Create Widgets for Home Screen vs Story Widget
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
Story Widget
Create highly customizable date widgets for your device. Adjust size, color, background images, and fonts to perfectly match your aesthetic. Offers free content with optional premium subscription plans.
- Customizable date widget size and color
- Background image from photos or Unsplash
- 30+ built-in fonts
- Adjustable text color
- Weekly and monthly premium subscriptions
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Story Widget is a highly customizable date widget. It can be adjusted precisely to best fit your desired appearance. - Create custom date widget of nearly any size and color - Change background image using your Photos or Unsplash - Pick from 30+ built-in fonts - Change text color - More features to come... If you’re having fun playing around with widgets, you should definitely check out Story Widget Along with completely free content, the app has the following subscription options for premium content: - Weekly with a 3-day free trial period; - Monthly without trial period; Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Free trial subscription is automatically renewed unless cancelled 24 hours before the renewal - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JFFapps/StoryWidget/master/PrivacyPolicy Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JFFapps/StoryWidget/master/TermOfUse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Story Widget at none against Create Widgets for Home Screen's shown. Story Widget also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Create Widgets for Home Screen's advantage is ratings volume (145 vs 6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 and Story Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Story Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Create Widgets for Home Screen has 145 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Create Widgets for Home Screen ships an update monthly, Story Widget weekly. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Create Widgets for Home Screen | Story Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (145 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yury Vashchylau | Kseniya Adamchyk |
Customer experience
Create Widgets for Home Screen
Story Widget
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
Story Widget
- Weekly premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Monthly premium$12.991 Month
Questions
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