Comparison

Widget Maker vs Icon Themer

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

Head to head
About

Widget Maker

Personalize your phone's home screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Add quick access to contacts, display photos, track steps, or get daily inspiration. Make your device unique with custom backgrounds, colors, and fonts.

Highlights
  • Photo slideshow widget
  • Quick contact widget
  • Step counter widget
  • Daily quote widget
  • Sticky note widget
  • Analog clock widget
  • Customizable backgrounds, colors, and fonts
Features
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Extrtra Widget - Personalize your Phone! App provide many useful widget to help you access phone features faster & make your phone more differences! • Photos Widget: Pick images from your photo library & make slideshow on Home Screen • Quick Contact Widget: Add contacts to home screen, just tap to call/message/email them! • Step Counter Widget: Show your daily activity & make you a better health • Daily Quote Widget: Inspire your day with great quote! • Battery Widget, Flashlight Widget & more useful utilities will available soon! #NEW WIDGETS: • Sticky Note: remind you important things • Analog Clock: various clock styles for your phone! App allow you to change background images, colors, fonts of all widgets, you can choose what you like, make your phone difference! Let download Extra Widget! App will have more useful features in next update!

About

Icon Themer

Personalize your device with custom app icons, widgets, and live wallpapers. Create unique home screen designs with a vast collection of themes and customization tools. Express your style with aesthetic lock screen options and functional widgets.

Highlights
  • 3-in-1 Themes (icons, widgets, wallpapers)
  • Theme Customizer
  • Vast Widget Collection
  • 10,000+ Custom Icons
  • Still and Live Wallpapers
  • Lock Screen Customization
Features
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Icon Themer: Widget & Icons and live wallpapers! Express yourself with the Lock Screen customization options offered by iOS 16! Choose a Depth Effect wallpaper that suits your style and grace your Lock Screen with a cinematic, multi-layered effect. Add a stylish quote widget and voila, a unique design to inspire you every day is ready! COMPLETE MAKEOVER of your device! Easy setup and regular updates! Themify gives you a wide range of tools to express yourself. With our app, you can enjoy state-of-the-art content and unleash your creativity. Key features: ■ 3-in-1 Themes Want to marry convenience and aesthetics? Themify has your back. Perfectly matched iOS 14 app icons, widgets, and wallpapers will make your iPhone look neat and stylish. Explore an abundance of themes to choose the one you like most and set it up on your Home Screen with a few taps. ■ Theme Customizer If you’d like to add a personal touch to your Home Screen theme, use our Theme Customizer. Change whatever you want and create a one-of-a kind design for your device. ■ Vast Widget Collection Time, clock, calendar, quotes, weather, countdown, mixed—pick any widget and get the info you need right from your Home Screen. You can also create a unique widget by adding photos and changing backgrounds, fonts, and colors. ■ 10,000+ Icons For those who are bored with bog-standard app icons, we have an array of custom icon packs. The best part is that you can install the whole pack at once! Just follow the simple and clear instructions. ■ Still And Live Wallpapers Anime, Animals, Urban, Nature, and more—we have wallpapers for every taste. Liven up your screen with awesome live wallpapers. And if you love classics, try our irresistible still wallpapers.

Screenshots

Widget Maker4 screens
Icon Themer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Widget Maker at none against Icon Themer's shown. Widget Maker also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 39%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Icon Themer's advantage is ratings volume (180 vs 14). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Widget Maker against 4.0 for Icon Themer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icon Themer has 180 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Widget Maker's written reviews are positive against 39% of Icon Themer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Maker ships an update every 11 days, Icon Themer every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Widget Maker versus Icon Themer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget MakerIcon Themer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.0 (180 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better39.1% of reviews
Number of ratings14180 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTran Dinh HungVu Khang

Customer experience

Widget Maker

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Icon Themer

All ratings182 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral14.3%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive39.1%
Neutral17.4%
Negative43.5%

Bugs and requests

Widget Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Icon Themer

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App won't load
  • App keeps loading
  • Icons download to photos instead of the phone
  • No ads available when trying to earn stars
  • Cannot get icons to work
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  • Complicated to add icons to Home Screen

Requested features

3 requests
  • Make it so everything is free
  • Fix the issue with icons downloading to photos instead of the phone
  • Ensure ads are available for earning stars

In-app purchases

None

Widget Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Icon Themer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widget Maker free?
Widget Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Icon Themer free?
Icon Themer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widget Maker or Icon Themer?
Icon Themer is rated higher. Widget Maker averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Icon Themer averages 4.0 from 180 ratings.
Do Widget Maker or Icon Themer have ads?
Icon Themer shows ads; Widget Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget Maker or Icon Themer?
Widget Maker ships an update every 11 days, and Icon Themer every 2 months. Most recently, Widget Maker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Icon Themer on November 3, 2026.

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