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Aesthetic year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

An aesthetic year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Muted, photo-led layouts with soft neutrals and a curated feel. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Aesthetic year progress widget design preview: Muted, photo-led layouts with soft neutrals and a curated feel. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What an aesthetic year progress widget shows

A year-progress widget is a gentle nudge: one bar that fills from 1 January to 31 December. The same layout works for the day, the week or a personal goal.

It is calculated from the date, so it is free, offline and needs no permission. WidgetCraft includes a free Day progress component, and a formula can stretch it to the year.

How the aesthetic style shapes it

The aesthetic look is a curated mood board: muted beige and brown tones, a favorite photo, a lowercase caption and lots of soft space. Every widget shares one palette so the screen feels like a single design.

Bars and rings: Keep bars thin and tone-on-tone so they whisper rather than shout.
Numbers: Set numbers in a light serif and center them with a tiny label below.

Aesthetic year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #EFE6DA, corner radius 26
Text	year label, size 12, color #93867A
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Cormorant Garamond, size 68, color #3D332B
Progress	a thin 4-point bar, 312 wide, progress #B98B6E, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #93867A
Font	Cormorant Garamond (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Aesthetic color palette

Oat #EFE6DABackground
Latte #E2D5C4Surface and tracks
Espresso #3D332BText
Taupe #93867ALabels
Caramel #B98B6EAccent

How to make an aesthetic year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #EFE6DA and the corner radius to 26.
Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as a thin 4-point bar.
Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
Color the progress #B98B6E and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #3D332B, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #93867A.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for aesthetic year progress widgets

Pick four colors from one photo and reuse them on every widget.
Center text and leave wide margins.
Show both the percentage and the day count so the bar has context.
Use a segmented bar if you want each step to feel like a milestone.
For a goal of your own, connect the bar to a counter instead of the date.
Do not mix saturated colors into the palette.
Do not use capitals for long text.

Questions about the aesthetic year progress widget

What size is an aesthetic year progress widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Oat (#EFE6DA) for the background, Espresso (#3D332B) for the main text, Taupe (#93867A) for labels and Caramel (#B98B6E) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Year progress widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the aesthetic styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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