Comparison

X Widget vs Dr Alarm

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

Dr Alarm

This app helps you manage your schedule with customizable alarms that can repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. It also includes medication and water reminders, and can announce the time with custom voice content. Supports dark mode and can ring even when the phone is muted.

Highlights
  • Customizable alarm repeat options
  • Medication and water reminders
  • Customizable voice alerts
  • Dark and Light Mode support
  • Alarm skipping functionality
  • Rings on silent mode
Features
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Alarm can repeat every N days, N weeks, N months, or N years; on a specific date; by shift cycle; on statutory workdays; or on holidays. ◆There are 20 ringtones in the app, and you can create ringtone by yourself. ◆Water & Medication Reminder. ◆For iOS13 above, it can tell the time at any time and customize the voice content. ◆It supports Dark Mode and Light Mode. ◆You can skip an alarm clock at a certain time. ◆It can ring when the phone is mute. 【Automatic Renewal Instructions】 The Pro edition is an automatic renewal product,which will be charged from your Apple iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase and automatically renewed 24 hours before your one-year subscription period expires. To cancel the automatic renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal in the App Store account Settings 24 hours before the subscription expires. After the automatic renewal is turned off, the fee will not be deducted. Automatic Subscription to Professional Service Agreements https://www.flytiger.work/iOSProtocol.html Privacy Policy https://www.flytiger.work/iOSPrivacy.html

Screenshots

X Widget4 screens
Dr Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: X Widget at 5.0 against Dr Alarm's 4.5. X Widget also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Dr Alarm's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

X Widget costs $0.99 and Dr Alarm $0.99 up front. Dr Alarm sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. X Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

X Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of X Widget's written reviews are positive against 65% of Dr Alarm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Dr Alarm fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
X Widget versus Dr Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX WidgetDr Alarm
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better65.2% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪 赵志聪 黄

Customer experience

X Widget

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

Dr Alarm

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral13.0%
Negative21.7%

In-app purchases

None

X Widget

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Dr Alarm

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • Schedule-Rest$6.99
  • Skip alarm clocks$6.99
  • Remove Ads$14.99

Questions

Is X Widget free?
X Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dr Alarm free?
Dr Alarm costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, X Widget or Dr Alarm?
X Widget is rated higher. X Widget averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dr Alarm averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do X Widget or Dr Alarm have ads?
Dr Alarm shows ads; X Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, X Widget or Dr Alarm?
X Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dr Alarm fortnightly. Most recently, X Widget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dr Alarm on November 3, 2026.

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