Comparison

Icon Widget vs Icon Changer

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

Head to head
About

Icon Widget

Personalize your device with custom icons, widgets, and wallpapers. Choose from a wide variety of aesthetic themes to create a unique and stylish home screen. Easily change app icons and names to match your desired look.

Highlights
  • Customizable app icons
  • Widget creation for iOS 16
  • Minimalist and themed wallpapers
  • App name customization
  • Multiple aesthetic theme packs
  • Shortcut-based icon changing
Features
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Widgets, icon & wallpapers ● Widget for iOS 16: weather widgets, calendar widgets, Clock widgets, HD photos widgets... ● Icon changer: asthetic icons pack & change icon free for home screen ● Minimalist wallpapers: simple style wallpapers for lock screen Themes we include: ● Minimalist Style (Minimalist White, Minimalist Black, Light Luxury, Coffee Time…) ● Dark Style (Cyberpunk, Space Light, Speed Car, In Space…) ● Charm of Color (Neon Light, Surfer, Neo Style, Purple Paradise…) ● Movies & Stars (Slutherin, Storm Trooper, Laker, Gundam…) ● Art Aesthetics(Misty Forest, Nude Aesthetic, Porcelain Art, Infrared Ray…) ● Happy Holiday (Colorful 2021, Merry Christmas, Golden 2021…) Detailed Features Introduction ● Change app icon as needed, customize the icon pack to make you satisfied. ● Replace icons at once to avoid the trouble of repeated operations. ● Change the app name to make your home screen more personalized! ● Theme matching reference to easily create a colorful iPhone home screen. Still worried about the bad-looking icons?Your widgets are not special enough? A perfect theme package can help you solve the problem! Theme Pack is an app rich in various styles of theme packs, each theme contains dozens of beautiful icons, Widgets and wallpapers. They are all well-designed and matched, of course, you can also play your own style freely. At the same time, you can also change the name of the application at will! Make your mobile desktop full of personality! Please note! This app change app icon by creating a shortcut, please do not delete the main body of the app!

About

Icon Changer

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with custom icons and wallpapers. Easily change app icons individually or in batches to match your desired theme. Download complementary backgrounds to complete your personalized look.

Highlights
  • Custom app icon changer
  • Theme packs for iPhone
  • Batch icon changes
  • Individual icon customization
  • Downloadable wallpapers
  • Home screen personalization
Read full description

This is a fun icon changer app which provides more fun themes to your iPhone. Tutorial: Choose the theme you like then go to the second tab and tap "change alll". This will add all default system icons to your desktop. You can also choose change each icon one by one. Go to third tab to download the background separately. Term of Use: https://appprivacyhtml-resource.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Icon%20Change/termofuser.html About Subscription: https://appprivacyhtml-resource.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Icon%20Change/termofuser.html

Screenshots

Icon Widget4 screens
Icon Changer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Icon Changer at 100% against Icon Widget's 22%. Icon Changer also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.0). Icon Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Icon Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days and Icon Changer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Icon Changer holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icon Widget has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Icon Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Icon Changer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Icon Widget ships an update every 10 days, Icon Changer every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Icon Widget versus Icon Changer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcon WidgetIcon Changer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (20 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer岳明 陈Hubei Huoxin Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Icon Widget

All ratings20 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative66.7%

Icon Changer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Icon Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Icon Theme Premium Weekly$2.497 Days
  • Icon Theme Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Enjoy All Themes$9.99
  • Premium-lifetime$11.99
3 purchases

Icon Changer

Subscriptions3
  • VIP subscription for week$1.997 Days
  • VIP subscription for month$3.991 Month
  • VIP subscription for year$23.991 Year

Questions

Is Icon Widget free?
Icon Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Icon Changer free?
Icon Changer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Icon Widget or Icon Changer?
Icon Changer is rated higher. Icon Widget averages 2.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Icon Changer averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Icon Widget or Icon Changer have ads?
Both Icon Widget and Icon Changer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Icon Widget or Icon Changer?
Icon Widget ships an update every 10 days, and Icon Changer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Icon Widget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Icon Changer on November 3, 2026.

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