works for you.
Can you add Oura widgets to the iPhone Lock Screen?
Yes, on iOS 16 or later. The Oura app has Lock Screen widgets for your scores, ring battery, activity goal, and several graphs. Ring Widget's Lock Screen widgets show Cardio Age, VO2 Max, Daytime Stress, and Bedtime, plus two shortcuts into the Oura app: Log a Meal opens meal logging, and Advisor opens Oura Advisor.
To add a Ring Widget Lock Screen widget:
- Long-press on your Lock Screen
- Tap Customize and select the Lock Screen
- Tap the widget area (above or below the clock)
- Search for Ring Widget and choose a Lock Screen widget
- Tap Done to save
Lock Screen widgets are perfect for a quick check without even unlocking your phone.
How often do Ring Widget widgets update?
iOS decides when Ring Widget's widgets refresh, so a change can take a while to appear on your Home Screen. New data also has to sync from your ring to Oura's cloud through the Oura app before any widget can show it. To ask iOS to reload the widgets right away, open Ring Widget and tap Refresh Widgets.
Low Power Mode can delay widget refreshes. If a widget stays stale or blank, follow our widget troubleshooting guide.
Does Ring Widget work with every Oura Ring?
Ring Widget works with Oura Ring 3, Ring 4, and Ring 5. It reads your data from Oura's cloud through the Oura API rather than from the ring itself, so it works the same way regardless of which ring you're wearing: your widgets display the supported data available in your Oura account.
Get Started
Download Ring Widget from the App Store and set it up in under a minute.
Sources
- Oura Widgets — Oura Member Care
- Apple Watch Complications & Companion App — Oura Member Care