Comparison

Art Widget+ vs Color Widgets Instant

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

Head to head
About

Art Widget+

Personalize your iOS home screen with custom widgets. Choose from a vast library of beautifully designed templates to create a unique look for your phone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Personalized home screen widgets
  • Massive template library
  • One-click widget addition
  • Supports iOS 14+
  • Compatible with phones and iPads
Features
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Art Widget is a widget app designed specifically for iOS14, which allows you to add personalized widgets directly to your home screen to create your own unique home screen. -Massive templates: countless beautifully designed small component templates to choose from -Easy to operate, quickly run the program, add personalized widgets with one click -All mobile phones and ipad devices running iOS 14 are supported

About

Color Widgets Instant

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast collection of pre-designed widgets for weather, time, calendar, photos, and more. Easily apply existing designs or create your own unique widgets with extensive customization options for fonts, colors, and backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Pre-made widget designs
  • Custom widget creation
  • Font customization
  • Theme and color selection
  • Photo widgets
  • Multiple widget types
Features
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Color Widgets Instant contains a large set of good pre-made designs for weather, forecast, count-down, time, date, battery, calendar, photo collection, quotes and more. You can immediately use the design in second or better yet, make your own. This app provides powerful customization tools to make widgets on your Home Screen unique: - Design your favorite widget with many widget types available - Customize Font with hundreds amazing fonts - Freely re-select theme color and background color - Put your photo to widget Color Widgets Instant regularly update new pre-made widgets, enriching your choices day by day. With Color Widgets Instant, there is no limit to customize your home screen Subscription plans: • 3 days free trial then monthly subscription • Or buy lifetime one time and use forever • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of service: https://sites.google.com/view/green-app/term-of-use Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/green-app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Art Widget+3 screens
Color Widgets Instant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color Widgets Instant at 81% against Art Widget+'s 38%. Color Widgets Instant also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Art Widget+'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Art Widget+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Color Widgets Instant sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Color Widgets Instant holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 148 and 250 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Art Widget+'s written reviews are positive against 81% of Color Widgets Instant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Widget+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Color Widgets Instant every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Art Widget+ versus Color Widgets Instant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt Widget+Color Widgets Instant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (148 ratings)4.6 (250 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews80.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings148250 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文飞 黎Bui Van Phuoc

Customer experience

Art Widget+

All ratings142 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

Color Widgets Instant

All ratings250 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral13.4%
Negative6.0%

Bugs and requests

Art Widget+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Color Widgets Instant

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App stops working after reinstallation
  • Widget temperature and data not displaying
  • Plus button not appearing in jiggle mode on iPad
  • Only one widget showing instead of multiple created
  • Widgets turning black after updates
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  • Pedometer widget keeps resetting
  • Image cropping showing unwanted online content
  • White borders appearing on uploaded images

Requested features

8 requests
  • More widget design schemes and choices
  • Apple Watch app compatibility
  • NFL and sports-themed widget options
  • Easier photo album selection interface
  • Image resizing and adjustment within widget editor
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  • Better image cropping control
  • Multiple widgets display on home screen
  • Improved widget preview functionality

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Art Widget+

One-time1
  • 高级会员$0.99
2 purchases

Color Widgets Instant

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium Version3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Version$6.99

Questions

Is Art Widget+ free?
Art Widget+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Widgets Instant free?
Color Widgets Instant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Art Widget+ or Color Widgets Instant?
Color Widgets Instant is rated higher. Art Widget+ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 148 ratings, while Color Widgets Instant averages 4.6 from 250 ratings.
Do Art Widget+ or Color Widgets Instant have ads?
Art Widget+ shows ads; Color Widgets Instant does not.
Which is updated more often, Art Widget+ or Color Widgets Instant?
Art Widget+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Color Widgets Instant every 4 days. Most recently, Art Widget+ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Color Widgets Instant on October 24, 2026.

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