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Neo-brutalist year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A neo-brutalist year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Bright flat color, thick black outlines and hard offset shadows. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Neo-brutalist year progress widget design preview: Bright flat color, thick black outlines and hard offset shadows. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a neo-brutalist 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 neo-brutalist style shapes it

Neo-brutalism is the playful cousin of brutalism: saturated yellow, pink or mint cards with thick black outlines and a solid black shadow shifted down and right.

Bars and rings: Outline every bar and ring in black and fill with a second bright color.
Numbers: Make numbers heavy and black on the bright card.

Neo-brutalist year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #FFD43B, corner radius 10, outline 3 pt #000000, shadow #000000 offset 6/6 with radius 0
Text	year label, size 12, color #4A4A4A
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Space Grotesk, size 68, color #000000
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 312 wide, progress #FF6B6B, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #4A4A4A
Ornament	a coral square in the top right and a blue circle in the bottom right, each with a 3-point black outline
Font	Space Grotesk (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Neo-brutalist color palette

Lemon #FFD43BBackground
Butter #FFF3BFSurface and tracks
Black #000000Text
Charcoal #4A4A4ALabels
Coral #FF6B6BAccent

How to make a neo-brutalist year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FFD43B and the corner radius to 10. Add a 3-point outline.
Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends.
Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
Color the progress #FF6B6B and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #000000, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #4A4A4A.
Add the neo-brutalist ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a coral square in the top right and a blue circle in the bottom right, each with a 3-point black outline.
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 neo-brutalist year progress widgets

Add a solid black shadow offset 6 points right and down, radius 0.
Outline everything at 3 points.
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 use soft or blurred shadows.
Do not use pastel or muted color.

Questions about the neo-brutalist year progress widget

What size is a neo-brutalist 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?

Lemon (#FFD43B) for the background, Black (#000000) for the main text, Charcoal (#4A4A4A) for labels and Coral (#FF6B6B) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for neobrutalism year progress widget, neo brutalism year progress widget, bold outline year progress widget. They describe the same look as this neo-brutalist year progress widget.

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