Comparison

Widget Maker vs Live Widgets for iPad

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

Head to head
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

Live Widgets for iPad

Enhance your iPad and iPhone home screens with a vast collection of customizable widgets. Choose from pre-built themes or use the intuitive builder to design your own unique look with custom colors, fonts, backgrounds, and data displays. Optionally integrate with Apple Health to show activity data.

Highlights
  • Premium home screen widgets
  • Clock, calendar, and weather data
  • Pre-built themes
  • Fully customizable widgets
  • Widget builder for custom designs
  • Optional Apple Health integration
Features
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Personalize your iPad & iPhone home screens with premium widgets! We’re providing you with a huge library of attractive widgets with clocks, calendars and weather data. Pre-built themes offer various different combinations of colors, fonts, backgrounds, and more. Each widget is fully customizable, allowing you to create the perfect custom look! Widgets in our app are not only customizable in order to create any look required. What sets our app apart from the rest, is widget builder with which you can build your own widget looks choosing: - tint colors, - fonts, - background, - artwork, - data shown. Widget builder is truly standing out from the competition in terms of simplicity and convenience. Our app optionally integrates with Apple Health. This data is used to display your step and activity if you select one of those widget types.

Screenshots

Widget Maker3 screens
Live Widgets for iPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Widget Maker at 4.3 against Live Widgets for iPad's 2.3. Widget Maker also leads on ratings volume (167 vs 6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). Live Widgets for iPad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widget Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. 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 point the same way: 43% of Widget Maker's written reviews are positive against 33% of Live Widgets for iPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, Live Widgets for iPad every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Widget Maker versus Live Widgets for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget MakerLive Widgets for iPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (167 ratings) — better2.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings167 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkeome Studiobyss mobile

Customer experience

Widget Maker

All ratings165 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral26.7%
Negative30.0%

Live Widgets for iPad

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Widget Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Live Widgets for iPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widget Maker free?
Widget Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live Widgets for iPad free?
Live Widgets for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widget Maker or Live Widgets for iPad?
Widget Maker is rated higher. Widget Maker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 167 ratings, while Live Widgets for iPad averages 2.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Widget Maker or Live Widgets for iPad have ads?
Widget Maker shows ads; Live Widgets for iPad does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget Maker or Live Widgets for iPad?
Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, and Live Widgets for iPad every 11 days. Most recently, Widget Maker was updated on September 29, 2026 and Live Widgets for iPad on September 11, 2026.

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