Comparison

Widgetsmith vs Photo Widget

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

Head to head
About

Widgetsmith

Personalize your device with highly customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Showcase photos, track events, display weather, and launch apps directly from your widgets. Includes a wallpaper library and tools for theming.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Home and lock screen personalization
  • Photo display
  • Event countdowns
  • Weather forecasts
  • App launching widgets
  • Theming tools
Features
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Widgetsmith lets you personalize your device like never before with a wide range of highly customizable widgets. It allows you to design your home screen to remind you of the people, places, and words that mean the most to you. Widgetsmith showcases your photos, counts down to upcoming events, provides quick access to your favorite music, allows you to check the weather at a glance, and more. You can build widgets with Actions to launch apps, run Shortcuts, send a text, and more, from your home screen or Control Center. Widgetsmith includes a library of iPhone wallpapers and a tool to theme your widgets to perfectly complement these wallpapers or any of your own. Each widget can be adjusted precisely to fit your desired appearance and function, using various colors, fonts, borders, and themes. With Widgetsmith, you can create your perfect home screen aesthetic and easily change it over time. WIDGETS: You can create almost anything with Widgetsmith, using the wide range of widget types offered in the app! Here are some favorites: Photos: Highlight your favorite images across your home screens with a range of filters and borders Photo Galleries: View photos in an album or customized collection Customizable Date & Time Clocks Activity Tracking & Step Counting Countdown Timers Solar & Lunar Trackers Weather Conditions & Forecasts Time Zone Tracker Widgetsmith lets you customize not only your home screen but also your lock screen! You can view inspirational song lyrics, a photo of a loved one, weather information, and more without unlocking your device. WALLPAPERS: Widgetsmith includes a collection of phone wallpapers from various artists. These can be downloaded directly from the app and used to create custom widget themes to quickly and easily theme your entire home screen in a pleasing color palette. FLEXIBILITY: If you want different widgets at different times of day, Widgetsmith has you covered! For example, a widget could show the weather in the morning, your calendar during your work day, and then switch to your Activity ring progress as you wrap up your day. This lets you take full advantage of each slot on your home screen. IN-APP TOOLS: Wisgetsmith is also home to a wide range of valuable tools, including: A weather app with air quality, pollen, and tide information A full-featured time zone converter Charts to review activity and workout data NOTES: Widgetsmith is designed to optionally integrate with Apple Health to display your steps and activity. Permission for Widgetsmith to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app. Widgetsmith can also integrate with your photos, Apple Music library, calendars, reminders, and more. Access to this information is handled using the standard iOS/iPadOS/watchOS privacy prompts, which are shown only in Widgetsmith. Widgetsmith includes an optional premium subscription. This is offered on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription, your payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. After purchase, you can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings in the App Store. Access to tide and weather data is only available to Widgetsmith Premium subscribers. LEARN MORE: Privacy Policy: https://widgetsmith.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://widgetsmith.app/terms

About

Photo Widget

Personalize your iOS home screen with custom photo widgets. Choose from multiple sizes and select up to 50 photos to display. Control the duration of each photo slide for a dynamic display.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo widgets
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Add up to 50 photos per widget
  • Adjust photo slide duration
  • Multiple widgets on home screen
Features
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Photo Widget lets you decorate the home screen of your iOS devices with your photos. Add multiple widgets of different shapes using the app. Personalize your home screen like never before! KEY FEATURES: - Select up to 50 photos for a widget. - 3 different size widgets: Small, Medium, Large. - Select the duration of each photo slide from the app. - Set custom duration for each photo slide. - Add multiple widgets on your home screen. PRIVACY POLICY: Read our privacy policy here: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-photo-widget TERMS OF USE: Learn more about our terms and conditions here: https://sites.google.com/view/terms-of-use-photo-widget CONNECT WITH US: Have a question or feedback? Reach out to us at https://www.facebook.com/freeappsinc

Screenshots

Widgetsmith4 screens
Photo Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photo Widget at none against Widgetsmith's 4. Photo Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Widgetsmith's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 43%) and ratings volume (773K vs 57). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Widgetsmith sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Photo Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Widgetsmith against 4.6 for Photo Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widgetsmith has 773K ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Widgetsmith's written reviews are positive against 43% of Photo Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgetsmith ships an update every 2 weeks, Photo Widget every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Widgetsmith versus Photo Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetsmithPhoto Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (773K ratings)4.6 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings773K — better57
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCross Forward Consulting, LLCFind My Device LLC

Customer experience

Widgetsmith

All ratings772,982 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews1,898 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative19.5%

Photo Widget

All ratings57 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral10.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral42.9%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Widgetsmith

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widgets randomly turning grey or blank
  • Calendar and time widgets not updating correctly
  • App crashing or not opening
  • Issues with photo widgets not displaying images

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to choose specific photos for widgets
  • Option to adjust photo rotation interval
  • Custom color selection tool
  • Customizable widget labels
  • Transparent widget backgrounds

Photo Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Widgetsmith

Subscriptions4
  • Widgetsmith Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Widgetsmith Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Widgetsmith Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Widgetsmith Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Photo Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widgetsmith free?
Widgetsmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Widget free?
Photo Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widgetsmith or Photo Widget?
Widgetsmith and Photo Widget are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 773K and 57 ratings respectively.
Do Widgetsmith or Photo Widget have ads?
Widgetsmith shows ads; Photo Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Widgetsmith or Photo Widget?
Widgetsmith ships an update every 2 weeks, and Photo Widget every 4 days. Most recently, Widgetsmith was updated on October 1, 2026 and Photo Widget on August 31, 2026.

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