Comparison

Color Widgets vs Sticky Widgets

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

Head to head
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.

About

Sticky Widgets

Easily add customizable sticky notes to your home screen and lock screen. Sync notes across devices with iCloud and integrate with Siri and Shortcuts for quick access and updates. Personalize your notes with various fonts, colors, and styles.

Highlights
  • Home screen sticky notes
  • Lock screen pinning (premium)
  • iCloud sync
  • Customizable appearance (color, font, size)
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Multiple widget sizes
Features
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"It's perfect, honestly." - Myke Hurley, Connected "What makes Sticky Widgets great is the simplicity of the experience." - Ryan Christoffel, MacStories "This is a great concept." - Dave Mark, The Loop Welcome to Sticky Widgets, the absolute easiest way to put a sticky note on your home screen and edit it quickly. Add as many Sticky Widgets as you'd like, in every widget size. It's simple! It works on iPad! You can even pin notes to your Lock Screen with a premium subscription so they're visible even when your phone is locked! 1. Add a Sticky Widget to your home screen 2. Tap on the widget to edit it 3. That's about it! But that's not all. Once you have a widget in place, you can customize it: change color, background, font, alignment, size, even rotation! And your widgets now sync to your iCloud account, meaning you can put a note on multiple devices logged into the same Apple ID and they'll stay in sync. Sticky Widgets supports deep system integration with Siri, Shortcuts, the Dynamic Island, and more so there are even more ways to view and update your notes and lists. Sticky Widgets is free to download and use. You get unlimited widgets, three classic background colors, three fonts, iCloud sync, Siri and Shortcuts integration, and full control over alignment, size, and rotation: all without paying a thing. An optional upgrade unlocks everything else: the full color picker with any color you want, gradients and mesh gradients, hundreds of additional fonts, custom text colors, Lock Screen pinning, separate styling for light and dark mode, saved presets, the ability to restore archived notes, scheduled reminders, and no ads. Premium features can be accessed with a monthly, quarterly, or annual subscription, or with a one-time purchase. The Sticky Widgets Terms of Use and Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.tylerhillsman.com/privacy-sw/. The Apple EULA can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Color Widgets4 screens
Sticky Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sticky Widgets at none against Color Widgets's shown. Sticky Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Color Widgets's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 40%) and ratings volume (524K vs 30K). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Sticky Widgets sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Color Widgets against 4.6 for Sticky Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Widgets has 524K ratings behind it against 30K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Color Widgets's written reviews are positive against 40% of Sticky Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Widgets ships an update monthly, Sticky Widgets every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Color Widgets versus Sticky Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor WidgetsSticky Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (524K ratings)4.6 (30K ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews — better40.5% of reviews
Number of ratings524K — better30K
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#94 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB93 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDigital Charms, Inc.1881 Digital, LLC

Customer experience

Color Widgets

All ratings523,844 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews5,053 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral14.4%
Negative22.1%

Sticky Widgets

All ratings29,517 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews922 reviews
Positive40.5%
Neutral11.0%
Negative48.6%

User reviews

Color Widgets

From 524K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Good customization options
  • 🎨 Aesthetic themes and widgets
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of free options
  • 🎨 Ability to use own photos

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many pro features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Widgets not always working correctly
  • 🔋 Battery percentage inaccurate
  • 🤔 Complicated icon installation process
  • 🤔 Difficulty adding multiple widgets

Sticky Widgets

From 30K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📋 Convenient and handy widget
  • 🔍 Helpful for reminders and lists
  • 💻 Works well as a digital sticky note
  • 🎨 Customizable colors and fonts
  • 💰 Affordable one-time payment

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🐛 Disappearing notes
  • 📝 Difficulty editing and saving notes
  • 💰 Paid features required for full functionality
  • 🔍 Confusing note ID management

Bugs and 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

Sticky Widgets

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing
  • Editing issues where changes don't save
  • Widgets not updating properly
  • Crashes and freezes after recent updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add checklist functionality
  • Improve syncing across devices
  • Allow rearranging of notes
  • Provide better note organization options
  • Add support for more languages

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
5 purchases

Sticky Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Upgrade - Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Upgrade - Quarterly7 Days trial$2.993 Months
  • Upgrade - Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Classic$2.99
  • Upgrade - One-Time Option$19.99

Questions

Is Color Widgets free?
Color Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sticky Widgets free?
Sticky Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Widgets or Sticky Widgets?
Color Widgets and Sticky Widgets are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 524K and 30K ratings respectively.
Do Color Widgets or Sticky Widgets have ads?
Color Widgets shows ads; Sticky Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Widgets or Sticky Widgets?
Color Widgets ships an update monthly, and Sticky Widgets every 2 weeks. Most recently, Color Widgets was updated on September 24, 2026 and Sticky Widgets on September 24, 2026.

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