Comparison

Widgetkit vs IconChic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Widgetkit

Personalize your home screen with custom photo widgets and clocks. Choose your favorite images, set display times, and select from various widget sizes. Enhance your device's look with personalized flair.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo widgets
  • Display photos on home screen
  • Selectable widget sizes
  • Set photo display times
  • Add clock widgets
  • Image trimming and cropping
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あなたのスマホのホーム画面に"あなたの好きな写真"を置くことができるアプリを利用できます! 初代写真ウィジェットがリリースされた2020年9月21日から早4年経ちました! "写真ウィジェット"というアプリは、iOS14から(2020年9月16日あたり)適用されたホーム画面へウィジェットが置ける機能を利用して、 自分の選択した画像をお好みのサイズでホーム画面に表示することができます! アプリ側で用意させていただいた豊富なウィジェットテンプレートももれなくご利用いただけます! 【機能】 ・ウィジェット用の三種類の画像をトリミングすることができます。これにより、自分好みのサイズに既存の写真を切り抜くことができます。 ・無制限に写真を登録でき、設定した時間により写真を変化させることができます。 ・小さな正方形、横長、大きな正方形の全部で三つのウィジェットに対応しております。 【写真ウィジェットプレミアムサービスについて】 ※初めてのご利用の場合は、3日間の無料トライアル期間が適用されます。 ●お支払いについて お支払いは、購入確認時にiTunesアカウントに請求されます。 お支払い方法の確認や変更はiTunesアカウントの設定をご確認ください。 ●更新期間:1ヶ月 ●価格:500円(税込)(限りなく低く設定しました。さらに低くできるように頑張ります。) ウィジェットに豊富なフォントを当てたり、スタイル変更などカスタマイズできる種類が増えます。 また、時計ウィジェットなどが今後無制限に利用可能になります。 ●定期購読について 無料トライアル期間の終了前に定期購読の購入を行った場合は、残りの無料期間は無効となります。 •自動更新について プレミアムサービスの期間終了日の24時間以上前に自動更新の解除を行わない限り、プレミアムサービスの登録が自動的に更新されます ●自動更新のタイミングについて 自動更新は現在ご登録されている期間が終了する前の24時間以内に請求が行われます。 ●プレミアムサービスの登録の確認と解約について 登録状況の確認につきましては、お使いの端末に入っている「設定アプリ」から行う必要があります 1. 「設定」アプリを開く 2. 「iTunes & App Store」を選択 3. 画面の上部に表示されている「Apple ID: (メールアドレス)」 を選択 4. 表示されたポップアップの内の「Apple IDを表示」をタップ 5. 必要に応じてサインインする 6. 「サブスクリプション」ボタンを選択 7. このアプリを選択 (画面下部の「登録をキャンセルする」をタップすると解約が行えます) ●利用規約 利用規約:https://www.notion.so/46219580e7a54e90bc3573391e99130b プライバシーポリシー:https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-f758aced2b8d4447879c2468ededaf1f

About

IconChic

Personalize your iPhone with custom lock screen widgets and aesthetic home screen themes. Add inspirational quotes, launch apps directly, track health data, and display countdowns. Explore thousands of HD wallpapers and update your look weekly.

Highlights
  • iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets
  • Customizable Quotes Widget
  • App Launcher on Lock Screen
  • Health Data Tracking Widgets
  • Aesthetic Home Screen Themes
  • 5000+ HD Wallpapers
  • Weekly Updates
Features
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200+ iOS 26 Lock Screen Widgets. 500+ Aesthetic Home Screen Themes. 5000+ HD Wallpapers. Weekly Update! Stop using the ordinary lock screen and home screen. With IconChic, you can easily change your iPhone themes aesthetic and refresh the lock screen more fun and useful. #iOS 26 Lock Screen Widgets: - Quotes Widget: Customize the words of the quotes with 20+ Fancy Fonts and get inspired. - Lock Launcher: Launch your favorite apps on lock screen instantly. - Countdown Widget: Big day reminder on lock screen, you can create your own customized countdown or count-up. - Health Widget: Steps, sleep and calorie tracker on lock screen, set your goal and easily track on lock screen. - Photos Widget: Add cute emojis, emoticons, bit-icons and photos on lock screen, you can customize the photos with Shortcuts URL. - Calendar Widget: Pimp your screen with LunarCal, year process, moon phases and exclusive calendar designs. - Battery & System Widget: Keep an eye on battery percentage, iPhone storage and system status. #500+ Home Screen Themes, weekly update: - Aesthetic Themes: Looking for an aesthetic theme to make iPhone home screen stylish? IconChic has no shortage of options to make your home screen beautiful. - 5000+ HD wallpaper library: You will find wallpapers by categories: Christmas, Aesthetic, Preppy, Anime, City, Dark, Stitch, Girls, Love, Minimalism, Quote and more. - Vast collections of widgets: Analog clock, date, calendar, photo widgets with frames, day counter, and countdown. All the widgets are customizable with fonts and colors to fine-tune them in line with your preference. HealthKit If you choose to set the health widgets, IconChic integrates with the Health app in order to collect and display health data from your iPhone or Apple Watch. The step widget displays your daily step count, while the activity widget displays your move, exercise, and stand progress. Terms of Use: https://productdoc.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/terms-icon.html Privacy Policy: https://productdoc.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/private-icon.html

