# Flex Widgets — The Widget Editor

> Powerful widget editor for creating custom home screen widgets. (iPhone/iPad app by Yannik Schrade.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flex-widgets/id1541538715 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Yannik Schrade](https://appshunter.io/developer/1498683179)
- Category: Productivity, Graphics & Design
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 3.70/5 from 99 App Store ratings · 124 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2020-12-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flex-widgets/id1541538715/reviews.md

## What is Flex Widgets?

Build your own widgets with the first real widget editor, edit your widgets the way you want. We bring you a super intuitive, powerful widget editor. The all in one widget app.

You can place:
- texts, icons, emojis, shapes
- images, image slideshows
- health data like heart rate or steps count (Flex Widgets gets this data from your Health app)
- drawings, buttons, shortcuts buttons
- weather icons, weather text elements
- date elements, countdowns, countdown visuals, calendars, week overviews
- digital time elements, analog clocks
- border outlines
- and more elements in your widgets.

(If you want your health data like heart rate, steps count, exercise time to be displayed inside of your widgets you need to grant the Flex Widgets access to your Health app.)

With our widget editor you simply place elements on your widget, edit, move, resize and rotate them. Those elements can be placed on top of each other and you can edit them however you want. Everything is fully comstomisable. Change the text font, color your widgets, add outlines and place as many of the mentioned elements as you want.

Share widgets
The cool thing is: you don’t even need to be creative to enjoy our widget editor. You can use the widgets others have created or pick out of the widget gallery inside of Flex Widgets. Sharing widgets is super simple. Just press share and send your widget link to your friends!

Widget Themes
You can also give all your widgets the same look by creating widget themes. So every widget can have the same font, background color, outline border, etc.

Here are some more cool features:
- Add a drawing element to your widget and turn it into a sticky note. Tapping on it on your homescreen will let you draw on it!
- Add buttons to your widgets to open websites or run shortcuts.
- Add picture slideshows and have the pictures change every minute.
- Health charts: display your heart rate, activity, walk distance and many more health data points in our fully customisable health charts to see how your body is doing. (Flex Widgets gets this data from your Health app)

## Key features

- Build custom widgets
- Add text, images, and health data
- Place icons, emojis, and shapes
- Create countdowns and calendars
- Design digital and analog clocks
- Share and import widget designs
- Create custom widget themes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 124)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flex-widgets/id1541538715/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Amazing customization options

*2026-01-25, version 1.0.3*

Incredibly customizable, although I think it needs some updating for the latest iOS. Some widgets stopped updating info on screen (possibly due to background refreshes and how it doesnt show up as an option to enable that on settings)

### 1/5 — Don't buy this app. It doesn't work at all!

*2024-11-28, version 1.0.3*

even the most basic functions don't work

### 3/5 — Schöne App, aber Internet Zugriff geht nicht

*2023-03-14*

Möchte ich ein Widget teilen, behauptet die App, dass ich keine Internetverbindung habe. Was stimmt hier nicht?

### 1/5 — App will not work

*2023-01-31, version 1.0.3*

Your answer is for me to uninstall and reinstall the app. However, this doesn’t work on my other apps worked just fine. Your app says I need to be connected to the Wi-Fi. I am connected to the Wi-Fi. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times wiggy widgets works fine. Top widgets work fine clear space widgets works fine flex widgets doesn’t work says I need to be connected to the Wi-Fi. Thank you for wasting my money and time.

