Comparison

Widget Maker vs Halo

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

Screenshots

Widget Maker3 screens
Halo4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, Halo weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Widget Maker versus Halo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget MakerHalo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (186 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB67 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAkeome StudioHudson Ferreira

Customer experience

Widget Maker

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

Halo

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Halo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Widget Maker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Halo

Subscriptions2
  • Halo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Halo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$54.991 Year

Questions

Is Widget Maker free?
Widget Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Halo free?
Halo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Maker or Halo?
Halo is rated higher. Widget Maker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 186 ratings, while Halo averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Widget Maker or Halo have ads?
Widget Maker shows ads; Halo does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget Maker or Halo?
Widget Maker ships an update every 4 days, and Halo weekly. Most recently, Widget Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Halo on October 24, 2026.

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