Comparison

Photo Widget Simple vs Widgets Flow

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Photo Widget Simple

Personalize your iPhone's Home and Lock Screens with a custom photo widget. Display single images or entire albums, add text labels, and choose from multiple widget sizes for a unique look. Enjoy a clean, fast, and private experience.

Highlights
  • Add photos to Home & Lock Screen
  • Display single photos or albums
  • Add custom text labels
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Smart auto-refresh
  • Clean design, no login
  • 100% privacy
Features
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Photo Widget Simple - The ultimate photo widget app that lets you easily create live home screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, and custom widgets for iPhone. Personalize your Home Screen with your favorite photos. Create a photo widget, add your favorite pictures, create photo albums, and enjoy your memories directly on your Home Screen. Photo Widget - Turn your favorite photos into beautiful live home screen widgets. Choose the pictures you love and create a photo widget that makes your iPhone feel more personal. - Display photos of family, friends, pets, travel, special moments, or anything you want to keep close. Photo Album - Create photo albums to organize your favorite pictures. Add multiple photos to an album and let your photo album widget rotate through your selected photos. - Create different albums for different memories and choose which photos you want to see on your Home Screen. Features * Create widgets for your Home Screen * Add your favorite photos to photo widgets * Create and organize photo albums * Personalize your lock screen with photos * Personalize your Home Screen with your own photos * Keep family, friends, pets, and special memories close * Simple and easy-to-use widget experience * Works smoothly with iOS 16, 17, 18, and 26. Whether you are looking for a widget maker, custom widgets, color widgets or an easy way to personalize your Home Screen, Photo Widget Simple puts your favorite photos front and center. The app is also compatible with popular widget apps like Widgetsmith, Widgetable, or Locket Widget, allowing you to seamlessly integrate your custom widgets with other widget kits. Create your photo widget, organize your favorite memories, and make your Lock Screen truly yours.

About

Widgets Flow

Personalize your phone's home and lock screens with a wide variety of customizable widgets and dynamic island options. Add photos, weather, shortcuts, animations, and more to create a unique look for your device.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Dynamic Island customization
  • Customizable widget backgrounds
  • Daily wallpaper updates
  • Animation and emoji options
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Widget Flow is a feature-rich desktop customization tool that lets you easily personalize your phone’s home screen with cool or cute styles. 【Home Screen Widgets】 1. A wide variety of widgets including photos, device info panels, date calendars, weather, quick launch shortcuts, music widgets, and more. 2. Highly customizable — you can adjust the widget’s background, images, fonts, and more. 3. Fully compatible with the latest iOS 26, with a stunning liquid glass effect. 4. Simple setup for transparent widget backgrounds. 【Wallpaper】 1. we are going to post beautiful wallpapers for users every day. 【Lock Screen Widgets】 1. Now we support lock screen widget, you can add animation, weather, health info to your lock screen. 【Dynamic Island】 1. Multiple lock screen Dynamic Island options — including photos, weather, shortcuts, animations, calendars, and time progress indicators. 2. Over 100 animations available for custom island effects, plus hundreds of emojis for personalized styling. 3. Easily toggle or configure the Dynamic Island to prevent it from interfering with your daily work or life. By using this app, you agree to Apple’s Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Photo Widget Simple4 screens
Widgets Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widgets Flow at 83% against Photo Widget Simple's 43%. Widgets Flow also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Photo Widget Simple's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Photo Widget Simple sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Widgets Flow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widgets Flow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 183 and 238 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Photo Widget Simple's written reviews are positive against 83% of Widgets Flow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Widget Simple ships an update every 7 months, Widgets Flow fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photo Widget Simple versus Widgets Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Widget SimpleWidgets Flow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (183 ratings)4.7 (238 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings183238 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB425 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKishan PanchotiyaXiamen Xingmai Network Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Photo Widget Simple

All ratings183 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative47.6%

Widgets Flow

All ratings238 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral8.0%
Negative9.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Photo Widget Simple

One-time2
  • Unlock Features & Remove Ads$3.99
  • Remove Ads & Unlock All Features$9.99
3 purchases

Widgets Flow

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent VIP$4.99

Questions

Is Photo Widget Simple free?
Photo Widget Simple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widgets Flow free?
Widgets Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Widget Simple or Widgets Flow?
Widgets Flow is rated higher. Photo Widget Simple averages 4.3 out of 5 from 183 ratings, while Widgets Flow averages 4.7 from 238 ratings.
Do Photo Widget Simple or Widgets Flow have ads?
Both Photo Widget Simple and Widgets Flow show ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Widget Simple or Widgets Flow?
Photo Widget Simple ships an update every 7 months, and Widgets Flow fortnightly. Most recently, Photo Widget Simple was updated on October 14, 2026 and Widgets Flow on October 14, 2026.

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