Comparison

X Widget vs Tot Mini

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

Head to head
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.

About

Tot Mini

This app offers a streamlined way to capture, organize, and edit text across Apple devices. Its minimalist design uses color-coded dots for organization, and it supports Markdown for web use. Seamless iCloud sync ensures your notes are accessible anywhere.

Highlights
  • Color-coded note organization
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Markdown support
  • Dictation and Scribble input
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text across your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It’s your tiny text companion! ⁕ Less Is More Tot’s simple design mean no more hunting for that chunk of text. Seven color-coded dots let you organize your notes while keeping them from getting out of hand. ⁕ iCloud Sync Seamlessly syncs your text across watchOS, iOS and macOS using iCloud so you can capture thoughts wherever you are. ⁕ Markdown Support Full support for rich or plain text and even automatically translates text to Markdown for handy use on the web. Have an RTF file you need marked up? No problem! ⁕ Killer Input Tot supports dictation and Scribble on Apple Watch. Quick, easy, and waiting for additional editing on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Available for watchOS, iOS, and macOS.

Screenshots

X Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: X Widget at 5.0 against Tot Mini's 2.9. X Widget also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Tot Mini's advantage is chart position (#185 vs unranked) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

X Widget costs $0.99 and Tot Mini $1.99 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 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of X Widget's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tot Mini's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Tot Mini every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
X Widget versus Tot Mini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX WidgetTot Mini
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better2.9 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings419 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#185 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪 赵The Iconfactory

Customer experience

X Widget

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

Tot Mini

All ratings19 ratings
Positive42.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative52.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

X Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Tot Mini

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is X Widget free?
X Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tot Mini free?
Tot Mini costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, X Widget or Tot Mini?
X Widget is rated higher. X Widget averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Tot Mini averages 2.9 from 19 ratings.
Do X Widget or Tot Mini have ads?
Neither X Widget nor Tot Mini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X Widget or Tot Mini?
X Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tot Mini every 2 months. Most recently, X Widget was updated on September 23, 2026 and Tot Mini on September 12, 2026.

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