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Retro year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A retro year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Warm 1970s color: mustard, rust and brown with rounded type. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Retro year progress widget design preview: Warm 1970s color: mustard, rust and brown with rounded type. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a retro 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 retro style shapes it

Retro widgets use the palette of 1970s posters and record sleeves: mustard, burnt orange, brown and cream, with curved stripes and chunky rounded lettering.

Bars and rings: Use thick bars in orange and mustard stacked like stripes on a van.
Numbers: Set numbers thick and brown, with an orange stripe underneath.

Retro year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #F3E3C3, corner radius 20
Text	year label, size 12, color #8A6E55
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Pacifico, size 68, color #3E2A1F
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 312 wide, progress #D9622B, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #8A6E55
Ornament	three vertical stripes down the right edge in burnt orange, mustard and chocolate
Font	Pacifico (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Retro color palette

Cream #F3E3C3Background
Sand #E8CF9FSurface and tracks
Chocolate #3E2A1FText
Walnut #8A6E55Labels
Burnt orange #D9622BAccent

How to make a retro year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #F3E3C3 and the corner radius to 20.
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 #D9622B and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #3E2A1F, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #8A6E55.
Add the retro ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: three vertical stripes down the right edge in burnt orange, mustard and chocolate.
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 retro year progress widgets

Use cream instead of white and brown instead of black.
Stack two or three stripes as decoration.
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 cool blues or greys.
Do not use thin modern type.

Questions about the retro year progress widget

What size is a retro 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?

Cream (#F3E3C3) for the background, Chocolate (#3E2A1F) for the main text, Walnut (#8A6E55) for labels and Burnt orange (#D9622B) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for vintage year progress widget, 70s year progress widget, retro aesthetic year progress widget. They describe the same look as this retro year progress widget.

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