Comparison

Story Widget vs WidgetArt

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

Head to head
About

Story Widget

Create highly customizable date widgets for your device. Adjust size, color, background images, and fonts to perfectly match your aesthetic. Offers free content with optional premium subscription plans.

Highlights
  • Customizable date widget size and color
  • Background image from photos or Unsplash
  • 30+ built-in fonts
  • Adjustable text color
  • Weekly and monthly premium subscriptions
Features
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Story Widget is a highly customizable date widget. It can be adjusted precisely to best fit your desired appearance. - Create custom date widget of nearly any size and color - Change background image using your Photos or Unsplash - Pick from 30+ built-in fonts - Change text color - More features to come... If you’re having fun playing around with widgets, you should definitely check out Story Widget Along with completely free content, the app has the following subscription options for premium content: - Weekly with a 3-day free trial period; - Monthly without trial period; Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Free trial subscription is automatically renewed unless cancelled 24 hours before the renewal - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
 - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JFFapps/StoryWidget/master/PrivacyPolicy Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JFFapps/StoryWidget/master/TermOfUse

About

WidgetArt

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with a collection of stylish and customizable widgets. Choose from time, photo, calendar, and text options to create a unique look.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Time widgets
  • Photo widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • Text widgets
  • Home screen personalization
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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WidgetArt is a well-designed widget collection to allow you personalize your home screen, and make your iPhone's home screen like never before. Our widgets include time widgets, photo widgets, text widgets and more with the new iOS 14 widget experience. Each widget can be easily added to your home screen for everyone. What widget can you create in WidgetArt: -Time Widget -Photo Widget -Anniversary Widget -Daily Steps Widget -Time Progress Widget -Calendar Widget -Text Widget -And more! 【Well-Designed Widgets for You】 -There are a wide collection of stylish widgets, which includes time, photo, anniversary, daily steps, time progress, calendar, text widgets and more! -Select any widget you want, add it NOW! 【Customize Your Widget】 -Hundreds of widget themes to choose from, you can freely edit theme color and layout to customize your own widget. 【Design Your Home Screen】 -With WidgetArt, it allows you personalize your home screen as you want, and make it like never before. 【Easily Setup】 -Believe us that each widget can be easily added to your home screen for everyone. WidgetArt offers monthly and yearly subscriptions. The subscription prices are: $14.99/Year -You can subscribe to ayearly plan ($14.99 billed once a year after the free trial expires). The prices are in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. -Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. WidgetArt has accepted HealthKit and will read your health data with your permission. You can open or close these permissions in Apple Heath as needed; Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/widgetart-privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/widgetart-termsofuse/ Contact us: If you have any question, please feel free to contact us via zhang@ziheng.me

Screenshots

Story Widget4 screens
WidgetArt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Story Widget at freemium against WidgetArt's subscription. Story Widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). WidgetArt's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 6). On price, rating, 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. Story Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and WidgetArt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Story Widget against 4.8 for WidgetArt. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidgetArt has 50 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Story Widget ships an update weekly, WidgetArt every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Story Widget versus WidgetArt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStory WidgetWidgetArt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)4.8 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews—88.0% of reviews
Number of ratings650 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKseniya Adamchyk子恒 张

Customer experience

Story Widget

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WidgetArt

All ratings50 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Story Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly premium$12.991 Month
2 purchases

WidgetArt

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$6.99

Questions

Is Story Widget free?
Story Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetArt free?
WidgetArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Story Widget or WidgetArt?
Story Widget and WidgetArt are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 50 ratings respectively.
Do Story Widget or WidgetArt have ads?
Neither Story Widget nor WidgetArt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Story Widget or WidgetArt?
Story Widget ships an update weekly, and WidgetArt every 5 weeks. Most recently, Story Widget was updated on October 4, 2026 and WidgetArt on October 17, 2026.

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