It's a widget vs Simple Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's a widget
This app allows you to add a variety of customizable widgets to your device's home screen. Choose from clocks, calendars, to-do lists, weather, and more, with options for transparent backgrounds and custom color schemes.
- Clock widgets
- Date & Calendar widgets
- ToDo & Reminder widgets
- Weather widgets
- Customizable widget colors
- Transparent background options
- Frosted glass background effects
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"It's a widgets" is the most advanced widget app for your screen! ==Widget Type== • Clock • Date&Calendar • ToDo&Reminder • Weather • DeviceInfo • Custom More types and styles are continuing to be added...... ==Customization== Support the customization of widgets: You can change the color of each part of the widget, of course we also provide a recommended color scheme for you to switch quickly. ==Transparent Background== The background of each widget supports special transparency settings. (Including *Pure Transparent*, *White Frosted Glass*, *Black Frosted Glass*) Tip: If you need to open the perspective zoom, you can set the background to frosted glass type.
Simple Widgets
Personalize your home and lock screens with customizable widgets. Choose from various sizes and styles, including different backgrounds, font colors, and borders. Easily edit existing widgets to change their appearance.
- Customizable widget types
- Small, Medium, Large, and Lock Screen widgets
- Background and font color customization
- Border customization
- Edit existing widget appearance
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Simple Widgets • Photo makes it super easy to customize your home and lock screen like never before. Customize every widget, and personalize your home and lock screen. Features: • Create different types of widgets. • Small, Medium, Large, and lock screen widgets, all customizable. • Customize the added widget with different backgrounds, font colors, borders, etc. • Edit the added widgets to a different appearance. ——— FEEDBACK ——— Have any suggestions? Feel free to contact us at joezhang176776005@gmail.com Term of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zhangkaigogo.github.io/Widgets/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Widgets at 100% against It's a widget's 50%. Simple Widgets also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). It's a widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. It's a widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Simple Widgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Widgets has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of It's a widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Widgets's.
It's a widget ships an update weekly, Simple Widgets every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's a widget | Simple Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SuperSynthesis Co.,Ltd. | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
It's a widget
Simple Widgets
In-app purchases
It's a widget
- Pro Version(Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Pro Version(Quarterly)$4.493 Months
- Pro Version(Yearly)14 Days trial$11.991 Year
Simple Widgets
- Widget Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Widget Premium (Annual)$19.991 Year
Questions
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