Widget Toolbox vs Nova Standby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Nova Standby
Personalize your device's home and standby screens with a variety of customizable widgets. Adjust colors, fonts, and styles to create a unique and visually appealing interface that reflects your personal taste.
- Personalize home and standby screens
- Customizable widgets
- Diverse functional widgets (time, date, calendar, weather)
- Adjustable fonts, colors, and styles
- Up-to-date and diverse themes
- Optimized for iOS 17
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Do you want to personalize your HOME SCREEN and STANDBY MODE? With Nova Standby, you can easily customize your screen using various widgets. You can customize your widgets to blend seamlessly with your device's aesthetics. Play with colors and fonts to create widgets that feel uniquely yours. • CUSTOMIZE STANDBY THEME. Offer up-to-date and diverse themes to keep your options fresh and modern. Choose the ones you like and mix and match them to create a visually appealing and functional screen that reflects your unique style. • HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE WIDGETS. Release your inner artist with Nova Standby's highly customizable widgets. Whether you crave simplicity or vibrancy, Nova Standby lets you curate an interface that's both pleasing to the eye and practical. • DIVERSE FUNCTIONAL WIDGETS. You can design your screen with widgets for TIME, DATE, CALENDAR, WEATHER, and the freedom to change FONTS, COLORS, and STYLES. The ultimate companion app for time and date enthusiasts is fully optimized for the latest iOS 17! Customize your Standby screen and home screen with stylish widgets! If you have any feedback, issues, or suggestions, Contact us at novastandby@support.novamobile.app privacy-policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/83550436 Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/83550436
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widget Toolbox at 88% against Nova Standby's 0%. Widget Toolbox also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (39 vs 2). Nova Standby's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Widget Toolbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nova Standby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Widget Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Toolbox has 39 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Widget Toolbox's written reviews are positive against 0% of Nova Standby's.
Widget Toolbox ships an update every 5 days, Nova Standby monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Widget Toolbox | Nova Standby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (39 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 268 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nguyen Cong Huy | Beesoft Apps |
Customer experience
Widget Toolbox
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In-app purchases
Widget Toolbox
- Pro version$0.99
Nova Standby
- LifetimeFree
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