Icon SD for custom home screen vs Transparent Widget Maker, TW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icon SD for custom home screen
Easily design custom icons for your device's home screen. Personalize with template colors, numerous symbols, and your own photos as backgrounds. Adjust foreground and background colors, and add icon borders for a unique look.
- Create custom icons
- Use own photos for background
- Template colors
- Many symbols available
- Choose foreground color
- Choose background color
- Icon border customization
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Create icons for Shortcuts app. Features: template colors. many symbols use my photo to background. choose foreground color. choose background color. icon border.
Transparent Widget Maker, TW
Easily customize your iPhone home screen with transparent widgets. Select widget size, add your desired image, and tap to make areas transparent. Save the image to your photo library to use with other widget apps.
- Customizable transparent widgets
- Easy-to-use interface
- Supports dark mode
- Works on many devices
- Save images to photo library
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Customize your iPhone screen with Transparent widgets! ◆ The app is super easy to use! ◆ ① Select each size widget. ② Add the same image with your homescreen. ③ Tap the area where you want to make your home screen transparent and the image will be saved into your photo library(camera roll). ④ Go to the another app like 'WidgetPhoto', and set the image you've got as a widget image. That's all! ◆ Sticking points ◆ 1. Supported Dark mode. 2. Supported Many devices ◆ Future plans ◆ We will add as many features as possible. Thank you for your warm support message for the review!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Icon SD for custom home screen at 46% against Transparent Widget Maker, TW's 0%. Icon SD for custom home screen also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (81 vs 12). Transparent Widget Maker, TW's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Icon SD for custom home screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Transparent Widget Maker, TW asks for nothing beyond the download.
Icon SD for custom home screen holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icon SD for custom home screen has 81 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Icon SD for custom home screen's written reviews are positive against 0% of Transparent Widget Maker, TW's.
Icon SD for custom home screen ships an update every 2 months, Transparent Widget Maker, TW daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icon SD for custom home screen | Transparent Widget Maker, TW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better | 2.9 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Suzuki | Lisfee, Inc. |
Customer experience
Icon SD for custom home screen
Transparent Widget Maker, TW
Bugs and requests
Icon SD for custom home screen
Reported bugs
10 issues- Background images not loading
- Cannot save images
- App stops working
- Widgets bugged
- Icons misaligned after iOS update
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- App crashes after update
- Transparent icons not working
- Text color not reflecting
- Cannot open apps after changing icons
- Notification badges not visible
Requested features
10 requests- Support for iOS 26
- Support for large icons (iOS 18)
- Add reset function
- More icon variations
- Add more symbols
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- Support for iPad Pro
- Add 'News' icon
- Add game icons
- Add icons for common apps (LINE, Twitter, TikTok, etc.)
- Improve icon alignment
Transparent Widget Maker, TW
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Icon SD for custom home screen
- Pro version.$6.99
Transparent Widget Maker, TW
No in-app purchases
Questions
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