Comparison

Ideas vs Color Widgets

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ideas

Easily create notes with text, photos, and drawings. Customize text with various fonts and effects, and arrange images freely. Save and share your creations directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Create notes with text, photos, and drawings
  • Customize text with over 50 fonts and effects
  • Add and manipulate multiple images
  • Save work to continue later
  • Share creations to social networks
  • Free and easy to use interface
Features
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HOW TO USE: • Create a new note or edit an existing note. • You can draw, add text or add photos. • Select any font text, and move, rotate or scale the text. You can change the text color, add border, brightness, etc. • Move, rotate or scale the added images. • Save your ideas or creations. • You can save and share photos with your mobile's social networking apps. FEATURES: • Free and easy to use. • Friendly interface. • More than 50 fonts. • Several effects to apply to the text. • You can add several texts in the same picture. • Painting. • Add photos to your notes. • You can save your work to continue later.

About

Color Widgets

Personalize your device's home and lock screens with custom widgets, icon packs, themes, and wallpapers. Choose from thousands of pre-designed options or create your own unique look.

Highlights
  • Unlimited widget customization
  • Thousands of predesigned widgets
  • Custom icon packs
  • 14,000+ themes and wallpapers
  • Daily new themes
  • Photo widgets
  • Health data integration
Features
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Color Widgets makes it simple to add aesthetic and handy widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Browse thousands of predesigned widgets or, better yet, design your own with the easy-to-use widget customizer. Color Widgets doesn't just stop at widgets... you can also discover endless icon packs, themes, and wallpapers to perfectly match your aesthetic and interests. From customizing your widgets to changing your app icons and wallpaper, Color Widgets is THE destination to transform your device. UNLIMITED WIDGETS Customize each widget with no limits by adding photos, selecting styles, editing fonts, crafting a unique color scheme, and so much more. Here’s a glimpse at some of our most-used widgets: ● Photo Widget ● Time, Date & Battery Widgets ● Countdown Widget ● Weather Widgets ● Apple Music & Spotify Widget ● Calendar Widgets ● Custom Text/Quote Widget ● Activity Tracking & Pedometer Widgets ● Solar & Moon Phase Widgets …and dozens more! 15,000+ THEMES & WALLPAPERS Immerse yourself in the #1 largest collection of phone themes, with thousands of user-crafted designs that blend widgets, icon packs, and wallpapers into stunning aesthetics. Set entire themes in just a few clicks to fully transform your Lock & Home Screen. Plus, with new themes published daily by users and artists around the globe, the possibilities for customization are endless! AESTHETIC ICON PACKS Customize your app icons in seconds with Color Widgets’ custom icon packs. Replace your default app icons with custom-themed icon packs in thousands of designs. Apply a custom icon pack in just a few clicks with Color Widgets’ quick setup, or save the icons to your camera roll and set them in Shortcuts. FREE Enjoy Color Widgets for free, with an optional upgrade to supercharge your experience. If you decide to go Pro, enjoy a free 3-day trial and then it renews at USD$2.50/month billed yearly. PRIVACY-FIRST We believe that customizing your device shouldn’t come at the expense of your privacy, which is why we collect and store as little personal information as possible. Read more on how we protect your data in our privacy policy & terms of service: https://colorwidgets.app/privacy. MORE Color Widgets works on all iPhones, iPads, and Macs running iOS 14 or later and macOS 11 or later. If you choose to use the health widgets, Color Widgets integrates with the iOS Health app to collect and display health data – such as daily step count or activity progress – seamlessly from your iPhone or Apple Watch.

Screenshots

Ideas4 screens
Color Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ideas at 100% against Color Widgets's 64%. Ideas also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Color Widgets's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (528K vs 15). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Widgets sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ideas holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Widgets has 528K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ideas's written reviews are positive against 64% of Color Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideas ships an update every 7 months, Color Widgets monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Ideas versus Color Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeasColor Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15 ratings) — better4.6 (528K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better63.8% of reviews
Number of ratings15528K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#130 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB152 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMireia Lluch OrtolaDigital Charms, Inc.

Customer experience

Ideas

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Color Widgets

All ratings523,844 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews5,272 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral14.2%
Negative21.9%

Bugs and requests

Ideas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Color Widgets

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets displaying incorrect time and battery
  • Widgets causing performance issues and freezes
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding/removing widgets

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free icon and widget options
  • Ability to edit font colors and positions
  • Option to create custom widgets
  • Improved calendar and weather widget support
  • Easier way to manage and switch between widgets

In-app purchases

None

Ideas

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Color Widgets

Subscriptions9
  • Color Widgets Pro$4.991 Month
  • Color Widgets Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Color Widgets Pro$6.991 Month
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  • Color Widgets Pro$21.991 Year
  • Color Widgets Pro$24.991 Year
  • Color Widgets Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Color Widgets Pro$29.991 Year
  • Color Widgets Pro$34.991 Year
  • Color Widgets Pro3 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Color Widgets Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Ideas free?
Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Widgets free?
Color Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ideas or Color Widgets?
Ideas is rated higher. Ideas averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Color Widgets averages 4.6 from 528K ratings.
Do Ideas or Color Widgets have ads?
Both Ideas and Color Widgets show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ideas or Color Widgets?
Ideas ships an update every 7 months, and Color Widgets monthly. Most recently, Ideas was updated on October 29, 2026 and Color Widgets on November 3, 2026.

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