Widget Maker vs Custom Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Maker
Design and customize your own widgets for your device's home screen. Personalize them with your favorite pictures as backgrounds and add custom text to make them uniquely yours.
- Create custom widgets
- Use favorite pictures for background
- Place widgets on home screen
- Add custom text
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Widget Maker lets you create beautiful, personalized widgets for your Home Screen. ● Photo Widgets Turn your favorite photos into widgets. Choose from Small, Medium, and Large sizes to fit your Home Screen perfectly. Set auto-refresh to rotate photos at your preferred interval. ● Calendar Widget View the current month at a glance. In Medium size, the calendar and your photo are displayed side by side. ● Fully Customizable - Date & time overlays: month, day, weekday, and more - 20+ fonts including serif, rounded, and handwritten styles - 16 color options for text - Text shadow with customizable color - Adjustable text size and alignment - Custom text input ● Easy to Use 1. Add your photos 2. Customize text, font, color, and layout 3. Place the widget on your Home Screen Make your Home Screen truly yours.
Custom Widgets
Transform your device's home screen with custom-designed widgets. Easily create stylish and personalized widgets with various customization options. Make your home screen stand out and reflect your unique style.
- Home screen customization
- Design and create own widgets
- Change backgrounds, colors, fonts
- Easy widget setup with instructions
- Stylish and fancy widget designs
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Personalize your home screen like never before. New iOS14 widgets will make your home screen stylish and fancy. Just a perfect way to show your style. CUSTOMIZE your home screen with new stylish widgets. DESIGN & CREATE your own widgets. Change backgrounds, colors, fonts, etc. SETUP WIDGETS with ease with a detailed instruction. The app offers 3-day free trial with full access to widgets with no interruptions or ads. If you choose to subscribe, you will be charged a subscription fee according to your country. The subscription fee will be shown in the app before you complete the payment. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Terms of Service: https://gmrd.net/widgets/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://gmrd.net/widgets/privacy_policy.html Subscription Terms: https://gmrd.net/widgets/subscription_terms.html Contact us: support@gmrd.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Maker at none against Custom Widgets's 4. Widget Maker also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 22%). Custom Widgets's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Custom Widgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Widget Maker against 4.4 for Custom Widgets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 167 and 131 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Widget Maker's written reviews are positive against 22% of Custom Widgets's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Maker | Custom Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (167 ratings) | 4.4 (131 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.3% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | 131 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akeome Studio | GMRD Apps Limited |
Customer experience
Widget Maker
Custom Widgets
In-app purchases
Widget Maker
No in-app purchases
Custom Widgets
- Widgets Pro3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Widgets Pro$19.991 Year
- Widgets Pro$9.99
- Widgets Pro$24.99
Questions
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