Widget Maker vs DayBar
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.
DayBar
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DayBar turns the passing of time into something you can actually see. Add a widget to your Home or Lock Screen and watch the day, week, and year fill up — pixel by pixel — or count down to the moments that matter most. TIME PROGRESS See exactly how much of today, this week, and this year has already gone by. A clean pixel progress bar updates throughout the day, so a single glance tells you where you stand. COUNTDOWNS Count the days to birthdays, trips, deadlines, or the New Year. Start from a ready-made preset or create your own event in seconds. FIVE HANDCRAFTED THEMES • Classic — clean and timeless • Terminal — glowing green phosphor • Minimal — quiet and understated • Neon — bright pink and cyan • Warm — soft amber glow MAKE IT YOURS • Pick a font: Mono, Rounded, Sans, or Serif • Adjust weight, alignment, and color • Set your own photo as a background • Multiple widget sizes for Home and Lock Screen ALWAYS UP TO DATE Widgets refresh automatically throughout the day, so your progress and countdowns are current every time you look — no need to open the app. DAYBAR PRO Unlock every premium theme and customization option with DayBar Pro — as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. The core widgets are free, so you can start the moment you download. Download DayBar and make every day count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Maker at none against DayBar's 3. DayBar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. DayBar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, DayBar weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Maker | DayBar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (167 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akeome Studio | Daria Kovalchuk |
In-app purchases
Widget Maker
No in-app purchases
DayBar
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
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