Comparison

Transparent App Icons vs Widget spacer

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

Head to head
About

Transparent App Icons

Easily customize your iOS home screen with unique icons that blend seamlessly with your wallpaper. Create custom layouts and spacing for a personalized aesthetic. Includes a variety of overlay images for a see-through logo effect.

Highlights
  • Upload wallpaper for seamless icon blending
  • Automatic image cropping to wallpaper size
  • Create icon images for entire home screen pages
  • Overlay transparent images with 2200+ logos
  • Custom icon spacing and layouts
Features
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Updated for iPhone 16 and iOS 18.1 with support for large icons mode! Transparent App Icons is the easiest, simplest way to customize your iOS 14+ Home Screen with icons that are set against the background wallpaper to look like they’re transparent. Transparent App Icons lets you create images to use as Shortcuts and bookmarks on your Home Screen, so you can achieve previously impossible Home Screen layouts and custom icon spacing, using a simulated transparent background. Features: - Upload wallpaper images and automatically create icons with the correct cut-out so that icons blend with the wallpaper seamlessly - Automatically crop uploaded images to your phone’s wallpaper size - Quickly create icon images for entire home screen pages - Overlay transparent images to create a see-through logo effect: 2200+ logos and symbols included in the app - Transparent App Icons is a one time purchase, paid up front: no subscriptions, no selling data, no need to log in - Absolutely never, ever, ever any ads There’s no corporation trying to extract ad dollars here - I’m just one developer, and I hope Transparent App Icons can help you create creative and aesthetic iOS 14 home screen layouts! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at support@transparenticons.app, or on Twitter at @TransparentIcns - thank you!

About

Widget spacer

Customize your iOS 16 Lock Screen by adding transparent widgets to reposition existing elements. Choose from two sizes and an inline option for date style, or add a custom message above the clock.

Highlights
  • Transparent widget spacers
  • Customizable widget placement
  • Two widget sizes
  • Inline date style option
  • Custom message above clock
Features
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Use these new widget spacers to move your new iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets to where you want them to be. Two sizes are available for better customisation, as well as an inline option to shorten the date style. You can also set a custom message in the settings app to show above the clock. Nice.

Screenshots

Transparent App Icons4 screens
Widget spacer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Widget spacer at Free against Transparent App Icons's $1.99. Widget spacer also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Transparent App Icons's advantage is chart position (#32 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

Widget spacer is free to download; Transparent App Icons costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widget spacer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 92 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Transparent App Icons's written reviews are positive against 65% of Widget spacer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transparent App Icons ships an update every 2 weeks, Widget spacer daily. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Transparent App Icons versus Widget spacer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransparent App IconsWidget spacer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (157 ratings)4.4 (92 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.4% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings157 — better92
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoah GilmoreRichard Shilton

Customer experience

Transparent App Icons

All ratings158 ratings
Positive55.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative32.9%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive49.4%
Neutral14.7%
Negative35.9%

Widget spacer

All ratings92 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.3%

Bugs and requests

Transparent App Icons

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Icons not aligning properly on iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • Cropping issues on iPhone 13 mini
  • App freezes when trying to add multiple icons

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for iOS 26
  • Allow uploading own icons
  • Add widget customization
  • Save and load icon layouts

Widget spacer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Transparent App Icons

No in-app purchases

None

Widget spacer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transparent App Icons free?
Transparent App Icons costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Widget spacer free?
Widget spacer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Transparent App Icons or Widget spacer?
Widget spacer is rated higher. Transparent App Icons averages 3.5 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Widget spacer averages 4.4 from 92 ratings.
Do Transparent App Icons or Widget spacer have ads?
Neither Transparent App Icons nor Widget spacer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transparent App Icons or Widget spacer?
Transparent App Icons ships an update every 2 weeks, and Widget spacer daily. Most recently, Transparent App Icons was updated on November 3, 2026 and Widget spacer on November 3, 2026.

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