How to add NBA widgets to your iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen

Widgets keep your team's next game, record and star player on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and they keep updating after you close the app.

Hoopster's widgets

WidgetWhat it showsWhere
Next GameA countdown to your team's next tip-offHome Screen, Lock Screen
TonightThe whole night's games as a live scoreboardHome Screen
My TeamYour team's record, standing and next gameHome Screen, Lock Screen
My PlayerYour player's number and season averagesHome Screen, Lock Screen
Latest NewsBasketball headlines as they landHome Screen, Lock Screen
Team ColorsYour team's name and colors, even offlineHome Screen, Lock Screen

Every widget is drawn in the colors of the team you follow. The small Next Game countdown is free, forever. Hoopster MVP ($2.99 a month or $19.99 a year in the US) adds the others, including every Lock Screen widget.

Add one to the Home Screen

  1. Install Hoopster and pick your team, so the widgets know who to show.
  2. On the Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area until the apps jiggle.
  3. Tap Edit in the top corner, then Add Widget.
  4. Search for Hoopster and tap it.
  5. Swipe to the widget and size you want, then tap Add Widget.
  6. Drag it where you like and tap Done.

Add one to the Lock Screen

  1. Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID but stay on the Lock Screen, then touch and hold it.
  2. Tap Customize, then choose the Lock Screen.
  3. Tap the widget area under the clock, then find Hoopster in the list.
  4. Tap the widget you want, then tap Done.

The live score of a game in progress isn't a widget: that's a Live Activity, which appears on its own just before your team tips off. See how to get NBA scores on your Lock Screen.

Keep them spoiler-free

If you turn on Hide scores in Hoopster's Settings, the widgets keep final scores hidden too, until you open the game. See how to follow the NBA without spoilers.

Hoopster widgets on an iPhone Home Screen: Next Game countdown, My Team and My Player

Questions, answered

Why does my widget show the wrong team?

Widgets follow the team you picked in Hoopster. Change it in Hoopster's Settings and the widgets follow within a few moments.

Do the widgets update when the app is closed?

Yes. Hoopster's widgets keep updating in the background. iOS decides exactly how often, so a widget can be a little behind a Live Activity during a game.

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