Simple Photo Widget + vs My Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Photo Widget +
Personalize your iPhone's home screen by displaying your favorite photos in customizable widgets. Add unlimited images, set refresh intervals, and enjoy a clean interface with dark mode support for an attractive and dynamic display.
- Home screen photo widgets
- Unlimited photo support
- Customizable refresh intervals
- Plain and simple UI
- High-quality images
- Dark mode support
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Photo Widgetsmith helps you to display your favorite photos anywhere in your home screen. Add unlimited photos to your widget, set a refresh interval for your photos, your iPhone Home screen can never be more attractive. With Photo Widgetsmill, you can get: - Plain and Simple User Interface, saving you lots of time. - High quality images, giving you best quality ever. - Dark mode support, well fitting for your home screens. - Unlimited photos support, for your limitlessly impressive photos Download now and Enjoy your FREE Photo Widget.
My Widgets
Personalize your iOS device with customizable widgets for your lock screen and desktop. Add photos, track holidays and birthdays, and display your calendar. Integrate with HealthKit to visualize your step data.
- Lock screen widgets
- Desktop widgets
- Photo slideshows
- Holiday reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Calendar display
- HealthKit integration
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iOS16 lock screen widget, customize your lock screen interface. There are more than 20 kinds of small, medium and large desktop widgets, which support personalized customization. Photos: Support selecting multiple pictures and setting the playback interval. Holiday: Remind you of the remaining days of the next holiday. Birthday: Set birthday reminders for yourself and your family. Calendar: The large size can display holidays. We integrate with the health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps data and show them in a beautiful way. [Feedback] Gmail: chentom417@gmail.com Your suggestion is very important to me, you can contact me using the feedback in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Photo Widget + at none against My Widgets's 1. Simple Photo Widget + also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (86% vs 51%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. My Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Photo Widget + asks for nothing beyond the download.
My Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 292 and 355 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Simple Photo Widget +'s written reviews are positive against 51% of My Widgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simple Photo Widget + ships an update every 3 days, My Widgets every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Photo Widget + | My Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (292 ratings) | 4.6 (355 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 51.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 292 | 355 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phoenix Mobile Technology LLC | 苏娟 陈 |
Customer experience
Simple Photo Widget +
My Widgets
Bugs and requests
Simple Photo Widget +
Reported bugs
2 issues- 🐛 Photos not showing up in widgets
- 🐛 Cannot change pictures for some widgets
Requested features
1 request- More guidance on how to use the app
My Widgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Photo Widget +
No in-app purchases
My Widgets
- Remove ads$2.99
Questions
Is Simple Photo Widget + free?
Is My Widgets free?
Which has better reviews, Simple Photo Widget + or My Widgets?
Do Simple Photo Widget + or My Widgets have ads?
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