Brutalist battery widget

What a brutalist battery widget shows

A battery widget turns one number into a shape you can read without thinking. A ring that fills clockwise is the clearest form, with the percentage inside it.

Battery level is a free, built-in source in WidgetCraft and needs no permission. The widget refreshes when the charge changes or the charger is connected.

How the brutalist style shapes it

Brutalist widgets look deliberately raw: oversized condensed type, square corners, thick black outlines and one loud color. Nothing is rounded or shaded, which makes them very readable at a glance.

• Bars and rings: Draw progress as solid blocks or a thick bar with square ends, never rounded.
• Numbers: Make numerals huge, bold and tightly packed so they almost touch the frame.

Brutalist battery widget recipe

Brutalist color palette

• Concrete white #FBFAF4Background
• Raw paper #EFEDE3Surface and tracks
• Black #111111Text
• Soot #55534CLabels
• Hazard orange #FF6B2CAccent

How to make a brutalist battery widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 200 × 200, the background to #FBFAF4 and the corner radius to 0. Add a 4-point outline.
2. Tap Add and choose Ring. Set the diameter to 120 and the stroke to 9.
3. Open Data for the ring and connect it to Battery level with a range of 0 to 100.
4. Color the progress #FF6B2C and the track #55534C at about 28% opacity.
5. Add a Battery layer in the center at size 44 in #111111, then a small Text label underneath.
6. Add the brutalist ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a strip of black diagonal hazard stripes, 10 points tall, along the bottom edge.
7. 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 brutalist battery widgets

• Keep corner radius at 0 and outlines at 3 to 4 points.
• Use one loud accent against black and off-white.
• Start the ring at the top and fill clockwise; other start points are harder to read.
• Keep the track visible at low opacity so an almost-empty ring still looks like a ring.
• A battery widget shows the phone only. Earbuds and watches need their maker's own widget.
• Do not add shadows, gradients or transparency.
• Do not use light font weights.

Ready-made Brutalist templates

WidgetCraft includes a Brutalist template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

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Questions about the brutalist battery widget

What size is a brutalist battery widget?

It is designed for 2 × 2 home screen cells on a 200 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Concrete white (#FBFAF4) for the background, Black (#111111) for the main text, Soot (#55534C) for labels and Hazard orange (#FF6B2C) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Battery widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the brutalist styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for brutalism battery widget, bold battery widget, raw battery widget. They describe the same look as this brutalist battery widget.

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