Comparison

Widget Maker vs Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

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

Head to head

Widget Maker

Make your own widget!

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 4.3187 ratingsView app →

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Design Widgets for iPhone

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 4.03.5K ratingsView app →

About

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.

Highlights

Create custom widgets
Use favorite pictures for background
Place widgets on home screen
Add custom text

Features

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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.

About

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with custom widgets, icons, and wallpapers. Choose from a variety of styles or design your own with adjustable fonts, colors, and backgrounds. Transform your device with unique themes and useful clock or photo widgets.

Highlights

Customizable widgets with various styles
Personalize fonts, text color, and backgrounds
Themed packs with wallpapers and icons
Clock and date widgets in multiple sizes
Photo and motivation widgets
Easy step-by-step customization guide

Features

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Tired of traditional screen layout? Widget+ makes it easy to create your own home screen! Customize your home screen with widgets, icons and wallpapers! Just follow the instructions step-by-step, say goodbye to boring screen! *COLORFUL WIDGETS* Widget+ offers you tons of styles, landscape, universe, cartoon, neon,… If you want to design yourself, you can change font, text color or background picture. *THEMES & ICONS* Every theme contains wallpapers, widgets and icons, different theme styles such as Forest, Neon, Black, etc. Choose the one you like, they’re easy to apply with the help of our guide. *TIME & DATE* Choose a beautiful clock or date, get clear information than before, every calendar widget has 3 sizes for you to choose, some of them display the better yet. *PHOTO & MOTIVATION* If you like sharing photo or powerful quotes, come to add photo or motivation widgets. Decorate your home screen with your family, friends and pets photo, or just something beautiful. Attention: - Our app is available on iOS 14 and later. - The icon skin do not change the actual app icons, these icons are just a custom shortcut using Shortcuts App.

Screenshots

Widget Maker3 screens

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Maker at none against Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's 6. Widget Maker also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 18%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 187). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Widget+ Custom HomeScreen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widget Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget+ Custom HomeScreen has 3.5K ratings behind it against 187, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Widget Maker's written reviews are positive against 18% of Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, Widget+ Custom HomeScreen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level

Widget Maker versus Widget+ Custom HomeScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Widget Maker	Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.3 (187 ratings) — better	4.0 (3.5K ratings)
Positive reviews	43.3% of reviews — better	18.4% of reviews
Number of ratings	187	3.5K — better
Update frequency	Every 4 days — better	Weekly
Ads	Yes	No — better
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	105 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Akeome Studio	GOLD FAITH LIMITED

Customer experience

Widget Maker

All ratings165 ratings

Positive81.2%

Neutral8.5%

Negative10.3%

Written reviews30 reviews

Positive43.3%

Neutral26.7%

Negative30.0%

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

All ratings3,503 ratings

Positive74.5%

Neutral3.7%

Negative21.8%

Written reviews283 reviews

Positive18.4%

Neutral4.6%

Negative77.0%

User reviews

Widget Maker

From 187 App Store ratings

What we love

👍 Easy to create widgets
💖 Makes phone unique
✨ Exactly what I needed
💯 Recommend this app
🚀 Simple and fast

Room to improve

😠 Too many ads
⚠️ Widgets don't show up
❌ Japanese instructions
🤔 Confusing to use
🟨 Yellow picture covering

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

🚀 No ads
👍 Helpful guidance
💡 Lots of good widgets
👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

💰 Requires subscription
🐛 Customization issues
🔒 Limited free features
🐛 Bugs and glitches

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

Show 4 more

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

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Reported bugs

3 issues

Unable to exit subscription screen
Widgets not working as expected
Inconsistent performance

Requested features

3 requests

More free widgets and themes
Ability to use own photos
Cheaper subscription options

In-app purchases

None

Widget Maker

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Subscriptions5

Widget+ Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
Weekly Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
Monthly Premium$9.991 Month

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Widget+ Monthly Vip3 Days trial$19.991 Month
Widget+ Yearly Vip3 Days trial$29.991 Year

One-time1

Widget+ VIP$9.99

Questions

Is Widget Maker free?

Widget Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Widget+ Custom HomeScreen free?

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Which has better reviews, Widget Maker or Widget+ Custom HomeScreen?

Widget Maker is rated higher. Widget Maker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Widget+ Custom HomeScreen averages 4.0 from 3.5K ratings.

Do Widget Maker or Widget+ Custom HomeScreen have ads?

Widget Maker shows ads; Widget+ Custom HomeScreen does not.

Which is updated more often, Widget Maker or Widget+ Custom HomeScreen?

Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, and Widget+ Custom HomeScreen weekly. Most recently, Widget Maker was updated on October 27, 2026 and Widget+ Custom HomeScreen on October 22, 2026.