Comparison

Custom Widgets vs Custom Widget Creator

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

Custom Widget Creator

Design personalized widgets for your device's home screen. Add elements like the time, date, custom text, images, and RSS feeds. Choose from a library of pre-built widgets or customize every aspect of your own.

Highlights
  • Create custom widgets
  • Add time and date
  • Include RSS feeds
  • Use custom text and images
  • Customize fonts and colors
  • Add battery indicator
  • Pre-built widget collection
Features
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It lets you create custom widgets by adding time, date, RSS feeds, custom text, custom images and more. They can be customised as you like! The app also includes a free prebuilt widgets collection which you can add to your widgets library. You can customise: - Date; - Time; - Background Color; - Background Image; - Font size, many font families and colors; - Border; - Battery indicator, position, orientation and color; - Custom text; - RSS feed.

Screenshots

Custom Widgets4 screens
Custom Widget Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Custom Widgets at 4.5 against Custom Widget Creator's 3.0. Custom Widgets also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 25%) and ratings volume (324 vs 3). Custom Widget Creator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Custom Widget Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Widgets has 324 ratings behind it against 3, 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 25% of Custom Widget Creator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Widgets ships an update weekly, Custom Widget Creator monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Custom Widgets versus Custom Widget Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom WidgetsCustom Widget Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (324 ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings324 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShesek LLCGENOVA Softworks

Customer experience

Custom Widgets

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

Custom Widget Creator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Custom Widget Creator

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

Custom Widget Creator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Custom Widgets free?
Custom Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Widget Creator free?
Custom Widget Creator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets or Custom Widget Creator?
Custom Widgets is rated higher. Custom Widgets averages 4.5 out of 5 from 324 ratings, while Custom Widget Creator averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Custom Widgets or Custom Widget Creator have ads?
Neither Custom Widgets nor Custom Widget Creator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets or Custom Widget Creator?
Custom Widgets ships an update weekly, and Custom Widget Creator monthly. Most recently, Custom Widgets was updated on October 20, 2026 and Custom Widget Creator on October 21, 2026.

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