Create Widgets for Home Screen vs Custom Widget Creator
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
Custom Widget Creator
Design personalized widgets for your device's home screen. Add elements like the time, date, custom text, images, and RSS feeds. Choose from a library of pre-built widgets or customize every aspect of your own.
- Create custom widgets
- Add time and date
- Include RSS feeds
- Use custom text and images
- Customize fonts and colors
- Add battery indicator
- Pre-built widget collection
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It lets you create custom widgets by adding time, date, RSS feeds, custom text, custom images and more. They can be customised as you like! The app also includes a free prebuilt widgets collection which you can add to your widgets library. You can customise: - Date; - Time; - Background Color; - Background Image; - Font size, many font families and colors; - Border; - Battery indicator, position, orientation and color; - Custom text; - RSS feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Create Widgets for Home Screen at 71% against Custom Widget Creator's 25%. Create Widgets for Home Screen also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (145 vs 3). Custom Widget Creator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Custom Widget Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Create Widgets for Home Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Create Widgets for Home Screen has 145 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Create Widgets for Home Screen's written reviews are positive against 25% of Custom Widget Creator's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Create Widgets for Home Screen | Custom Widget Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (145 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yury Vashchylau | GENOVA Softworks |
Customer experience
Create Widgets for Home Screen
Custom Widget Creator
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
Custom Widget Creator
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Create Widgets for Home Screen free?
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Do Create Widgets for Home Screen or Custom Widget Creator have ads?
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