Comparison

X Widget vs QR Note

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

QR Note

Features
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Introducing QR Note, a sticky note with a universal QR code that enables you to save photos, videos, and voice recordings to your notes. Ideal for professionals such as lawyers, professors, event planner, CEOs, and busy secretaries who require instant access to information in a fast and easy manner. Simply scan the QR Note with your smartphone and gain immediate access to the contents you need to be reminded of instantly.

Screenshots

X Widget4 screens
QR Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QR Note at Free against X Widget's $0.99. QR Note also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On 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

QR Note is free to download; X Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, QR Note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
X Widget versus QR Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX WidgetQR Note
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪 赵Galatea USA

In-app purchases

None

X Widget

No in-app purchases

None

QR Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is X Widget free?
X Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QR Note free?
QR Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do X Widget or QR Note have ads?
Neither X Widget nor QR Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X Widget or QR Note?
X Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and QR Note fortnightly. Most recently, X Widget was updated on September 23, 2026 and QR Note on October 11, 2026.

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