# How to Add a Contact to the iPhone Home Screen

Updated: November 3, 2026

Favorites Widget: Price: $3, one-time purchase. Platforms: iOS, visionOS. Get it from: [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1643660089). Requires iOS or visionOS 27 or later.

URL: https://sindresorhus.com/guides/add-contact-to-iphone-home-screen

Add the “Contact” widget of [Favorites Widget](https://sindresorhus.com/favorites-widget) to the Home Screen, and choose the contact and what a tap does, like “Call” or “Message”. Without an app, add the “Contacts” widget of iOS, and turn on “Show Buttons” for the call and message buttons.

## With Favorites Widget

1. Open [Favorites Widget](https://sindresorhus.com/favorites-widget), tap “Choose Contacts”, and give access to your contacts. You can share all contacts or only some of them.
1. Go to the Home Screen. Touch and hold the background until the apps jiggle, tap “Edit”, and tap “Add Widget”.
1. Find Favorites Widget, tap it, swipe to the size you want, and tap “Add Widget”. The options of the widget open.
1. Tap “Contact”, and choose the person. Then choose the “Action”, like “Call”, “Message”, “FaceTime Video”, or “Email”. Tap outside the options to close them.

Tap the widget to call or message the person. The widget shows the photo and the name of the contact. You can choose “Circle” or “Full Image” in “Style”, and give the contact another name in the options.

- iOS asks before each call. To call with one tap, open the app, tap “Quick Call”, and follow the steps there.
- Add one widget for each person. To put many people in a row, use the small size.
- The widget also works on the Lock Screen. Touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap “Customize”, tap the Lock Screen, and tap the area of the widgets to add it.
- A widget can also open WhatsApp or Telegram, open a URL, or run a shortcut.
- If a contact is not in the list, make sure that it has a phone number or an email address. To find a contact that is not shown, search for it in the list.

## Without an app

iOS has a “Contacts” widget:

1. Add the “Contacts” widget to the Home Screen, like in the steps above.
1. Touch and hold the widget, tap “Edit Widget”, and choose the contact.
1. To show the call and message buttons, turn on “Show Buttons”.

Tap a button to call or message the person. This works well, and it is free. If you only need a call and a message button on the Home Screen, you do not need an app. Favorites Widget adds more actions, like FaceTime and email, URLs, and shortcuts, and the whole widget is one big button.