John Widget vs Be My Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
John Widget
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John Widget can help you personalize your phone screen. It supports many ways of widget customization, such as gradient background, photo background with flexible adjustment, many choice of fonts, many widget styles. It also use Health Kit to display your walk steps.
Be My Widget
Personalize your device with over 200 unique themes and powerful widgets. Customize your home screen with custom images, countdowns, sticky notes, and more. Create unique looks for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
- 200+ hand-crafted themes
- 24+ powerful widgets
- Theme editor and design tools
- Pin photo widget
- Apple Watch faces
- Customizable colors and fonts
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28+ Powerful Widgets: Feature-packed widgetable tools for everyday tasks — countdowns, Sticky Notes, Date, Battery, Weather, Storage, Big Photo, Golden Hour, Unicode, Time, Picture by URL, Water Balance, and more. 200+ Hand-Crafted Themes: From realistic and cute to fantasy and elegant. Instantly switch themes and customize your Home Screen with three complete themekit Theme Editor & Design Tools: Upload your own images as themes. Fine-tune with color tints, blur levels, and creative adjustment modes. Themefy your homescreen! Pin Photo Widget: Available in small and large sizes. Upload from files or link directly from the web. Apple Watch Faces: Browse 50+ custom faces and download them instantly. Personalize colors, fonts, and more in the Watch app. Available on Apple Devices: iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, CarPlay, and Mac (Apple Silicon). Easy to Add: Just place widgets on your Home Screen and select a theme. Use as many widgets as you like with widgetable customizer! Website https://bemywidget.com Privacy Policy https://bemywidget.com/privacypolicy Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: John Widget at none against Be My Widget's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. John Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Be My Widget sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
John Widget ships an update every 9 days, Be My Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | John Widget | Be My Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 564 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qian Kun zhu | Vladimir Sidorkin |
In-app purchases
John Widget
- Pro Edition$0.99
Be My Widget
- PRO Weekly$0.997 Days
- PRO Monthly$3.991 Month
- PRO Quarterly$13.993 Months
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- PRO Yearly (Product Hunt Special)$19.991 Year
- PRO Yearly (Special)$22.991 Year
- PRO Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$69.99
