Comparison

Widget Station vs X Widget

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

Head to head
About

Widget Station

Enhance your device's home screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Choose from calendar, time, and image-based designs to add both functionality and aesthetic appeal.

Highlights
  • 20+ built-in widgets
  • Calendar widget
  • Time & Color widget
  • Time & Image widget
  • Customizable widget selection
  • Home screen beautification
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Bring awesome widgets to your home screen Widget Station includes 20+ built-in widgets, shown in 3 forms: * Calendar Widget This is the Widget that displays the calendar date. Minimalistic design but extremely beautiful, giving you full information while making your home screen more interesting and beautiful. * Time & Color Widget This is a widget that displays the time, in beautiful and elegant colors. * Time & Image Widget There is also another form of date and time widget, but you will be admired by the beautifully selected images You will be free to choose the widget you love Let's beautify your home screen with Widget Station

About

X Widget

Personalize your iOS 14 home screen with custom widgets. Choose from various sizes and styles, and tailor fonts, text, and background colors to match your aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Photo widgets
  • Slideshow widgets
  • Text widgets
  • Date and time widgets
  • Font and color customization
Features
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X Widget X Widget lets you create custom and personalized widgets for your iOS 14 home screen. X Widget app features a variety of small, medium, and large widgets for functions like Photo, Photo Slideshow, Custom Text, Date, Time. Each one can be customized to your liking through choices of font, text color, and background color. -- Set up a Widget 1. Open the X Widget App. 2. Choose whether you want to make a Small Widget, Medium Widget, or Large Widget. 3. Select the widget style of your choice. 4. Design the widget. 5. Add widget to your home screen. -- Add Widget to Your Home Screen Once you’ve designed the iOS 14 home screen widget in the X Widget app, you can head back to your home screen, long-press to enter jiggle mode, then tap the “+” icon in the upper-left corner. Look for X Widget in the list of apps, then choose the size of the widget you created. -- On your iOS 14 home screen, you can use as many widgets from X Widget as you’d like. Once you add the X Widget size to your home screen, long-press, choose “Edit Widget” and choose the “Widget” option to pick from the multiple designs you created in the X Widget app.

Screenshots

Widget Station4 screens
X Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Widget Station at Free against X Widget's $0.99. X Widget's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Widget Station is free to download; X Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

X Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Station ships an update every 2 months, X Widget every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Widget Station versus X Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget StationX Widget
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCao Tran雪 赵

Customer experience

Widget Station

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

X Widget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Widget Station

No in-app purchases

None

X Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widget Station free?
Widget Station is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is X Widget free?
X Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widget Station or X Widget?
X Widget is rated higher. Widget Station averages 3.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while X Widget averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Widget Station or X Widget have ads?
Neither Widget Station nor X Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Station or X Widget?
Widget Station ships an update every 2 months, and X Widget every 6 weeks. Most recently, Widget Station was updated on June 1, 2026 and X Widget on September 23, 2026.

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