# Photo Widget․ — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of Photo Widget․ by TAPUNIVERSE LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 598 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-widget/id1533952117/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-widget/id1533952117.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 492 · 4★ 77 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Photo Widget․? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Simple and user-friendly interface - 🎨 Smooth slideshow functionality - 📱 Works well as a home screen widget - ⚡ Easy to set up and use - 🖼️ Supports photo uploads from albums **Cons** - 💰 Aggressive subscription model with limited free tier - 🚫 Free version restricted to one collection only - 😤 Misleading 'free' trial offers (3-day trial disguised as free) - 🔄 Switched from one-time purchase to subscription - ⚠️ Expensive pricing ($20/month mentioned) - 🐛 Frequent crashes with large photo libraries - 📉 Severely limited functionality in free version - 🎯 Lacks features available in free competitor apps **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when importing over 100 photos - High crash risk at 500+ photo imports - Widget fails to update even after selecting album and interval - App doesn't work reliably (multiple reports) - Widget not appearing on device after setup **Most requested features** - Lifetime purchase option instead of subscription - Photo cropping functionality - Day of week display in date format - Smaller font size options - Live Photo icon widget style - Ability to select specific photos in free version ## Newest reviews (11 of 40) ### 2/5 — It’s just another pay only app *2024-11-01* On the free version they give you the bare minimum by l by allowing you to create one photo pack and doesn’t even allow you to choose a specific photo ### 2/5 — Yet another subscription only app *2024-07-16* Add a lifetime purchase option, and a way to at least try features in a limited way, without having to sign up for yet another trial. No thanks. ### 4/5 — Love it! *2024-01-20* It’s really cool to just upload any picture you want from your album ☺️ 4 stars! ### 3/5 — Not bad for not many photos *2024-01-04* A good tidy app that works pretty well, so long as you don’t want to have a widget photo gallery that’s too large. Import anything over a hundred and there’s a high risk of crashing, but even if you import a few at a time, once you hit that 500 mark the app is at high risk of crashing and you lose track of what’s imported or not. If you’re happy with a small gallery, then it does it well. Anything with a lot of photos and the app can’t handle it. ### 2/5 — Subscription model doesn’t work for me *2023-04-17* I need a simple photo widget and this one directs you to a subscription model that gives me basic functions that I can get for free elsewhere. I’m not against paying for what I need, but I can’t get subscribed to death either. ### 4/5 — Awesome 💯 *2022-04-14* A great app, the only minus point is the app icon, i hope that development team can change it 😵‍💫 ### 1/5 — Trop chère *2021-07-25* Vraiment bof… la version de démo ne permet même pas de recadrer la photo, donc impossible d’en mettre 4 par exemple. Bref, inutile à moins de payer presque 2€ par mois. ### 1/5 — Do not buy *2021-05-18* I want my money back, i read unlimited pictures, read others reviews, stating 12,000+ pictures on their widget and downloaded it…..utter nonsense, anything over 100 the app crashes, took me 20mins to upload 80 pictures only for it crash again when i tried to upload more…the worst app iv used so far, cant believe i even paid for it, dont make the same mistake i made ### 3/5 — 有bug *2021-03-30* 6到7张图片，在大组件下，移动第二张到第一时保存，重新进图片显示会出问题重复和糊 ### 1/5 — Terrible *2021-01-18* I wasted my money on this. I literally got it and It didn’t even work. Waste of my time. I want a refund ### 1/5 — Useless *2021-01-12* Nothing special about it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Платно *2026-06-30* Платно ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work don’t do it *2026-04-27* Bad bad bad ### 1/5 — Ridiculous *2025-12-14* This app used to have unlimited photos and collections. Now the free version is limited to ONE collection. It’s also a subscription instead of a one time fee which is incredibly unnecessary. Lastly after creating your single free collection, the bottom of the main screen says “Free upgrade to Photobox+” and if you try to create another collection there is a popup that says “Claim your free Photobox+.” When clicked, both of these take you to a page to buy a subscription. The “free” Photobox+ is in fact just a 3 day trial. ### 1/5 — why are you asking for money so soon? *2024-08-12* you made an app for something as easy-to-get as widgets and you still just HAD to charge us for it! im not even gonna subscribe and cancel because i don't know if it's even worth it. other apps like widgetsmith do the exact same thing for FREE! NO CHARGE! no MONEY being paid to them by a subscription service for WIDGETS!!!!!!! remove the service in the next update or i swear on my life i will manifest beetles' backs to be glued to your underwear so that the legs are all still scuttling around on your butt. bye-nii!!!!!!!!! :3 ### 1/5 — No longer free *2024-04-30* Grabbed this a while back (no idea when) but got a new phone and seems to have moved to a subscription model even though it continued to work on old phone with no restrictions. ### 1/5 — Don’t download it. *2023-07-26* Don’t download, you need to pay. ### 1/5 — 性价比极低 *2022-02-12* 从免费的变成巨贵的。 有什么理由增加价格？ 功能没有增加，稳定性没有增加，订阅价格倒是非常"亲民"呀！ ### 1/5 — Horrível! *2021-11-29* Ficou horrível porque agora é pago, sem contar que não é barato, se tivesse pelo menos um preço acessível para o vitalício, seria legal. ### 1/5 — Limited use version is a waste of time *2021-09-23* Used to be good before the paid subscription Photobox+ and what was in the free version is now locked. The free version is a waste of time now. You used to be able to select your photos, crop them to fit in frame which would then shuffle your photos you had in the album. Free version just shows one photo and does not change in the widget even after you select album and select the interval. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2021-08-05* Doesn't work and advertises there subscription thing wayyyy too much like no one wants to pay a 20 dollars a mouth for an app that doesn't work the audacity too to make it 20 dollars like i could pay for my Spotify premium and my friends for that much ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this really helped me x *2026-06-20* Heheh this was amazing ### 5/5 — BOM E PRATICO *2025-11-24* Muito bom, prático e funcional. ### 5/5 — 배리굿 *2025-11-05* 어썸배리굿 ### 5/5 — Works Now! *2021-05-17* Could not get this app to work at all. Set up photos, but no widget shows up on my iPad Pro. Rebooted iPad and Photobox showed up! **Developer response:** Hello, Please follow this guide on how to use widgets on iPad. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211328 If you have any question please let us know. ### 5/5 — Muito bom! *2021-03-30* Curte o que promete :) ### 5/5 — SO HAPPY *2021-01-18* Best app everrrrrrr! ### 5/5 — Très bien *2021-01-12* Application simple et facile d’utilisation. Fait exactement ce qu’elle dit et plutôt bien. Quelques paramètres en plus pour choisir le temps de rafraîchissement. Bref, très bien. ### 5/5 — Great App *2021-01-11* Simple and easy. Love it! Was looking for something like this but they all seem more complicated than they should be. Simple and straight to the point. Easy, peezy. Thank you 🙏 😊. Would love to know if you have other apps. ### 5/5 — 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *2021-01-11* great job! I really liked it. Can you add day of week to date? Also use smaller font please? Thanks ### 5/5 — 这是我最满意的照片小组件 *2021-01-11* 很好用 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*