Screenshots

Widgetkit3 screens
IconChic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widgetkit at none against IconChic's 9. IconChic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 30 months) and review sentiment (36% vs 12%). On price, rating, ratings volume and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. IconChic sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Widgetkit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Widgetkit against 4.2 for IconChic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17K and 5.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 12% of Widgetkit's written reviews are positive against 36% of IconChic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgetkit ships an update every 30 months, IconChic every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Widgetkit versus IconChic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetkitIconChic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (17K ratings) — better4.2 (5.7K ratings)
Positive reviews11.7% of reviews35.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better5.7K
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB355 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSpeakeasy IncSoCloud Technology Co., Limited

Customer experience

Widgetkit

All ratings137 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive11.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative71.7%

IconChic

All ratings5,668 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews564 reviews
Positive35.6%
Neutral9.0%
Negative55.3%

User reviews

Widgetkit

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient photo selection
  • 👍 Attractive and recommended
  • 👍 Good design
  • 👍 Good customization options

Room to improve

  • ⚫️ Widgets turn black
  • ⚫️ Widgets turn gray
  • ⚫️ Widgets display nothing
  • ⚫️ Large size widgets don't display
  • ⚫️ App crashes during creation

IconChic

From 5.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good and does the job
  • 👍 Variety of free stuff
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Aesthetic and customizable
  • 👍 Lots of free options

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too many paid options
  • 🔍 Lack of free filter when searching for themes
  • 📺 Annoying ads
  • 🔁 Have to watch ads again when changing themes
  • 🔍 Hard to find specific apps

Bugs and requests

Widgetkit

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Widgets turn black after iOS update
  • Widgets turn gray after iOS update
  • Widgets display nothing after iOS update
  • Large size widgets do not display
  • App crashes during widget creation
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  • Widgets turn white when adjusting color
  • Widgets have white/black borders appearing unexpectedly
  • Photos are cropped incorrectly in widgets
  • Tapping widgets opens the app instead of the URL shortcut
  • Countdown timers are not updating
  • Battery widgets turn white and stop displaying
  • Cannot add new widgets to the home screen
  • Cannot edit existing widgets (e.g., dates)
  • App crashes when trying to add photos
  • Widgets disappear or become blank after updates
  • Shortcuts not functioning after OS update
  • Tapping links opens the app instead of the intended URL

Requested features

16 requests
  • Fix black/gray widget issue
  • Fix large widget display
  • Fix app crashing
  • Fix white/black borders
  • Fix photo cropping
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  • Fix shortcut functionality
  • Fix link tapping
  • Fix countdown reflection
  • Fix battery widget
  • Fix photo addition
  • Fix widget addition
  • Fix date editing
  • Allow random photo update order
  • Allow custom text alignment
  • Allow shorter photo update intervals
  • Improve reporting functionality

IconChic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not loading
  • Themes not applying correctly
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free themes and widgets
  • Ability to customize themes and colors
  • Better search functionality
  • Improved widget support
  • Fix notification issues

In-app purchases

None

Widgetkit

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

IconChic

Subscriptions7
  • IconChic-Weekly VIP$4.997 Days
  • IconChic Weekly VIP3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • 3Day-Free3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • IconChic-Aesthetic Monthly VIP$7.991 Month
  • IconChic-Aesthetic Yearly VIP$19.991 Year
  • IconChic-Yearly VIP$19.991 Year
  • Special Reward VIP$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • IconChic Lifetime VIP$24.99
  • IconChic Onetime VIP$24.99

Questions

Is Widgetkit free?
Widgetkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IconChic free?
IconChic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widgetkit or IconChic?
Widgetkit is rated higher. Widgetkit averages 4.3 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while IconChic averages 4.2 from 5.7K ratings.
Which is updated more often, Widgetkit or IconChic?
Widgetkit ships an update every 30 months, and IconChic every 3 weeks. Most recently, Widgetkit was updated on October 31, 2026 and IconChic on October 31, 2026.

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