Widget Maker vs Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+
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.
Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+
Easily display your favorite photos as a slideshow widget on your iPhone's home screen. Customize the order and size of your pictures for a personalized display.
- Create photo slideshow widgets
- Select photos from album
- Unlimited widget use
- Customizable photo order
- Adjustable widget size
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--- The Easiest Photo Widget App for iOS 14 --- SUPER SIMPLE With just a few taps, you can select your favorite Photos from your album to Slideshow constantly on your iPhone's Home Screen as a Widget. UNLIMITED USE You can use the Widget as long as you want without any limitations CUSTOMIZATION You can Slideshow your own picture within the Widgets, in any order your want, and display them in the Widget size of your choice. Enjoy and tell us what you think!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widget Maker at 43% against Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+'s 0%. Widget Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months). Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Maker has 167 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Widget Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+ every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Maker | Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (167 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akeome Studio | Solid Apps INC |
Customer experience
Widget Maker
Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+
Bugs and requests
Widget Maker
Reported bugs
9 issues- Widgets disappear after deleting photo
- Widgets don't show up after update
- Black borders around pictures
- Widget picture is spread out
- Cannot add new widgets
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- Cannot see picture, yellow overlay
- Some photos don't work
- App teleports off when uploading
- PNG files not displayed
Requested features
5 requests- More font options
- English instructions
- Ability to add multiple widgets
- Fix PNG file support
- More font options
Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Widget Maker
No in-app purchases
Photo Widget Editor for iOS14+
- UNLOCK FOREVER$9.99
Questions
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