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Y2K step counter widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A Y2K step counter widget shows today's steps against your goal. Glossy chrome, bubble shapes and bright early-2000s color. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Y2K step counter widget design preview: Glossy chrome, bubble shapes and bright early-2000s color.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Y2K step counter widget shows

A step widget shows one number and how close it is to a goal. A ring on one side and the count on the other reads well at a glance.

Steps come from Health Connect, which needs a compatible phone, your permission and a fitness connection (a Pro feature in WidgetCraft). The numbers are whatever your phone or watch has recorded; the widget does not count steps itself.

How the Y2K style shapes it

Y2K widgets recall the year 2000: glossy bubble shapes, icy blue and hot pink, chrome highlights and playful rounded type, like an old music player skin.

Y2K step counter widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 180, background gradient #DDF1FF to #BFE2FF at 45°, corner radius 32, outline 2 pt #2A2E6E, soft shadow radius 12 at low opacity
Ringdiameter 104, stroke 12, progress #FF5FA2, range 0 to your goal
Textpercentage inside the ring, size 20, color #2A2E6E
Textlabel "Steps today", size 12, color #7C86B8
Text (fitness)step count, Quicksand, size 46, color #2A2E6E
Textgoal, size 14, color #7C86B8
Ornamenta soft white oval highlight across the top for a glossy gel look, and a four-point pink sparkle in the top right
FontQuicksand (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Y2K color palette

How to make a Y2K step counter widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to gradient #DDF1FF to #BFE2FF at 45° and the corner radius to 32. Add a 2-point outline.
  2. Open Data and connect Health Connect, allowing access to steps.
  3. Tap Add and choose Ring. Set the diameter to 104 and the stroke to 12, and connect it to steps with a range from 0 to your goal.
  4. Color the progress #FF5FA2.
  5. Add a Text layer connected to the step count at size 46 in #2A2E6E, plus a label and your goal in #7C86B8.
  6. Add the Y2K ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a soft white oval highlight across the top for a glossy gel look, and a four-point pink sparkle in the top right.
  7. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

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Questions about the Y2K step counter widget

What size is a Y2K step counter 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?

Ice blue (#DDF1FF) for the background, Indigo (#2A2E6E) for the main text, Periwinkle (#7C86B8) for labels and Hot pink (#FF5FA2) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

The Y2K design is free to build. Showing live step data needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

People also search for 2000s step counter widget, y2k aesthetic step counter widget, early 2000s step counter widget. They describe the same look as this Y2K step counter widget.

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