### 1/5 — Програма сира і не відповідає свої ціні.

*2023-01-16, version 1.0.3*

Шановний розробник, сподіваюсь вам вдастся перекласти мій відгук. 
Ви самі то випробовували свою програму в себе на пристрої? Якщо так і ви нормальна людина, то не викладали б такий недолугій софт у магазин, тимпаче за таку ціну. 
1. Дуже мало варіантів налаштувань. Для прикладу циферблат годинника. Тільки один тип, не можливо добавити секунди. Погода тільки по двом показникам, це температура і іконка погоди на один день. 
2. Масштабування шарів (елементів) це взагалі біль. Елемент не можливо підсунути по осям. Тільки рухати за допомогою масштабування. Позиція масштабу не фіксується нормально і часто повертається в попереднє значення. Я поки поставив по центру віджата циферблат годинника, то згадав усі матюки, що мені відомі. 
3. Помилки при додаванні віджата. Я створюю віджет, додаю на екран відповідного розміру панель і затискаю її, щоб обрати створений мною віджет, все як в інструкції. А віджета у меню немає. В розділі моїх віджитів я його бачу, а вибрати для додавання не можу, список пустий. Якось з п’ятої спроби він там з’явився. На другій терпіння не вистачило. Натискати на елементи налаштувань при створенні віджету приходиться по кілька разів, таке враження, що екран погано працює, хоча з планшетом все добре. 
В мене iPad mini 6 gen. 
4. Ця програма не вартує 4 долара. Навіть якби не було помилок, то функціонал максимум на 1 долар. 
Програму видалено і зроблений запит на повернення коштів. 
Авторе, працюйте і не робіть дурниць!

### 5/5 — Bietet viele Möglichkeiten und ist sehr toll, doch mehr Updates gewünscht!

*2022-11-26*

Eine super App mit super Möglichkeiten, doch meiner Meinung nach reicht 1 Update nicht, denn iOS 16 ist raus gekommen und es gibt nur eine Version von 2021. Trotzdem tolle App und das Geld lohnt sich zu 100%!

### 5/5 — Super App!

*2022-11-14*

Warum keine Updates?

### 1/5 — Widgets are not working

*2022-10-16, version 1.0.3*

The widgets are not working despite choosing the right widget. It is showing the default widget and it is quite annoying to see this on my home screen.

### 2/5 — Complicato

*2022-10-01, version 1.0.3*

Complicato

### 2/5 — Annoyed

*2022-09-14, version 1.0.3*

The app was working fine for a few weeks, then I started noticing that my widgets wouldn’t even show up. Where the widget should be, It would show me the “select the widget you created” option (this looks like their logo) EVEN THOUGH MY WIDGET IS ALREADY SELECTED. I did not even make many widgets for each size, just one or two. So I don’t see why this should be a problem. Now, NONE of the widgets are showing up. When I open the app, they are all there. Even when I restart my iPad it still doesn’t show up. When it was working, I noticed at times the clock would be delayed by 7 hours or even more. What is going on here. What a waste of money honestly. How about you update your app guys?? It was cute until it lasted. I just wanna see my widgets displayed.

## Frequently asked questions about Flex Widgets

### What can I create with this widget editor?

You can build highly customized widgets for your home screen. This includes elements like text, icons, emojis, shapes, images, image slideshows, health data (heart rate, steps), drawings, buttons, shortcuts, weather information, date and time displays, and countdowns.

### How do I add my health data to widgets?

To display health data such as heart rate, steps count, or exercise time within your widgets, you need to grant the app access to your device's Health app. Once permission is granted, you can select and customize health charts and data points to appear on your widgets.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is free to use. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, suggesting a completely free experience for users.

### Can I share the widgets I create?

Absolutely. You can easily share the widgets you design with friends by simply pressing the share button and sending a widget link. Additionally, you can import widgets created by others or browse the widget gallery within the app.

### What are widget themes?

Widget themes allow you to apply a consistent look and feel across all your widgets. You can set a uniform font, background color, outline border, and other design elements to ensure all your custom widgets share the same aesthetic.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2021-01-18

- select multiple pictures
- rounded felt temperature added
- rounded wind speed added
- smooth new animations added
- new icons added
- tutorial button added
- inspiration tab fixed

### 1.0.2 — 2021-01-06

- color picker added
- copy and paste color codes
- last used colors added
- iPad rotation issues fixed
- drawing mode features added
- background color picking bug fixed
- rounded rectangle bug fixed
- bug fixes

### 1.0.1 — 2020-12-29

- iPad rotation bug fixed
- Weather location picker added
- Weather bugs fixed
- New color picker (Color system changed from RGB to HSL)
- Added help center with tutorials
- Feedback form fixed
- New button editor
- Button bugs fixed
- Icon stretch bug fixed
- Big performance improvements
- More bug fixes

### 1.0 — 2020-12-19

No release notes.

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All apps by Yannik Schrade: https://appshunter.io/developer/1498683179

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