Comparison

Custom Widgets vs Live Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Custom Widgets

Design your home screen with personalized widgets. Add your own photos, text, or the current date. Customize colors, fonts, and even include an analog clock for a unique look.

Highlights
  • Custom photo widgets
  • Text widgets with font customization
  • Date display
  • Background color options
  • Analog clock integration
  • Unlimited widget creation
Features
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Personalize your home screen with your photos, text or date. Super easy to use and configure. Currently our widget support: - Set a photo of all sizes. - Unlimited different widgets - Set background color - Add analog clock - Set any text (customize font, size and color) - Show date (customize font, size and color). ----------------------------------- Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription - Subscription period is monthly. Every month your subscription renews. - Prices for subscriptions depends on which package you choose and will be seen in payment screen. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - You can cancel your subscription via this url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Privacy policy: http://privacy.safecloudapp.com - Term of use: http://tos.safecloudapp.com - Subscription Information : http://subscription.safecloudapp.com -----------------------------------

About

Live Widgets

Personalize your home screen with custom widgets. Add photos to clock and calendar widgets, and create date counters. Includes premium tools that launch when a widget is tapped.

Highlights
  • Photo widgets
  • Clock widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • Custom date counters
  • Premium launchable tools
Features
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Live Widgets is advanced toolbox app to customize your Home Screen, like never before. No you can add favorite photos to clock and calendar widgets. Enable cool custom date counters. The app itself also includes a premium tools: these tools can launch based on the active widget tapped. Please send feedback on what you would love to see on your widget, we will do it for you. Widgets work on all iOS/iPadOS devices with the only requirement being that it is running iOS 14

Screenshots

Custom Widgets4 screens
Live Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Custom Widgets at 4.5 against Live Widgets's 1.9. Custom Widgets also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (61% vs 33%). Live Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Custom Widgets sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Live Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Widgets has 324 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Custom Widgets's written reviews are positive against 33% of Live Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Custom Widgets versus Live Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom WidgetsLive Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (324 ratings) — better1.9 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings324 — better24
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShesek LLCbyss mobile

Customer experience

Custom Widgets

All ratings319 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative33.3%

Live Widgets

All ratings25 ratings
Positive24.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative72.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Custom Widgets

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • 🐛 Widget image is framed with an ugly black border
  • 🐛 Cannot delete widgets
  • 🐛 Unable to change photo
  • 🐛 Only one widget can be added
  • 🐛 Only the first photo is used for subsequent widgets
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  • 🐛 No settings for widgets

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a delete button for widgets
  • Increase the number of available widgets
  • Allow changing the text under the widget
  • Provide more photos to add

Live Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Widgets

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
None

Live Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Custom Widgets free?
Custom Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Widgets free?
Live Widgets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets or Live Widgets?
Custom Widgets is rated higher. Custom Widgets averages 4.5 out of 5 from 324 ratings, while Live Widgets averages 1.9 from 24 ratings.
Do Custom Widgets or Live Widgets have ads?
Live Widgets shows ads; Custom Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets or Live Widgets?
Custom Widgets ships an update weekly, and Live Widgets weekly. Most recently, Custom Widgets was updated on November 3, 2026 and Live Widgets on November 3, 2026.

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