Photo Widget Editor vs App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Widget Editor
Personalize your iPhone home screen with custom widgets. Choose from various sizes and display your favorite photos, from family to pets. Compatible with iOS 14 and newer.
- Customizable widget sizes (small, medium, large)
- Display favorite photos on home screen
- Compatible with iOS 14+ Home Screen Widgets
- Personalize iPhone home screens
- Design Studio for styling
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Design Awesome Widget For iPhone With Photo Widget Design DESIGN STUDIO: Photo Widget Design is perfect for customizing and styling your home screen. You can create widgets in small, medium, or large sizes. QUICK WIDGETS DESIGN: Decorate your iPhone home screen with quickest access to your favorite photos such as your family, friends, your favorite celebrities and idols, pets and so on WORKS ON ALL DEVICES Photo Widget Design are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Useful and delightful, widgets can also help people personalize their iPhone Home screens in unique ways. Photo Widget Design offers the following subscriptions options: * 1 week: $1.99 (USD) * 1 month: $3.99 (USD) * 1 year: $34.99 (USD) These prices apply to United States residents. Prices may vary in other countries respecting your local currency exchange rate. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account. At the end of the term, unless auto-renewables subscriptions are disabled, your subscription will automatically renew in your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/pvs-widgetdesign Terms, and conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/pvs-termofuse
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Create personalized app icons to customize your device's home screen. Access a vast library of fonts, stickers, stock images, filters, and borders to design unique icons. Remove ads and unlock all features with a PRO subscription.
- Custom app icon design
- Extensive font library
- Vast sticker collection
- Royalty-free stock images
- Image filters and borders
- Full cut-out tool
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Design custom app icons for your home screen. With App Icon Maker & Designer it's easy to customize your home screen and make your iPhone as unique as you. Unlock everything and remove the ads with an App Icon Maker PRO subscription: - 7-Day Free Trial - No ads - 367 Unique Fonts - 4530 Stickers - 1.8 Million Royalty Free Stock Images & Backgrounds - 78 Filters - 304 Borders - Full Cut-Out Tool Icon Maker Pro Annual - $17.99 usd/year, billed annually (that's only $1.49/month) Icon Maker Pro Monthly - $2.99 usd/month, billed monthly - 7-day free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at 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 the 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 publication, where applicable Terms of use: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy#terms Privacy Policy: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Photo Widget Editor at 5.0 against App Icon Maker & Custom Theme's 4.3. Photo Widget Editor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). App Icon Maker & Custom Theme's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (755 vs 6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Photo Widget Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and App Icon Maker & Custom Theme sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Photo Widget Editor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: App Icon Maker & Custom Theme has 755 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Photo Widget Editor's written reviews are positive against 70% of App Icon Maker & Custom Theme's.
Photo Widget Editor ships an update weekly, App Icon Maker & Custom Theme monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Widget Editor | App Icon Maker & Custom Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.3 (755 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 69.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 755 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Son Phi | Digital Palette LLC |
Customer experience
Photo Widget Editor
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Bugs and requests
Photo Widget Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezes when trying to apply custom icons
- Some icons not displaying properly
Requested features
3 requests- More free icon packs
- Ability to apply custom icons directly
- Improved stability and performance
In-app purchases
Photo Widget Editor
- All access a week$1.997 Days
- All access a month$3.991 Month
- All access a year$34.991 Year
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
- App Icon Maker PRO Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- AI Pro Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
- App Icon Maker PRO Annual7 Days trial$35.991 Year
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- AI Pro Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
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