Call Widget vs Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Call Widget
This app allows you to add favorite contacts as widgets to your iOS home screen for quick dialing. Personalize your phone with beautiful and useful widgets to call your most important contacts in just two clicks.
- Speed dial favorite contacts
- Add contacts to home screen widgets
- Customize home screen appearance
- Assign photos to contacts
- Two-click calling
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Call Widget is the first iOS 14 widget for speed-dialing your favorites directly from your home screen! All you need is to choose your favorite contacts, assign a photo, and find the best place on your screen for beautiful and useful widgets. Call your favs in two clicks. Isn’t it awesome? Call Widget is also an easy way to personalize your phone and be the coolest kid on the block. Still in doubt? With Call Widget you can: - SPEED DIAL your favorite contacts - CUSTOMIZE your home screen - EASILY set it up and use Join in! Terms of Use: https://www.azurapps.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.azurapps.com/privacy-policy Note: For using the App, you need to be sure that your device has been updated to iOS 14.
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
Personalize your iPhone's home screen with custom widgets, icons, and wallpapers. Choose from a variety of styles or design your own with adjustable fonts, colors, and backgrounds. Transform your device with unique themes and useful clock or photo widgets.
- Customizable widgets with various styles
- Personalize fonts, text color, and backgrounds
- Themed packs with wallpapers and icons
- Clock and date widgets in multiple sizes
- Photo and motivation widgets
- Easy step-by-step customization guide
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Tired of traditional screen layout? Widget+ makes it easy to create your own home screen! Customize your home screen with widgets, icons and wallpapers! Just follow the instructions step-by-step, say goodbye to boring screen! *COLORFUL WIDGETS* Widget+ offers you tons of styles, landscape, universe, cartoon, neon,… If you want to design yourself, you can change font, text color or background picture. *THEMES & ICONS* Every theme contains wallpapers, widgets and icons, different theme styles such as Forest, Neon, Black, etc. Choose the one you like, they’re easy to apply with the help of our guide. *TIME & DATE* Choose a beautiful clock or date, get clear information than before, every calendar widget has 3 sizes for you to choose, some of them display the better yet. *PHOTO & MOTIVATION* If you like sharing photo or powerful quotes, come to add photo or motivation widgets. Decorate your home screen with your family, friends and pets photo, or just something beautiful. Attention: - Our app is available on iOS 14 and later. - The icon skin do not change the actual app icons, these icons are just a custom shortcut using Shortcuts App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Call Widget at 4.3 against Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's 4.0. Call Widget also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 18%). Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 693). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Call Widget sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Widget+ Custom HomeScreen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Call Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget+ Custom HomeScreen has 3.5K ratings behind it against 693, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Call Widget's written reviews are positive against 18% of Widget+ Custom HomeScreen's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Call Widget | Widget+ Custom HomeScreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (693 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better | 18.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 693 | 3.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AZUR APPS FZ-LLC | GOLD FAITH LIMITED |
Customer experience
Call Widget
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
User reviews
Call Widget
From 693 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- ✨ Nice looking widget design
- 🎯 Convenient quick access to contacts
- 📱 Better than native phone app for large fingers
Room to improve
- 💰 Requires paid subscription/in-app purchases
- 🚫 Not truly one-tap dialing as advertised
- ❌ Misleading marketing and false advertising
- 🐛 Widgets don't function properly
- ⚠️ Hidden close button (X) in corner
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 No ads
- 👍 Helpful guidance
- 💡 Lots of good widgets
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 💰 Requires subscription
- 🐛 Customization issues
- 🔒 Limited free features
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Call Widget
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tapping contact widgets does nothing
- Dialing functionality broken after adding contacts
- Only first widget works, others are non-functional
- App shows 'coming soon' after purchase
- Close button invisible due to colorful corner design
Requested features
6 requests- Increase widget contact limit beyond 3-10 entries
- Multiple widgets on home screen support
- Full screen contact display option
- FaceTime audio/video call widget support
- Truly one-tap dialing without app opening
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- Remove requirement to open app before calling
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to exit subscription screen
- Widgets not working as expected
- Inconsistent performance
Requested features
3 requests- More free widgets and themes
- Ability to use own photos
- Cheaper subscription options
In-app purchases
Call Widget
- Call Widget Pro 1 Week$1.997 Days
- Call Widget Pro 1 Week3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Call Widget Pro 1 Month3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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- Call Widget Pro 1 Month$4.991 Month
- Call Widget Pro 3 Months$9.993 Months
- Call Widget Pro 3 Months3 Days trial$9.993 Months
- Call Widget Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Call Widget Pro Annual$29.991 Year
- Clean Widget$1.99
- In Love Pack$1.99
- Call Widget Pro Lifetime$14.99
Widget+ Custom HomeScreen
- Widget+ Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
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- Widget+ Monthly Vip3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Widget+ Yearly Vip3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Widget+ VIP$9.99
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