Comparison

Chameleon vs GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme

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

Head to head
About

Chameleon

Create custom wallpapers that perfectly match your phone's app icons and widgets. Choose from various themes and personalize your home screen layout for a unique look. Includes complementary widgets and continuous theme updates for pro members.

Highlights
  • Custom wallpapers matching icons and widgets
  • Personalized home screen layout customization
  • Includes complementary widgets
  • Unlockable themes with pro membership
  • Continuous new theme updates
Features
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Tired of the same old phone home screen? Try Chameleon Wallpaper! Chameleon Wallpaper is a beautification tool app that generates wallpapers perfectly tailored to match your app icons and widgets. In the Chameleon app, you can choose your favorite themes and customize your personalized wallpaper based on your home screen layout preferences. ●● Customized wallpapers perfectly match your phone's home screen layout, supporting personalized icons, widgets, and dock. ●● Includes a set of fun widgets that complement Chameleon Wallpaper. ●● Unlock all themes by becoming a pro member, with continuous updates of new themes. Hope you like it :) Privacy Policy: https://xiangzi.tech/privacy-policy-en.html Terms of Service: https://xiangzi.tech/terms-and-conditions-en.html

About

GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme

Enhance your iPhone or iPad Home Screen with aesthetic themes and customizable widgets. Personalize your device with clocks, calendars, photos, and more, adjusting fonts and colors to match your style. New content is added weekly.

Highlights
  • Aesthetic themes
  • Customizable widgets
  • Clock widget
  • Calendar widget
  • Photo widget
  • Weekly content updates
Features
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Add some aesthetic to your iPhone Home Screen! GoWidget is more than just a simple widget app, it let you design your iPhone/iPad Home Screen to your heart’s content. Use our Aesthetic Themes and Colorful Widgets, including Clock, Calendar, Battery, Date, Quote,Photo, Usage Monitor and Countdown Widget, to make a nice-looking and stylish iPhone/iPad screen. As the widgets are customizable, you can change fonts, theme colors, and even the background color to fine-tune them in line with your preference. Themes, icons and widgets updated weekly. If don’t have the themes, icons and widgets you’d like, just shoot us a message with your requests. Newly added themes including: Christmas themed wallpaper & widget Christmas countdown Birthday countdown Countdown 2021 and more… Subscription options - GO Widget offers unlimited usage and unlocks all features for $19.99/year and $5.99/month. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the 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 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 content. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. * This price is for United States customers. Pricing may differ depending on your country and actual charges may be converted to your local currency of residence. The prices are equal to “Apple’s App Store Matrix” which determines the equivalent subscription price in USD. Term of Use: https://widgettheme.github.io/PrivacyFiles/Terms.html Privacy Policy https://widgettheme.github.io/PrivacyFiles/PrivacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

Chameleon4 screens
GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Chameleon at free with in-app purchases against GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme's subscription. Chameleon also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (55% vs 38%). GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (171 vs 37). On price 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. Chameleon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 171 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Chameleon's written reviews are positive against 38% of GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chameleon ships an update every 9 days, GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Chameleon versus GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChameleonGoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (37 ratings)4.4 (171 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews — better38.1% of reviews
Number of ratings37171 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Xiangzi Technology Co. Ltd.Nexa Digital Limited

Customer experience

Chameleon

All ratings37 ratings
Positive70.3%
Neutral10.8%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive55.3%
Neutral34.2%
Negative10.5%

GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme

All ratings171 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Chameleon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Se demora en descargar

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add Hello Kitty
  • Make content free

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chameleon

One-time1
  • Chameleon Premium$4.99
4 purchases

GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Free Trial3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Go Widget Yearly Promotion1 Year trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Chameleon free?
Chameleon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme free?
GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chameleon or GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme?
GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme is rated higher. Chameleon averages 3.9 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme averages 4.4 from 171 ratings.
Do Chameleon or GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme have ads?
GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme shows ads; Chameleon does not.
Which is updated more often, Chameleon or GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme?
Chameleon ships an update every 9 days, and GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme every 4 weeks. Most recently, Chameleon was updated on November 3, 2026 and GoWidget| Photo Widgets &Theme on November 7, 2026.

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