Comparison

Meow vs WidgetArt

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

Head to head
About

Meow

Customize your device's home screen with a variety of elegant and practical widgets. Choose from over 300 styles to display quotes, notes, tasks, photos, step counts, clocks, and more. Enhance your productivity and personalize your device's look.

Highlights
  • 300+ widget styles
  • Quote widget
  • Time note/countdown widget
  • Task list widget
  • Photo widget with frames
  • Today steps widget
  • Clock widget
  • Quick phrase keyboard extension
Features
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"Meow" is a lightweight, elegant and practical tool set of widget. It is only 10+ Mb in size, but it can be matched with more than 300 styles of small components. Of course, the large number is not the point. The point is no matter how to match it. , The results are all elegant and beautiful, and you can easily get the widgets you like. In the current version, "Meow" provides 9 widgets, which are composed of 8 desktop widgets and 1 keyboard extension. These functions are "Quote", "Time Note", "Launch" and "Task List", "Photo", "Today Steps", "Clock", "Calendar" and "Quick Phrase", these small tools are not limited to good-looking, most of them are also very useful. Even if they are separated from the desktop widgets, they have relatively complete functions in the app. Function Quick View - Quote: Display a paragraph of text input on the widget, which can be used for self-excitation, motto, simple reminders, etc.; you can also choose your favorite style for different content texts. -Time Note: Almost all-round countdown day tool, supports countdown days, cumulative days, percentage progress display, cycle cycles, multi-color themes, etc. - Quick Phrase: Expand the shortcut phrases on the keyboard. The simple design fits the original interface. You can enter frequently used phrases into the app. When you need to use it, you only need to long press to switch the keyboard and quickly click to use it. - Launch: Support custom URL Schemes launch tool, built-in dozens of unified styles and beautifully designed icons, which are efficient and beautiful. - Task List: A concise tool that can be used alone in the app, suitable for recording some simple to-do items. - Photo: Add your favorite photos, and select the frame style to present on the desktop; some styles provide the function of displaying the date, making this not a simple display of photos. - Today Steps: A widget showing the daily steps, you can set your own goals, and you can also generate a static map. - Clock: The design concept is mainly decoration, provides a number of interesting clock styles, and is continuously updated. Privacy Meow optionally integrates with Apple’s HealthKit API. This data is used to display your step on today steps widget. Subscription - Become Meow Pro to unlock all Meow features. - Subscription membership costs $1.49 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment will be made directly through your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. After the purchase or trial, the renewal will be carried out automatically, and the Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be extended by 1 subscription cycle. You can modify the automatic subscription settings in the system account settings. If you need to cancel the renewal, please do so at least 24 hours before the current billing period. Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/904wG0xy2jErhOf8/ Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/G2luo02rR7Y9COXx/

About

WidgetArt

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with a collection of stylish and customizable widgets. Choose from time, photo, calendar, and text options to create a unique look.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Time widgets
  • Photo widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • Text widgets
  • Home screen personalization
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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WidgetArt is a well-designed widget collection to allow you personalize your home screen, and make your iPhone's home screen like never before. Our widgets include time widgets, photo widgets, text widgets and more with the new iOS 14 widget experience. Each widget can be easily added to your home screen for everyone. What widget can you create in WidgetArt: -Time Widget -Photo Widget -Anniversary Widget -Daily Steps Widget -Time Progress Widget -Calendar Widget -Text Widget -And more! 【Well-Designed Widgets for You】 -There are a wide collection of stylish widgets, which includes time, photo, anniversary, daily steps, time progress, calendar, text widgets and more! -Select any widget you want, add it NOW! 【Customize Your Widget】 -Hundreds of widget themes to choose from, you can freely edit theme color and layout to customize your own widget. 【Design Your Home Screen】 -With WidgetArt, it allows you personalize your home screen as you want, and make it like never before. 【Easily Setup】 -Believe us that each widget can be easily added to your home screen for everyone. WidgetArt offers monthly and yearly subscriptions. The subscription prices are: $14.99/Year -You can subscribe to ayearly plan ($14.99 billed once a year after the free trial expires). The prices are in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. -Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. WidgetArt has accepted HealthKit and will read your health data with your permission. You can open or close these permissions in Apple Heath as needed; Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/widgetart-privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/widgetart-termsofuse/ Contact us: If you have any question, please feel free to contact us via zhang@ziheng.me

Screenshots

Meow4 screens
WidgetArt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WidgetArt at 4.8 against Meow's 3.8. WidgetArt also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 12). Meow's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Meow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per year and WidgetArt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WidgetArt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 50 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Meow's written reviews are positive against 88% of WidgetArt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Meow versus WidgetArt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeowWidgetArt
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (12 ratings)4.8 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1250 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鑫 吴子恒 张

Customer experience

Meow

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative4.2%

WidgetArt

All ratings50 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Meow

Subscriptions1
  • Meow Pro - Year7 Days trial$1.491 Year
One-time1
  • Meow Pro$2.99
2 purchases

WidgetArt

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$6.99

Questions

Is Meow free?
Meow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetArt free?
WidgetArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meow or WidgetArt?
WidgetArt is rated higher. Meow averages 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while WidgetArt averages 4.8 from 50 ratings.
Do Meow or WidgetArt have ads?
Neither Meow nor WidgetArt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meow or WidgetArt?
Meow ships an update every 5 weeks, and WidgetArt every 5 weeks. Most recently, Meow was updated on September 23, 2026 and WidgetArt on September 22, 2026.

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