Comparison

Color Widgets vs Custom Colorful Widget Maker

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

Custom Colorful Widget Maker

Personalize your device's home screen with custom widgets. Choose from pre-designed options or create your own unique look using photos, colors, and themes. Easily set up and enjoy a visually enhanced device experience.

Highlights
  • Add custom color widgets
  • Design personalized widgets
  • Use personal photos as backgrounds
  • Hundreds of design options
  • Easy setup
  • Theme and background color editing
Features
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COLOR & DESIGN PHOTO WIDGET lets you add beautiful color widgets to your home screen with just a few taps. You can either select already beautifully designed widgets or you can create your own. TONNES OF WIDGETS There are hundreds of design options to make your best possible widget. Choose from premade widgets or you can create your own. DESIGN WIDGET With this app you can freely edit the widgets, theme color, or even the background color, battery face, yours photos & tonnes of themes EASY SETUP Get your favorite widget up and running in seconds. It’s that simple! CUSTOMIZE WIDGETS Create & customize your personalized widgets to give a great look to your home screen. These widgets are great for looks & also it's fun to design widgets. PHOTO WIDGET Create & customize your personalized widgets with your photos from the library. You can use your favorite ones pics as widget backgrounds. Download and share this app if you love this Custom Colorful Widget Maker. ---------------------------- Premium Subscription Plans ---------------------------- - Weekly Subscription - Monthly Subscription - Life-time Access • 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 • Subscriptions automatically renew unless they are turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in account settings. Renewals are charged within 24-hours preceding the end of the current period. Payment is charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions are managed by the user. --------- PRIVACY --------- https://sites.google.com/view/unik-apps-privacy/ -------- TERMS -------- https://sites.google.com/view/unik-apps-privacy/

Screenshots

Color Widgets4 screens
Custom Colorful Widget Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Custom Colorful Widget Maker at none against Color Widgets's shown. Custom Colorful Widget Maker also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Color Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (527K vs 62) and chart position (#123 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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 Custom Colorful Widget Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. 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 Custom Colorful Widget Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Widgets has 527K ratings behind it against 62, 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 60% of Custom Colorful Widget Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Widgets ships an update monthly, Custom Colorful Widget Maker every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Color Widgets versus Custom Colorful Widget Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor WidgetsCustom Colorful Widget Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (527K ratings) — better4.6 (62 ratings)
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings527K — better62
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#123 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB119 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDigital Charms, Inc.Mostafa Monowar

Customer experience

Color Widgets

All ratings523,844 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews5,252 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral14.2%
Negative22.0%

Custom Colorful Widget Maker

All ratings63 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

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

Custom Colorful Widget Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 6 more
  • 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
3 purchases

Custom Colorful Widget Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99

Questions

Is Color Widgets free?
Color Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Colorful Widget Maker free?
Custom Colorful Widget Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Widgets or Custom Colorful Widget Maker?
Color Widgets is rated higher. Color Widgets averages 4.6 out of 5 from 527K ratings, while Custom Colorful Widget Maker averages 4.6 from 62 ratings.
Do Color Widgets or Custom Colorful Widget Maker have ads?
Color Widgets shows ads; Custom Colorful Widget Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Widgets or Custom Colorful Widget Maker?
Color Widgets ships an update monthly, and Custom Colorful Widget Maker every 10 days. Most recently, Color Widgets was updated on October 24, 2026 and Custom Colorful Widget Maker on October 24, 2026.

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