Create Widgets for Home Screen vs Next 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
Next Widget
Create and customize your own widgets for your home screen. Choose from hundreds of pre-built designs or design your own with various art, backgrounds, and colors. New widgets are added weekly.
- Create custom widgets
- Customize prebuilt widgets
- Weekly widget updates
- 500+ prebuilt widget options
- Widget library
- Analog and digital clocks
- Daily quotes and love counters
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◆ Make your own widgets, just the way you like.◆ You can find your favorite Widgets and Customize their art, background image, background color, etc or Create your widget with a wide range of options in Next Widget. also, you can have your own widget library and add them to your home screen. *****We add new widgets every week***** ◆ Main features: * Theme and widget packs (Weekly update) * Chose between 500+ prebuilt widgets (Weekly update) * Customize prebuilt widgets * Create your own widget ◆ Widget types: * Analog clock (60+ Styles) * Digital Clock (12 Styles) * Daily Quotes * Love day counter * Calendar * Countdown * Photo * Notes ◆ Upcoming widgets: * Weather * Social * Music * Sport * Tools ◆ Steps: 1- Choose your widget art between 500+ fantastic widgets 2- Customize your widget background color,image,text,etc. 3- Add your widget to your home screen ----------------------------- ►Notes: 〉Next Widget 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. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. 〉Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription in the iTunes settings at least 24- hours before the end of the free trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. 〉Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. 〉Please note: If have any problem with your widgets display after updates, please re-save them. 〉Please note: Please Report to us all translation or functionality problems through the Instagram support page. (link is inside the app) 〉You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by canceling your subscription through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Next Widget at 4.7 against Create Widgets for Home Screen's 4.4. Next Widget also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (89% vs 71%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Create Widgets for Home Screen sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Next Widget sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Next Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 145 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Create Widgets for Home Screen's written reviews are positive against 89% of Next Widget's.
Create Widgets for Home Screen ships an update monthly, Next Widget every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Create Widgets for Home Screen | Next Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (145 ratings) | 4.7 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yury Vashchylau | Mehdi Khajeh Pour |
Customer experience
Create Widgets for Home Screen
Next Widget
Bugs and requests
Create Widgets for Home Screen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Next Widget
Reported bugs
4 issues- Next wallpaper shows 'image not found'
- App crashes when scrolling
- Free trial charged immediately
- Time widget not keeping proper time (resolved)
Requested features
4 requests- More free options
- Fix scrolling bug
- More widget variety
- Improve free trial transparency
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
Next Widget
- Three months3 Days trial$4.993 Months
- One month$4.991 Month
- Six months$7.996 Months
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- One year promotion$7.991 Year
- One year$19.991 Year
Questions
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