Comparison

Custom Widgets vs Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

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

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with custom widgets, icons, and wallpapers. Choose from a variety of styles or design your own with adjustable fonts, colors, and backgrounds. Transform your device with unique themes and useful clock or photo widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets with various styles
  • Personalize fonts, text color, and backgrounds
  • Themed packs with wallpapers and icons
  • Clock and date widgets in multiple sizes
  • Photo and motivation widgets
  • Easy step-by-step customization guide
Features
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Tired of traditional screen layout? Widget+ makes it easy to create your own home screen! Customize your home screen with widgets, icons and wallpapers! Just follow the instructions step-by-step, say goodbye to boring screen! *COLORFUL WIDGETS* Widget+ offers you tons of styles, landscape, universe, cartoon, neon,… If you want to design yourself, you can change font, text color or background picture. *THEMES & ICONS* Every theme contains wallpapers, widgets and icons, different theme styles such as Forest, Neon, Black, etc. Choose the one you like, they’re easy to apply with the help of our guide. *TIME & DATE* Choose a beautiful clock or date, get clear information than before, every calendar widget has 3 sizes for you to choose, some of them display the better yet. *PHOTO & MOTIVATION* If you like sharing photo or powerful quotes, come to add photo or motivation widgets. Decorate your home screen with your family, friends and pets photo, or just something beautiful. Attention: - Our app is available on iOS 14 and later. - The icon skin do not change the actual app icons, these icons are just a custom shortcut using Shortcuts App.

Screenshots

Custom Widgets4 screens
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Custom Widgets at 61% against Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's 18%. Custom Widgets also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0). Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 324). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Widget+ Custom HomeScreen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget+ Custom HomeScreen has 3.5K ratings behind it against 324, 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 18% of Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Custom Widgets versus Widget+ Custom HomeScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom WidgetsWidget+ Custom HomeScreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (324 ratings) — better4.0 (3.5K ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews — better18.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3243.5K — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShesek LLCGOLD FAITH LIMITED

Customer experience

Custom Widgets

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

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

All ratings3,503 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative21.8%
Written reviews283 reviews
Positive18.4%
Neutral4.6%
Negative77.0%

User reviews

Custom Widgets

From 324 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy and simple to use
  • ✨ Amazing customization options
  • 🏠 Makes home screen look amazing
  • ✅ Works well
  • 🤩 Great widgets

Room to improve

  • ⚫ Unattractive black border on images
  • ❌ Cannot find delete button for widgets
  • 🖼️ Difficulty changing photos
  • সীমাবদ্ধ Limited number of widgets (free version)
  • 🖼️ Only one photo can be used for multiple widgets

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 No ads
  • 👍 Helpful guidance
  • 💡 Lots of good widgets
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires subscription
  • 🐛 Customization issues
  • 🔒 Limited free features
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches

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

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to exit subscription screen
  • Widgets not working as expected
  • Inconsistent performance

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free widgets and themes
  • Ability to use own photos
  • Cheaper subscription options

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Widgets

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
6 purchases

Widget+ Custom HomeScreen

Subscriptions5
  • Widget+ Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
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  • Widget+ Monthly Vip3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Widget+ Yearly Vip3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Widget+ VIP$9.99

Questions

Is Custom Widgets free?
Custom Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widget+ Custom HomeScreen free?
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets or Widget+ Custom HomeScreen?
Custom Widgets is rated higher. Custom Widgets averages 4.5 out of 5 from 324 ratings, while Widget+ Custom HomeScreen averages 4.0 from 3.5K ratings.
Do Custom Widgets or Widget+ Custom HomeScreen have ads?
Neither Custom Widgets nor Widget+ Custom HomeScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets or Widget+ Custom HomeScreen?
Custom Widgets ships an update weekly, and Widget+ Custom HomeScreen weekly. Most recently, Custom Widgets was updated on October 20, 2026 and Widget+ Custom HomeScreen on October 22, 2026.

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