Create Widgets for Home Screen vs WidgetCat
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
WidgetCat
Customize your device with a variety of stylish widgets, including clocks, weather, and health data. Enjoy automatic dark and light mode switching and dynamic clock displays. Integrates with Apple Health to show your steps.
- 42+ stylish widget designs
- Automatic dark/light mode
- Dynamic digital and analog clocks
- Weather and air quality display
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Apple Health step integration
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- Provides up to 42 widgets with design - Dark and light modes support automatic switching - Digital clock and analog clock seconds are dynamic - Support displaying weather, air quality, sunrise and sunset of current geographical location Note: WidgetCat integrates with Apple Health to read your steps data. We will use your health data to display steps in app and widgets. You can turn steps permissions on or off in Apple Health according to your needs. Auto-renewable subscription • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can managed to turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited after purchases a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://en.widgetcat.okklab.com Terms of Use: https://en.widgetcat.okklab.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WidgetCat at 5.0 against Create Widgets for Home Screen's 4.4. WidgetCat also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Create Widgets for Home Screen's advantage is ratings volume (145 vs 2). 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 WidgetCat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WidgetCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Create Widgets for Home Screen has 145 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Create Widgets for Home Screen ships an update monthly, WidgetCat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Create Widgets for Home Screen | WidgetCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (145 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 2 |
| 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 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yury Vashchylau | 增兴 邢 |
Customer experience
Create Widgets for Home Screen
WidgetCat
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
WidgetCat
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annually3 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Lifetime$6.99
Questions
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