Comparison

Widget Toolbox vs Only Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Widget Toolbox

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast collection of customizable widgets. Add text, photos, calendars, weather, step counts, and more to make your interface both beautiful and functional. Choose from pre-designed options or create your own unique layouts.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Pre-designed widget collection
  • Text, photo, calendar widgets
  • Weather and step count widgets
  • Health app integration for step tracking
  • Color, font, and border customization
Features
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* Special: A lot of widgets for Christmas and new year 2021. Are you excited when widgets came on your home screen? This Widget Toolbox application will help you to create customized widgets, so you can decorate your home screen. You will make your home screen more useful, more beautiful, color widget. If you don't want to spend time to create widget, you can use widgets created by our designer in Widget Collection tab. Widget types: - Text. - Sticky note: Add sticky note to your home screen. - Date and time: many special clock, watch faces. - Calendar. - Today events. - Today reminders. - Photo widget. - Battery remaining. - Weather. - Step count: Show number of steps you have walked today. And the bar or ring to track your steps is how many percent of 10,000 steps. - Hundreds of widgets in Widget collection. You can customize these widgets with colors, fonts, and border. Let's get started to personalize your home screen. Step count feature is integrated with Health app, read steps data from Health app, then show it to your widget.

About

Only Widgets

Customize your device's home screen with a variety of functional widgets. Display time, weather, photos, sticky notes, health data, and more. Personalize your layout with different sizes and styles for a unique look.

Highlights
  • Customizable time and calendar widgets
  • Photo slideshow and display widgets
  • Sticky note and anniversary trackers
  • Health data integration for steps and mileage
  • Weather and oil price forecasts
  • Shortcut access to contacts and payments
  • Transparent widget options
Features
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Only Widgets is a multi-functional widget with simple style and strong practicability, with built-in selected component libraries. feature of product: · Time component: simple time (small) x3, monthly calendar (small, large) x1, time progress x3 (small, medium, large), analog clock x17 · Movement components: movement steps (small) x3, target steps and mileage can be set · Sticky note component: sticky note (small, large x2), customizable style and content · Photo component: photo (small, medium, large), can customize photos; slide show (small, medium, large), can choose album or multiple photos to automatically switch to display photo content · Anniversary component: Countdown single (small), 3 anniversaries (small, medium), 6 anniversaries (medium, large), you can set an anniversary event, and the component display style will change with the event Mixed component: mixed component (small) x5, mixed component (large), mixed display time, date, weather, exercise steps, power and other information, target exercise can set the number of steps, mileage · Weather component: weather forecast (small, medium), city can be set · Oil price component: today's oil price (small, medium, large), displays today's gasoline price information, and provinces can be set · Constellation components: Constellation today's fortune (small, medium, large), constellation speed dating (small), constellation can be set Shortcut component: payment shortcut entry (medium); contact component (medium, large), which can quickly dial or send text messages · Transparent Components: Hide content where it takes up space on the desktop Mixed panel: small size x5, medium size x3, large size x1, mixed display of various information, such as time, weather, anniversaries, exercise steps, shortcuts, photos, etc. · Standby mode widgets previewing * Instructions on the permissions used by the application Photo Usage Permissions: Replacing the Contents of Photo Components Location service permission: used for weather forecast, local oil price, etc. that require location service positioning Health data access rights: Some of our widgets need to access some health data, such as the number of exercise steps, basic activity energy, exercise energy consumption, floors climbed, exercise mileage and other health data, which are used to display information in the widget Download it quickly and have a try, there is always a component that you may use * About automatic subscription The subscription fee will be charged to your iTunes account when you confirm the purchase, and the subscription will automatically renew unless the current subscriber cancels the renewal at least 24 hours in advance. Your account will be charged the renewal fee according to your plan within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://note.youdao.com/s/ObRqU7gN Terms of Service: http://note.youdao.com/s/RzEbe4PG

Screenshots

Widget Toolbox4 screens
Only Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Only Widgets at 5.0 against Widget Toolbox's 4.2. Widget Toolbox's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Widget Toolbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Only Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Only Widgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Toolbox has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Toolbox ships an update every 5 days, Only Widgets every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Widget Toolbox versus Only Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget ToolboxOnly Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (35 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen Cong Huy晓乾 郑

Customer experience

Widget Toolbox

All ratings35 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Only Widgets

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widget Toolbox

One-time1
  • Pro version$0.99
3 purchases

Only Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • 1个月会员$1.991 Month
  • 1年会员7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • 高级版本$4.99

Questions

Is Widget Toolbox free?
Widget Toolbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Only Widgets free?
Only Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Toolbox or Only Widgets?
Only Widgets is rated higher. Widget Toolbox averages 4.2 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Only Widgets averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Widget Toolbox or Only Widgets have ads?
Both Widget Toolbox and Only Widgets show ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Toolbox or Only Widgets?
Widget Toolbox ships an update every 5 days, and Only Widgets every 2 months. Most recently, Widget Toolbox was updated on October 9, 2026 and Only Widgets on October 9, 2026.

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