Collage Widget vs Routine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collage Widget
Create custom widgets for your home screen with personalized text, photos, and backgrounds. Choose from various layouts and fonts to express yourself visually.
- Customizable layouts
- Add personal text
- Select and edit photos
- Choose background colors
- Multiple font options
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Choose your layout Choose your text and font Choose and edit photos Choose any background color
Routine
Build a structured daily schedule with time-blocks, notes, and music. Incorporate morning and evening reflections, and utilize flexible features like 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' to adapt to your needs. Personalize the app's appearance with various visual styles and colors.
- Time-blocking with start and duration
- Notes, todos, and music links per block
- Morning and evening reflection prompts
- Flexible 'Late Start' and 'Day Off' options
- Eight visual styles and custom accent colors
- Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets
- Cloud-synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Routine helps you live by a daily rhythm. Set your wake time. Build your day in time-blocks. Add notes, todos, and music. Morning and evening reflection questions to bookend the day. Late Start when you start late. Day Off when you need one. The routine flexes; you don't break. Eight visual styles, including Solar — a gradient that follows the sun. Custom accent colors per routine, or per block. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Cloud-synced. Live Activities on the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets. Free for everyone. No paywall, no Pro features. If Routine helps your days, support development with a Monthly, Yearly, or Forever subscription. Either way, everything's unlocked. My dog keeps a routine. I built this app for us. We hope you like it too! — Daniel & Mac • Time-blocks with start, duration, purpose • Notes, todos, and music links per block • Morning and evening reflection questions • Late Start when you start late • Day Off without losing your place • Eight visual styles, including Solar • Custom accent colors per routine or per block • Lock Screen Live Activities and Home Screen widgets • iPhone, iPad, and Mac — cloud-synced Questions or feedback? getroutineapp@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://getroutine.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getroutine.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Collage Widget at none against Routine's 3. Collage Widget also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Routine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Collage Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Collage Widget against 5.0 for Routine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collage Widget has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Collage Widget ships an update every 3 days, Routine weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Collage Widget | Routine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nolan Mathews | Daniel Davis |
In-app purchases
Collage Widget
No in-app purchases
Routine
- Routine Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Routine Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Routine Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
