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Wix accessibility widget apps compared, and what a widget cannot do (2026)

Short answer: an accessibility widget (toolbar) lets visitors change how your Wix site looks and reads: bigger text, more contrast, a dyslexia-friendly font, a reading guide, read aloud. No widget makes a site ADA, WCAG

Short answer: an accessibility widget (toolbar) lets visitors change how your Wix site looks and reads: bigger text, more contrast, a dyslexia-friendly font, a reading guide, read aloud. No widget makes a site ADA, WCAG or EAA compliant on its own, whatever a listing says: compliance depends on the site itself, such as alt text, headings, link names, colour contrast and keyboard access. Pick a widget for its tools, its price and whether it also finds the problems you need to fix in the Editor.

The apps at a glance

Taken from each app's App Market listing on 12 November 2026. Check the listing for current prices and ratings.

App Toolbar Site check (audit) Statement Free plan or trial
Accessibility Widget (Janova) 36 adjustments, 8 profiles, 16 languages Up to 50 published pages, with fixes explained Yes Free
Accessibility (Purple Bear) Text, spacing, dyslexia font, contrast, reading guide and mask Google Lighthouse based check Not mentioned Free
AccessEz Text, dyslexia font, contrast, keyboard, seizure-safe Not mentioned Not mentioned Free plan
Accessibility Widget+Audit+Fix (AccessPro) 50+ features, 9 profiles, 60+ languages In the name Generator Free plan
ADA WCAG Accessibility Widget (CartCoders) Profiles, text-to-speech, contrast, 100+ languages Automated scans Not mentioned Free plan, 7-day trial
UserWay Accessibility AI-powered widget Not mentioned Not mentioned Free plan
Accessibility App by AxOrigin Screen reader, voice navigation, 10 profiles Not mentioned Statement link 14-day trial, from $7.99
Up Accessibility Screen reader, 10 profiles, 70 languages Not mentioned Custom statement 10-day trial, $8.99
Accessibility Widget & Audit (ours) 21 tools, 5 profiles, 8 languages, no page-view limit 5 pages free, 200 on Pro Generator, no compliance claims Free plan, 14-day trial

What a widget does and does not do

  • It helps visitors who want larger text, other fonts or less motion, without changing your design for everyone.
  • It does not fix the site. Missing alt text, empty links, skipped headings, low contrast and forms without labels stay broken for screen-reader and keyboard users until you fix them in the Editor. In the US, sites that used an overlay have still been sued over these issues.
  • Wix's own tools help first: the Accessibility Wizard and Accessibility Monitor are free in Wix and catch many issues, but they do not scan everything (for example checkout, apps and secondary languages) and add no visitor toolbar.

What to check before you install

  • Claims: be wary of "makes your site compliant". An honest app says what it checks and what it cannot.
  • Audit: does it list the actual issues per page, and tell you where to fix them in the Editor?
  • Statement: an accessibility statement that says what you did and how to contact you, without promising compliance.
  • Page-view limits on the free plan, and whether the script slows your pages.
  • Languages your visitors read.

Where Accessibility Widget & Audit fits

Accessibility Widget & Audit is our app, so read this part with that in mind. The whole toolbar is free with every tool and profile, 8 languages and no page-view limit, plus an audit of up to 5 pages you can run as often as you like and a statement generator that makes no compliance claims. Pro ($5.99 a month, $4.99 billed yearly, 14-day trial) audits up to 200 pages with history and removes the "by Kayabyte" link. It finds and explains issues; you still fix them in the Editor.

More: what the Wix Accessibility Wizard checks and misses, fix alt text, headings and link names, write an accessibility statement.

Full disclosure: Accessibility Widget & Audit is an app we (Kayabyte) built. This comparison first appeared on kayabyte.dev.

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