Updated July 4, 2026~6 min read
Common Ninja Alternative for Notion: 65 Free Widgets
Common Ninja packs 200+ website components: feeds, reviews, forms, charts, chat. It’s a strong toolkit for a marketing site. For a Notion page, though, the free plan covers one widget at 200 pageviews and keeps a Common Ninja badge on it until you pay. Widgets For Notion is built for Notion instead: 65 widgets you can embed without an account, 100 free views a month on each one, and no limit on how many you use. Six widgets on a dashboard get 600 free views between them, where Common Ninja gives 200 to one.
Short answer
Use Widgets For Notion if you want clocks, timers, calendars, countdowns, or trackers on a Notion page without a pageview meter or a monthly bill. Stick with Common Ninja if you need its website components: social feeds, reviews, forms, surveys, charts, and chat, none of which we build.
Common Ninja vs Widgets For Notion at a glance
Common Ninja pricing and limits verified from commoninja.com/pricing on 2026-07-04. Where Common Ninja offers something only in a limited or website-first form, we’ve marked it partial rather than yes.
| Feature | Common Ninja | Widgets For Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Built for Notion specifically | General website widgets | Every widget is designed for a Notion /embed block |
| Free tier pageview limit | 200 pageviews/month, on one widget | 100 views/month, on every widget you use |
| Widgets on the free plan | One | As many as you want |
| Branding on the widget | Common Ninja badge on free; removed on paid plans | Small 'Widgets for Notion' attribution pill on every embed |
| Account required to embed | Sign-up needed to build a widget | Copy a URL, paste it in Notion, done |
| Widgets on the free plan | 1 widget instance | All 65, no cap |
| Clocks (analog, digital, flip, world) | Clock/countdown components | Analog, digital, flip, text, and world clocks |
| Pomodoro / focus timer | No | Pomodoro plus three timer variants |
| Habit / water-intake tracker | No | Water Intake Tracker |
| Todo / task widget | No | Sleek Blue Todo List |
| Life calendar (memento mori) | No | Full-grid Life Calendar |
| Countdown widget | Yes | Time Until / Countdown |
| Social feeds, reviews, chat, forms | Feeds, reviews, forms, chat components | No |
| Distinct aesthetic collections | Per-widget skins and themes | 4 collections: Sleek Blue, Soft Pink, Retro, Ghibli |
| Custom AI-generated widgets | No | Describe one in plain English |
| Pricing model | Freemium; paid plans $10 to $26/month | Free to embed, no account; optional plans from $2.99/month |
Two different toolkits
Common Ninja is a website widget suite with 200+ components. Widgets For Notion is a set of 65 widgets made for a Notion page. They meet at clocks and countdowns and part ways after that: Common Ninja goes wide on website functionality, and we go deep on Notion styling and dashboards.
Common Ninja (website components)
- Social media feeds & galleries
- Reviews & testimonials
- Charts, tables & comparison tables
- Forms & surveys
- Chat & messaging buttons
- Countdown & clock
- Maps & business hours
- Audio & music players
- Sliders & carousels
- Menus & pricing lists
Source: Common Ninja pricing
Widgets For Notion (65 widgets)
Sleek Blue (21)
- Sleek Blue Analog Clock
- Sleek Blue Calculator
- Sleek Blue Calendar
- Sleek Blue Counter
- Sleek Blue Digital Clock
- Sleek Blue Flip Clock
- Sleek Blue Life Calendar
- Sleek Blue Pomodoro Timer
- Sleek Blue Text Clock
- Sleek Blue Time Until / Countdown
- Sleek Blue Timer
- Sleek Blue Todo List
- Sleek Blue Water Intake Tracker
- Sleek Blue Weather
- Sleek Blue World Clock
- Sleek Blue Daily Quote
- Sleek Blue Habit Tracker
- Sleek Blue Habit Calendar
- Sleek Blue Streak Tracker
- Sleek Blue Time Tracker
- Sleek Blue Progress Bar
Soft Pink (21)
- Soft Pink Analog Clock
- Soft Pink Calculator
- Soft Pink Calendar
- Soft Pink Counter
- Soft Pink Digital Clock
- Soft Pink Flip Clock
- Soft Pink Life Calendar
- Soft Pink Pomodoro Timer
- Soft Pink Text Clock
- Soft Pink Countdown
- Soft Pink Timer
- Soft Pink Todo List
- Soft Pink Water Intake Tracker
- Soft Pink Weather
- Soft Pink World Clock
- Soft Pink Daily Quote
- Soft Pink Habit Tracker
- Soft Pink Habit Calendar
- Soft Pink Streak Tracker
- Soft Pink Time Tracker
- Soft Pink Progress Bar
Retro pixel-art (20)
- Retro Style Analog Clock
- Retro Style Calculator
- Retro Style Calendar
- Retro Style Clock
- Retro Style Counter
- Retro Style Digital Clock
- Retro Style Life Calendar
- Retro Style LoFi Radio
- Retro Style Pomodoro Timer
- Retro Style Text Clock
- Retro Style Time Until / Countdown
- Retro Style Timer
- Retro Style Todo List
- Retro Style Weather
- Retro Style Daily Quote
- Retro Style Habit Tracker
- Retro Style Habit Calendar
- Retro Style Streak Tracker
- Retro Style Time Tracker
- Retro Style Progress Bar
Ghibli watercolor (3)
Pricing: one metered widget vs a metered catalog
Common Ninja’s free plan caps a single widget at 200 monthly pageviews and shows its badge. Lifting the cap and dropping the badge means a paid plan from $10 to $26 a month. Widgets For Notion meters views too, at 100 a month per copy, but it puts no limit on how many widgets you run, so a whole dashboard costs nothing. Plans from $2.99 a month raise that limit and remove the attribution pill.
