Updated July 4, 2026~6 min read
Common Ninja Alternative for Notion: 47 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 stops at 200 pageviews and keeps a Common Ninja badge on the widget until you pay. Widgets For Notion takes the opposite approach for Notion specifically: 47 widgets, free to embed, with no pageview cap and no account. Both keep a small badge on free embeds, but ours never runs into a pageview limit or a paywall.
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 monthly pageviews on the free plan | No pageview cap on any widget |
| 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 47, 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 | Catalog free to embed; optional paid AI generation |
Two different toolkits
Common Ninja is a website widget suite with 200+ components. Widgets For Notion is a set of 47 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 (47 widgets)
Sleek Blue (15)
- Sleek Blue Analog Clock
- Sleek Blue Digital Clock
- Sleek Blue Flip Clock
- Sleek Blue Text Clock
- Sleek Blue World Clock
- Sleek Blue Calendar
- Sleek Blue Weather
- Sleek Blue Pomodoro Timer
- Sleek Blue Timer
- Sleek Blue Time Until / Countdown
- Sleek Blue Todo List
- Sleek Blue Water Intake Tracker
- Sleek Blue Life Calendar
- Sleek Blue Counter
- Sleek Blue Calculator
Soft Pink (15)
- Soft Pink Analog Clock
- Soft Pink Digital Clock
- Soft Pink Flip Clock
- Soft Pink Text Clock
- Soft Pink World Clock
- Soft Pink Calendar
- Soft Pink Weather
- Soft Pink Pomodoro Timer
- Soft Pink Timer
- Soft Pink Time Until / Countdown
- Soft Pink Todo List
- Soft Pink Water Intake Tracker
- Soft Pink Life Calendar
- Soft Pink Counter
- Soft Pink Calculator
Retro Pixel-Art (14)
- Retro Style Clock
- Retro Style Analog Clock
- Retro Style Digital Clock
- Retro Style Text Clock
- Retro Style Calendar
- Retro Style Life Calendar
- Retro Style Weather
- Retro Style Pomodoro Timer
- Retro Style Timer
- Retro Style Time Until / Countdown
- Retro Style Todo List
- Retro Style Counter
- Retro Style Calculator
- Retro Style LoFi Radio
Ghibli Watercolor (3)
Pricing: metered pageviews vs free to embed
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 doesn’t meter pageviews: the ready-made catalog is free to embed, and the only paid feature is the optional AI widget generator.
| Plan | Common Ninja | Widgets For Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1 widget, 200 monthly pageviews, badge shown | All 47 widgets, no pageview cap, no account (small attribution pill) |
| Paid plans | Essentials $10, Pro $16, Ultimate $26 per month (5 widgets each, badge removed) | Not needed for ready-made widgets |
| Custom AI-generated widgets | Not offered | Paid credit packs from $0.99 (5 generations) |
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.
- There’s no pageview meter, so a dashboard you refresh all day never runs into a cap.
- Every free embed carries a small “Widgets for Notion” pill in the corner that links back to the catalog. It’s semi-transparent and there’s no paid tier to 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 stops at 200 pageviews and keeps the branding, and everything is built around website use rather than a Notion page. For a Notion dashboard, a Notion-native widget sidesteps both limits.
What's the best Common Ninja alternative for Notion widgets?
For Notion pages specifically, Widgets For Notion is the closer match. All 47 widgets are free to embed with no pageview cap and no account, where Common Ninja caps the free tier at 200 pageviews and charges $10 to $26/month to lift limits. Both show branding on free embeds: Common Ninja's badge until you pay, and a small 'Widgets for Notion' attribution pill on ours. The difference is we don't cap usage or charge to lift it. 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. There's no way to hide it on the free 200-pageview tier. To be straight about it, our widgets also carry a small 'Widgets for Notion' attribution pill in the corner, and we don't sell a way to remove it. The trade is that it's semi-transparent, stays out of the widget's way, and comes with no pageview cap and no fee.
Is there a free alternative to Common Ninja?
For Notion widgets, Widgets For Notion's full 47-widget catalog is free to embed with no pageview cap (each 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 also meter views 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 47 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 47 widgets are free to embed, work with Notion’s native /embed block, and need no account to use.