Create Widgets for Home Screen vs Widget Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Create Widgets for Home Screen
Customize your device's home screen with interactive widgets. Choose from a variety of free and premium designs, or create your own unique widgets to express your style. Easily add and manage widgets directly from your home screen.
- Interactive home screen widgets
- Free and premium widget designs
- Widget creation toolset
- Add and manage widgets easily
- Favorite widget selection
- Customizable clock, photo, and date widgets
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Gain access to fully interactive widgets that you can add to your device's screen! There are many designs to choose from, and a set of features to help you create your own widgets. Express yourself! Privacy Policy: https://digitalby-legal-static.digitalby.workers.dev/privacy Terms of Service: https://digitalby-legal-static.digitalby.workers.dev/terms
Widget Maker
Design and customize your own widgets for your device's home screen. Personalize them with your favorite pictures as backgrounds and add custom text to make them uniquely yours.
- Create custom widgets
- Use favorite pictures for background
- Place widgets on home screen
- Add custom text
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Widget Maker lets you create beautiful, personalized widgets for your Home Screen. ● Photo Widgets Turn your favorite photos into widgets. Choose from Small, Medium, and Large sizes to fit your Home Screen perfectly. Set auto-refresh to rotate photos at your preferred interval. ● Calendar Widget View the current month at a glance. In Medium size, the calendar and your photo are displayed side by side. ● Fully Customizable - Date & time overlays: month, day, weekday, and more - 20+ fonts including serif, rounded, and handwritten styles - 16 color options for text - Text shadow with customizable color - Adjustable text size and alignment - Custom text input ● Easy to Use 1. Add your photos 2. Customize text, font, color, and layout 3. Place the widget on your Home Screen Make your Home Screen truly yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Maker at none against Create Widgets for Home Screen's 10. Widget Maker also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Create Widgets for Home Screen's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 43%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Create Widgets for Home Screen sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Create Widgets for Home Screen against 4.3 for Widget Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 145 and 167 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Create Widgets for Home Screen's written reviews are positive against 43% of Widget Maker's.
Create Widgets for Home Screen ships an update monthly, Widget Maker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Create Widgets for Home Screen | Widget Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (145 ratings) — better | 4.3 (167 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 43.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 145 | 167 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yury Vashchylau | Akeome Studio |
Customer experience
Create Widgets for Home Screen
Widget Maker
In-app purchases
Create Widgets for Home Screen
- Premium Widgets3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Widgets for Home Screen Unlock$2.997 Days
- Premium Widgets — Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- Premium Widgets — Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Widgets — Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Widgets — Monthly$8.991 Month
- Premium Widgets — Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Premium Widgets — Annual3 Days trial$32.991 Year
- LIFETIME PREMIUM ACCESS$4.99
- LIFETIME PREMIUM ACCESS$19.99
Widget Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Create Widgets for Home Screen free?
Is Widget Maker free?
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Do Create Widgets for Home Screen or Widget Maker have ads?
Which is updated more often, Create Widgets for Home Screen or Widget Maker?
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