Photo Widget Studio vs Mofu
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.
Mofu
This app uses a gentle approach to help you build focus habits. It features cute companions and a calming atmosphere to make study or work sessions more enjoyable and productive. Track your progress visually and customize your focus sessions to fit your needs.
- Cross-device focus timer (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
- Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island integration
- Visual progress tracking with growing 'pasture'
- Companion pets to accompany focus sessions
- Multiple focus modes (Normal, Strict, Whitelist, Flow)
- Ambient sounds for a calming atmosphere
- Detailed session history and statistics
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Every focus session you finish becomes a little journey with your pet. Mofu brings a Pomodoro timer, cozy campsites, and keepsakes together to make it easier to begin studying, reading, or working. Available on iPhone and iPad. Choose a pet and a campsite, set your focus goal, and start. Your campsite shapes the scene for that session. When you finish, your companion returns with a discovery that makes your time feel worth remembering. With Mofu, you can: • Focus somewhere cozy. Travel through 10 themed campsites, each with its own scene and collection. • Collect memories from finished sessions. While your current collection still has souvenirs to find, each successful focus goal brings back one new souvenir, with a chance to discover a rare treasure. Revisit your finds and progress in the Journey Book. • Find a rhythm that fits. Use Normal Mode or choose Flow Mode when you want to focus without a fixed end time. Mofu Pro also unlocks Strict and Whitelist Modes to help reduce distractions. Add ambient sounds to set the mood. • See how your time adds up. Explore your focus rhythm in Statistics and Timeline; advanced insights and full history require Mofu Pro. Then visit your pets in Pasture. • Keep focus close. Widgets are available on iPhone and iPad. On iPhone, follow an active timer with Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported models. • Make Mofu feel like yours. Follow your system appearance or choose Light or Dark Mode. Pick a campsite, settle in with your pet, and give your next few minutes to what matters. Mofu Pro Mofu Pro is an optional upgrade available through monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscriptions, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Your Pro access works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with the same Apple Account. Pro features include: • Access to the full set of 10 campsites and their matching journey themes • Additional companion pets • Weekly and monthly focus review widgets • Premium ambient sounds • Advanced statistics • Full Timeline access • Custom focus tags • Strict Mode and Whitelist Mode • iCloud sync for focus history across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Subscription information: • Apple charges your Apple Account under the terms shown at purchase confirmation. If a free trial applies, that screen shows when billing begins. • Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. • The actual price, subscription period, and renewal cost are shown in the app and on Apple's purchase confirmation screen. • You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings. The one-time lifetime purchase does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2Nl5WOAdsl7JW-0Opf9xk5877KEBFiylG_pY5qtHuI/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-C0SuhCIz3JrOPR71KiTo4HOlsmi2-lCJ5fGtCuFqEE/edit?usp=sharing Contact: lsysun1@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Photo Widget Studio at 100% against Mofu's 80%. Mofu's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 Mofu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mofu holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Photo Widget Studio's written reviews are positive against 80% of Mofu's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Photo Widget Studio ships an update every 5 weeks, Mofu every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Photo Widget Studio | Mofu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Gergel | Songyu Li |
Customer experience
Photo Widget Studio
Mofu
In-app purchases
Photo Widget Studio
- Photo Widget Studio Premium$3.99
Mofu
- Tomo Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Tomo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Tomo Pro Lifetime$9.99
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