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Paper year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A paper year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Sticky notes and index cards with soft shadows. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Paper year progress widget design preview: Sticky notes and index cards with soft shadows. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a paper 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 paper style shapes it

Paper widgets look like sticky notes or index cards on a desk: flat yellow or white paper, a soft shadow underneath and dark pencil-grey text.

Bars and rings: Use thick marker-style bars.
Numbers: Write the number big with a marker-red underline.

Paper year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #FFF3A6, corner radius 4, soft shadow radius 12 at low opacity
Text	year label, size 12, color #8A8468
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Kalam, size 68, color #33312B
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 312 wide, progress #E2574C, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #8A8468
Ornament	a folded corner at the bottom right made from two small triangles, one slightly darker
Font	Kalam (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Paper color palette

Note yellow #FFF3A6Background
Fold #FCE77DSurface and tracks
Graphite #33312BText
Pencil #8A8468Labels
Red marker #E2574CAccent

How to make a paper year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FFF3A6 and the corner radius to 4.
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 #E2574C and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #33312B, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #8A8468.
Add the paper ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a folded corner at the bottom right made from two small triangles, one slightly darker.
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 paper year progress widgets

Add a soft shadow below the note.
Keep corners nearly square, like real paper.
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 glossy effects.
Do not use white text.

Questions about the paper year progress widget

What size is a paper 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?

Note yellow (#FFF3A6) for the background, Graphite (#33312B) for the main text, Pencil (#8A8468) for labels and Red marker (#E2574C) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for sticky note year progress widget, note year progress widget, post-it style year progress widget, card year progress widget. They describe the same look as this paper year progress widget.

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