Widget Maker vs Halo
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.
Halo
This app offers parents granular control over their children's social media usage. It allows customization of features within supported platforms, rather than just blocking entire apps or setting time limits. Parents can selectively disable elements like short video feeds, explore pages, and messaging to create a safer, more focused online experience.
- Selective feature control within social apps
- Block short video feeds
- Disable explore and discovery pages
- Restrict messaging
- Prevent autoplay
- Bypass regular app access
- Privacy-focused sign-in
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Social media does not have to be all or nothing. Halo gives parents a better way to manage how their children use social media. Instead of only blocking an entire app or limiting screen time, Halo lets parents choose which parts of the experience remain available. HOW HALO WORKS Children access supported social platforms through Halo’s controlled experience. Parents decide which features are available, and Halo can restrict access to the regular app so those choices cannot be easily bypassed. CHOOSE WHAT STAYS Depending on the supported platform, parents can remove features such as: • Short video feeds • Explore and discovery pages • Suggested content • Autoplay • Comments • Messaging • Other distracting or unwanted features A MIDDLE GROUND FOR FAMILIES Halo allows children to stay connected without giving algorithms unrestricted control over what they see. Parents can create an experience that fits their child, their household, and their comfort level. MORE THAN AN APP BLOCKER Traditional parental controls usually block an entire app or limit how long it can be used. Halo provides more precise control by letting parents manage individual features inside supported social platforms. BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND Halo does not ask for or store your child’s social media password. Sign in happens directly through the supported platform’s experience. Halo cannot eliminate every online risk and is not a replacement for active parenting. It gives families additional tools and more control over the social media experience. Halo is an independent parental control application and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the social platforms it supports. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Halo at 100% against Widget Maker's 43%. Halo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Widget Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (186 vs 10). 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. Halo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Halo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Maker has 186 ratings behind it against 10, 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 100% of Halo's.
Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, Halo weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Widget Maker | Halo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (186 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Akeome Studio | Hudson Ferreira |
Customer experience
Widget Maker
Halo
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
Halo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Widget Maker
No in-app purchases
Halo
- Halo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Halo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$54.991 Year









