Photo Widget Studio vs John Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Widget Studio
Personalize your device's home screen with custom photo widgets. Create full-format displays or collages with various layouts. Define unique tap actions for each widget, like opening contacts or sending direct messages.
- Home screen personalization
- Custom photo widgets
- Collage creation
- Multiple layout options
- Custom tap actions
- Contact and message shortcuts
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Personalize your home screen. Wide collection of tools to create and tune in photo widgets. Use a full format or create a lovely collage with many possible layouts. Each widget allows defining custom tap action like open the contact detail or direct Whatsapp message.
John Widget
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John Widget can help you personalize your phone screen. It supports many ways of widget customization, such as gradient background, photo background with flexible adjustment, many choice of fonts, many widget styles. It also use Health Kit to display your walk steps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: John Widget at every 9 days against Photo Widget Studio's every 5 weeks. John Widget also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and John Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Photo Widget Studio ships an update every 5 weeks, John Widget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Widget Studio | John Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Gergel | Qian Kun zhu |
In-app purchases
Photo Widget Studio
- Photo Widget Studio Premium$3.99
John Widget
- Pro Edition$0.99
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