Worst kind of commenter. I bet when people ask for advice on buying sneakers you list 5 pair of sandals, and bait to start an argument against wearing shoes…

Anyway OP I also just looked on my iPhone and get the same results as the top poster for widgets. Does indeed look like they changed it at some point. I am also sure I had one with buttons for lights on both the phone and watch.

Why not a responsive web app packaged into native viewer app? Depending on your utilization of native components of cause.

My team had the same issues you described so we build the web responsive and made that the “Apps” on the App Store + Google Play. There is still a tiny native components that hook into the web so you still need those native developers knowhow, but yes they will have to switch in large to web based development.

Less maintenance, more devs for the main product, faster progress, fewer headaches with Apple and Google tooling.

Edit: forgot to app that our customers loved that more features are available now on the “Apps” and that things work the same between devices