Widget Station vs App Shortcut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
App Shortcut
Create custom widgets for quick app launching. Easily find and add your favorite applications to your home screen for instant access. Streamline your mobile experience with personalized shortcuts.
- Create custom widgets
- Quickly launch favorite apps
- Search and add applications
- Personalized shortcuts
- Home screen integration
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App Shortcut enables you to create beautiful widgets to quickly launch your favourite apps. Just search the app you want to add, try it, and create a new shortcut for it in few seconds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widget Station at none against App Shortcut's shown. Widget Station also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). App Shortcut's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (3.8 vs 3.3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
App Shortcut holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Widget Station's written reviews are positive against 100% of App Shortcut's.
Widget Station ships an update every 2 months, App Shortcut every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Station | App Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 3.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cao Tran | Burak Uzunboy |
Customer experience
Widget Station
App Shortcut
In-app purchases
Widget Station
No in-app purchases
App Shortcut
No in-app purchases