| Plan | Common Ninja | Widgets For Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1 widget, 200 monthly pageviews, badge shown | All 65 widgets, 100 views/month each, no account (small attribution pill) |
| Paid plans | Essentials $10, Pro $16, Ultimate $26 per month (5 widgets each, badge removed) | From $2.99 per month (raises the 100-view limit on every widget you copied, removes the pill) |
| Custom AI-generated widgets | Not offered | Paid credit packs from $1.99 (10 generations). Local prices apply outside the US. |
When Common Ninja is the better tool
We’d send you back to Common Ninja in these cases, because we don’t build for them:
- You need charts or data tables.Common Ninja has a solid set of chart, table, and comparison-table components. Our widgets don’t visualize datasets.
- You’re building website functionality. Feeds, reviews, forms, surveys, and chat are what Common Ninja is for. None of that is in our catalog.
- You want one account across many site tools.If you’re already paying Common Ninja for several components, keeping a clock there may be simpler than adding a second source.
Using Widgets For Notion instead
If the Common Ninja widget on your Notion page was a clock, countdown, or similar, moving over takes about a minute:
Find the matching widget
Clock → Sleek Blue Digital Clock. Countdown → Time Until / Countdown. Want a different look? Try Retro pixel-art or Soft Pink.
Copy the embed URL
Open the widget page and copy its embed URL. No sign-up, and the widget’s settings are baked into the URL, so you can tweak the color or time zone before pasting.
Paste it into Notion
Type /embed in Notion, paste the URL, and press enter. Replacing an existing Common Ninja embed? Click it, pick the original URL, and swap in the new one.
Good to know
- Every Widgets For Notion widget is a hosted iframe. Paste the URL into Notion’s /embed block, with no code or extension.
- Views are counted per widget per calendar month and reset on the first. A widget nobody visits never runs out, and a personal dashboard rarely gets near 100.
- Every free embed carries a small “Widgets for Notion” pill in the corner that links back to the catalog. It’s semi-transparent, and plans from $2.99 a month remove it.
- Common Ninja limits and pricing verified from commoninja.com/pricing on 2026-07-04. We’ll re-check if the free tier changes.
Frequently asked questions
Is Common Ninja free?
Common Ninja has a free plan, but it's narrow. You get one widget instance capped at 200 monthly pageviews, and the widget shows a Common Ninja badge. Paid plans start at $10/month (Essentials), then $16/month (Pro) and $26/month (Ultimate), each covering five widgets with unlimited pageviews and the badge removed. Source: commoninja.com/pricing, verified July 2026.
Does Common Ninja work with Notion?
It can. A Common Ninja widget is an embed, so you can drop its URL into a Notion /embed block. The friction is the same as with any website-first platform. The free plan covers one widget, keeps the branding until you pay, and is built around website use rather than a Notion page. A dashboard usually needs several widgets, which is where a one-widget free plan stops being useful.
What's the best Common Ninja alternative for Notion widgets?
For Notion pages specifically, Widgets For Notion is the closer match. You can embed all 65 widgets without an account, each with 100 free views a month, and nothing limits how many widgets you use. Common Ninja caps its free tier at 200 pageviews on one widget and charges $10 to $26/month to lift that. Ours starts at $2.99. Both show branding on free embeds: Common Ninja's badge until you pay, and a small 'Widgets for Notion' pill on ours, which any paid plan removes. If you need Common Ninja's website components (feeds, reviews, forms, charts), it stays the better fit and we don't build those.
How do I remove the Common Ninja watermark?
Common Ninja drops its badge on any paid plan, starting at $10/month, and there's no way to hide it on the free 200-pageview tier. Our free embeds carry a small 'Widgets for Notion' pill in the corner, and any paid plan removes it, starting at $2.99/month. The pill is semi-transparent and stays out of the widget's way, so plenty of people leave it alone.
Is there a free alternative to Common Ninja?
For Notion widgets, you can embed our full 65-widget catalog without an account, with 100 free views a month on each widget and no limit on how many you use. Each free embed keeps a small attribution pill in the corner. For general website components, the nearest options are Elfsight and Common Ninja's own free tier, both of which meter views on a single widget and show branding until you upgrade.
What does Widgets For Notion not do that Common Ninja does?
A lot, and it's fair to say so. Common Ninja has 200+ components including social feeds, reviews, forms, surveys, charts, tables, and chat, all built for websites. Our 65 widgets are static and design-focused: clocks, timers, calendars, countdowns, trackers, and calculators across four collections. Choose Common Ninja for website functionality, and Widgets For Notion for a clean, free Notion dashboard.
Browse the full catalog
All 65widgets are free to embed, work with Notion’s native /embed block, and need no account to use.