Comparison

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets vs ShowCuts

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

Head to head
About

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets

Personalize your iOS home screen with custom icons and widgets. Create unique icon sets using a vast library of glyphs, your own photos, or custom colors and gradients. Save different configurations for quick style changes and generate matching wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Create custom icons from glyphs or photos
  • Apply custom backgrounds, borders, and gradients
  • Generate custom wallpapers
  • Add icons and widgets to lock screen
  • Save and switch between icon configurations
  • Seamlessly open App Store apps via Shortcuts
Features
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Iconboard allows you to create, manage, and apply icon configurations for your iOS homescreen: - Add icons to your lock screen thanks to Widgets (requires iOS 16) - Create consistent icon sets in seconds. - Create custom icons from over 1,500 glyphs, applying custom background and border colors & gradients. - Import images to apply them as icons - Save different setup configurations to quickly change your styles. - Generate custom wallpapers as solid or gradient files. - Customize the action to be performed when opening the icons. - Invisible icons: Place your icons in any position on the screen with this feature. - Custom icon themes to take your customizations further. - Open App Store apps seamlessly thanks to Shortcuts. WIDGETS Iconboard lets you create lock screen and home screen widgets so you can open your favorite apps more quickly. You can use it to open your calendar, reminders, settings, and even other favorite apps like TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, or Locket MAKE ICONS WITH YOUR PHOTOS With its unique image recognition capabilities, Iconboard can extract colors from your pictures and create a beautiful palette with your icons. It really looks like they belong together! * System apps do not open without the shortcuts app because of operating system limitations. Notification badges are also unavailable for this same reason. -- Subscription Details -- • Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account after the expiration of the free trial. • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. • Subscriptions can be managed or canceled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/iconboardios/privacy/ Terms and Conditions: https://zipoapps.com/iconboardios/terms/

About

ShowCuts

Customize your device's home screen with a vast library of themes, widgets, and icon overlays. Discover unique wallpapers and create stunning mockups to personalize your phone's appearance. Get started easily with built-in tutorials and community support.

Highlights
  • Over 400 themes for home screen customization
  • ShowLive themes with weather and battery info
  • ShowAE for custom icon overlays
  • ScreenshotSL for mockup creation
  • Curated wallpaper collection
  • Widgy widget integration
  • Community support and tutorials
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• Being unique has never been so easy! Choose a theme for the ShowCuts App, download it, and apply it with ShowLive Shortcut. With over 400 themes and growing daily we have a theme to suit everyone's taste. From minimal Lockscreen themes that show the current weather condition to elaborate five-day forecast, moon phase, current weather, battery level, weather overlays... The list goes on! • Everything you need to know All the instructions on how to get started are in the App. Browse the How-To section and discover how to get going on your first ShowLive theme. There are videos too if that's what you prefer! • The Show Shortcuts have got you covered There's more than ShowLive. We have ShowAE and ScreenshotSL shortcuts included as well. Use ShowAE to add custom overlays to your icons to make them pop! Once you're happy with your ShowLive set up and you've themed your icons, finish it all off with one of the Mockups available in our ScreenshotSL shortcut. • Tired of the same Wallpaper? ShowCuts includes a dedicated section for Wallpapers from some of the best Wallpaper Artists out there. Filter by Artist or Colour to find that perfect Wallpaper for your iPhone. • Widgy widgets make it your home screen We all know Widgy is the best widget creation app on the AppStore so its an obvious choice for us to include the amazing creations from the Widgy community right inside the ShowCuts app. Filter by Creator and widget size to download and install your perfect widget in the Widgy app. • Join our growing community We have an amazing community on Discord who are there to help, discuss and create new ShowLive themes. 24hr support right there 7 days a week!

Screenshots

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets4 screens
ShowCuts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ShowCuts at free with in-app purchases against Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets's subscription. ShowCuts also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (634 vs 63). 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. Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and ShowCuts sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.4 for Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets against 4.4 for ShowCuts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets has 634 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets's written reviews are positive against 55% of ShowCuts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets ships an update monthly, ShowCuts every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets versus ShowCuts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustomize Icon・Themes, WidgetsShowCuts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (634 ratings)4.4 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings634 — better63
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size352 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZipoAppsSean Kelly

Customer experience

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets

All ratings634 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative27.3%

ShowCuts

All ratings63 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transparent backgrounds not working as expected
  • Corrupted/bad profiles preventing icon downloads
  • Majority of icons not working after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for iPad
  • Ability to resize icons
  • Option to recolor uploaded icons
  • Integrate with widget customization
  • Automatic icon assignment based on app bundle ID

ShowCuts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets

Subscriptions5
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Iconboard Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium features3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • Premium features3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Iconboard Pro (Yearly)$12.991 Year
One-time9
  • Neu Icon Pack$1.99
  • Neu Red Icon Pack$1.99
  • Orb Icon Pack$2.99
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  • Orb 2 Icon Pack$2.99
  • Awesome Tip$6.99
  • Great Tip$8.99
  • Iconboard Pro (Offer Lifetime)$12.99
  • Really Generous Tip$14.99
  • Iconboard Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
3 purchases

ShowCuts

One-time3
  • Bronze Donation$0.99
  • Silver Donation$2.99
  • Gold Donation$4.99

Questions

Is Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets free?
Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShowCuts free?
ShowCuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets or ShowCuts?
Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets and ShowCuts are both rated 4.4 out of 5 on the App Store, from 634 and 63 ratings respectively.
Do Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets or ShowCuts have ads?
Neither Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets nor ShowCuts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets or ShowCuts?
Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets ships an update monthly, and ShowCuts every 2 months. Most recently, Customize Icon・Themes, Widgets was updated on September 25, 2026 and ShowCuts on September 25, 2026.

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