Clear Spaces vs Widget Construction Set
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clear Spaces
Personalize your device's home and lock screens with transparent widgets and custom elements. Organize information like weather, music, and time, and add quotes or stickers for a unique look. Easily switch between different styles and automate changes with shortcuts.
- Basic Transparent Spaces
- Widget overlays (Weather, Now Playing, Time/Date)
- Add quotes and stickers
- Multiple Clear Spaces Styles
- Lock Screen Transparent Spaces
- Automate with Shortcuts
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Clear Spaces provides you with a wealth of customization options allowing you to create Basic Transparent Spaces, with the option to add Widget overlays to display quick information such as Weather, Now Playing and Time / Date. Clear Spaces also allows you to add quotes and stickers to your Home Screen. With the ability to make multiple Clear Spaces Styles, you can add all your different wallpapers into Clear Spaces and change your widgets with a tap, or automate it all with a Shortcut. Clear Spaces also takes customization to the Lock Screen with Transparent Spaces on the Lock Screen to allow you to move your widgets wherever you want. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at support@clearspaces.uk or @clearspaces_ on Twitter.
Widget Construction Set
Create custom widgets for your device's Home Screen using web-hosted widget.json files. This app allows for extensive customization without needing separate applications for each widget.
- Create custom widgets
- Use web-hosted widget.json
- No additional apps needed
- Home Screen integration
- Extensive customization
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Widget Construction Set lets you add web-hosted widget.json files to your device's Home Screen. Using widget.json, you can create any widget you want, with no additional app. For more information, visit https://wd.gt
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Widget Construction Set at Free against Clear Spaces's $2.99. Widget Construction Set also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (50% vs 38%). Clear Spaces's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (593 vs 6). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Widget Construction Set is free to download; Clear Spaces costs $2.99 up front. Widget Construction Set sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clear Spaces asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widget Construction Set holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clear Spaces has 593 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Clear Spaces's written reviews are positive against 50% of Widget Construction Set's.
| Parameter | Clear Spaces | Widget Construction Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (593 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 593 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eden Software Limited | Bird Cartel LLC |
Customer experience
Clear Spaces
Widget Construction Set
Bugs and requests
Clear Spaces
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incompatibility with iOS 15 and newer devices
- Widget labels not removable in recent updates
- Inconsistent widget behavior across different iOS versions
- Freezing/crashing issues on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- More widget customization options (fonts, colors, sizes)
- Support for iPad and larger iPhone models
- Ability to delete/remove old widget presets
- Integration with Focus modes and dynamic wallpapers
Widget Construction Set
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clear Spaces
No in-app purchases
Widget Construction Set
- Widget Construction Set Pro$2.99
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