PhotoWidget* vs Widget Cast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoWidget*
Easily decorate your iPhone home screen with your favorite photos using customizable widgets. Display precious memories, pets, or idols with no limit on the number of photos or widgets you can add. The app offers a simple and intuitive way to personalize your device's look.
- Customizable photo widgets for iPhone Home Screen
- Display favorite photos like family, friends, celebrities, or pets
- Apply different pictures to each widget
- No limit on the number of photos and widgets
- Easy to use interface
- Adapted to the fresh look of iOS devices
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PhotoWidget* is compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Decorate your iPhone home screen with your favorite photos such as precious memories of your family, friends, and your favorite celebrities, idols, pets, or so on. PhotoWidget* that allows you to apply different pictures to each widget. Choose pictures you want and decorate your home screen prettily. PhotoWidget* no limit to the number of photos and widgets From anywhere in your device, with a simple top to bottom swipe, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Photo widget allows viewing one or more photos from the photo library of your device. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. *Official Fanpage https://www.facebook.com/pg/PhotoWidget-106328924570926/posts/?ref=page_internal *Official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/photowidget.poly/
Widget Cast
Animate your home screen with custom video widgets. Apply retro effects like CRT and pixelation to short clips. Organize videos into playlists and display them on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Video home screen widgets
- Retro visual effects
- Customizable playlists
- Apple Watch support
- Multiple widget sizes
- Privacy-focused
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Turn your videos into living home screen widgets with cool retro effects. Real live video! Widget Cast captures, filters, and casts short clips onto your iPhone and Apple Watch - so the moments you care about are right there on your device. -- EFFECTS -- • CRT • Night vision • Pixellate • Colour tint • Thermal camera + many more! -- WIDGETS -- • Home screen widgets in multiple sizes • Pick your favourites to show where you like -- PLAYLISTS -- • Collect your favourite videos into playlists and play them back in the widget • Control how often they loop, shuffle and transition effects -- WATCH -- • Watch on your watch too! -- PRO -- • One simple unlock for all extra features, no subscriptions -- PRIVACY -- • Everything stays on your phone or watch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Widget Cast at 4.3 against PhotoWidget*'s 1.3. Widget Cast also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%). PhotoWidget*'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. Widget Cast sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PhotoWidget* asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widget Cast holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PhotoWidget*'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Widget Cast's.
PhotoWidget* ships an update every 2 days, Widget Cast every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoWidget* | Widget Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polymath Company Limited | Dark Pie Ltd |
Customer experience
PhotoWidget*
Widget Cast
In-app purchases
PhotoWidget*
No in-app purchases
Widget Cast
- Widget Cast Pro!$1.99
- Widget Cast Pro!$2.99
- Widget Cast Pro!$3.99
Questions
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