Comparison

Phone Widget vs Widgets 27

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

Head to head
About

Phone Widget

Quickly call and message contacts directly from your home screen with a single tap. Customize your widgets with various themes and sizes to suit your needs. Access your most frequent contacts without searching through your phone's address book.

Highlights
  • One-Tap™ calling and messaging
  • Home screen contact access
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Customizable themes
  • Support for iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram
Features
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With Phone Widget, calling your loved ones has never been easier and faster! Call and message your friends in only one tap! Thanks to our new One-Tap™ technology, tapping our widget is enough to start a call (Requires the Shortcuts app) or open a conversation in iMessage, WhatsApp, or Telegram. Forget about looking for contacts in the phone or contacts apps, as Phone Widget allows you to have your contacts directly on the home screen. The app comes with three different sizes of widgets that can hold up to 10 contacts each, which means that having quick access to your contacts has never been this easy. On iPad, widgets are available in 4 sizes and hold up to 20 contacts each. With themes, customizing your widgets is as easy as it gets. Change the color and appearance of a widget with just one tap!

About

Widgets 27

Transform your lock screen into a dynamic hub with custom widgets. Add app shortcuts, contacts, photos, and health tracking directly to your lock screen. Personalize your device with a built-in wallpaper editor and a vast collection of exclusive wallpapers.

Highlights
  • App Shortcuts Widget
  • Contacts Widget
  • Photo Widget
  • Health Widget
  • Wallpaper Editor
  • Exclusive Wallpaper Collection
Features
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Turn your lock screen into a powerhouse media station with Widgets 27! Keep your most-used apps close by with the App Shortcuts Widget. Create a custom contact list on your lock screen with the Contacts Widget. Personalize your lock screen with images from your library via the Photo Widget. Keep track of your daily physical activities and sports achievements with the Health Widget. Create unique lock screen wallpapers using a handy, user-friendly Wallpaper Editor. Download tons of exclusive lock screen wallpapers from a vast Wallpaper Collection. Widgets 27 allows you to personalize your lock screen as easy as one-two-three. Give it a try - customize your lock screen as much as you like! PLEASE NOTE: Widgets 27 requires access to the Health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps and exercise data and show them as widgets on your Lock Screen. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/scelcunovairina/Privacy-Policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/scelcunovairina/terms

Screenshots

Phone Widget4 screens
Widgets 274 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Widget at 100% against Widgets 27's 41%. Phone Widget also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Phone Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Widgets 27 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone Widget ships an update monthly, Widgets 27 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Phone Widget versus Widgets 27: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhone WidgetWidgets 27
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—1.3K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErick Daniel PadillaIrina Scelcunova

Customer experience

Phone Widget

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Widgets 27

All ratings1,274 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive40.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative46.9%

Bugs and requests

Phone Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Widgets 27

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • Calendar widget keeps disappearing

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow adding widgets
  • Ability to type own quote

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Phone Widget

One-time1
  • Phone Widget Unlimited$0.99
2 purchases

Widgets 27

Subscriptions2
  • Vip for week3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Vip for one year$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Phone Widget free?
Phone Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widgets 27 free?
Widgets 27 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Phone Widget or Widgets 27 have ads?
Neither Phone Widget nor Widgets 27 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phone Widget or Widgets 27?
Phone Widget ships an update monthly, and Widgets 27 every 2 months. Most recently, Phone Widget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Widgets 27 on November 7, 2026.

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