Comparison

WidgetBucket vs Be My Widget

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

Head to head
About

WidgetBucket

Personalize your device's home screen with a wide variety of pre-made and customizable widgets. Add elements like clocks, calendars, fitness trackers, and reminders to create a unique and functional layout.

Highlights
  • Extensive widget gallery
  • Customizable widget appearance
  • Date & Time widgets
  • Fitness tracking widgets
  • Countdown and reminder widgets
  • Contact shortcuts
  • Analog clock designs
Features
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WidgetBucket provides you the ability to add premade widgets or customize them to create the perfect home screen for you! With many custom widgets that you can choose from you can add beautiful and useful widgets that will make your device much more personalized! ∙ WIDGETS GALLERY ∙ Choose custom widgets from a large gallery of premade widgets, with many beautiful and useful elements such as Date & Time Widget, Fitness: Steps & Distance, Countdown Widget, Reminders, Photos, Analog Clocks, Calendars and much more! ∙ CUSTOMIZE WIDGETS ∙ You can also customize and personalize many aspects of the widget such as the background color or background photo, colors of the texts, fonts, styles and much more in order to create the best widgets experience for you! ∙ WIDGETS TYPES ∙ ∙∙ Photos - Select photos from your gallery to show on your home screen! ∙∙ Date - Shows the current date in many beautiful styles and designs ∙∙ Time - Shows the current time in a perfect and beautiful way on your home screen! ∙∙ Progress - Shows the progress of the day / week / month / year and also for any custom event that you want! ∙∙ Fitness - Shows today’s steps count and distance in a widget on your home screen! ∙∙ Contacts - Allows quick call to your favorite contacts directly from you home screen! ∙∙ Countdown - Presents the days left until an event to always remember you favorite events! ∙∙ Reminders - Never forget your reminders and show them with amazing design! ∙∙ Analog Clocks - Show the current time in an analog way with multiple styles! ∙∙ Calendar - Show the current date on a calendar view! ∙∙ QR - Scan and show QR codes directly from your home screen! There are so much to explore and create using WidgetBucket so don't waste your time and try it today! * If you choose to use Fitness Widgets, these widgets integrates with Apple Health app. This data is used to display information about your steps count and activity. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.algotwist.com/widgetbucket/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use

About

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.

Highlights
  • 200+ hand-crafted themes
  • 24+ powerful widgets
  • Theme editor and design tools
  • Pin photo widget
  • Apple Watch faces
  • Customizable colors and fonts
Features
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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/

Screenshots

WidgetBucket4 screens
Be My Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WidgetBucket at none against Be My Widget's shown. WidgetBucket also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. WidgetBucket sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Be My Widget sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WidgetBucket holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetBucket ships an update weekly, Be My Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WidgetBucket versus Be My Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetBucketBe My Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better8
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB564 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlgoTwist LtdVladimir Sidorkin

Customer experience

WidgetBucket

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Be My Widget

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WidgetBucket

Subscriptions1
  • Best Premium Widgets3 Days trial$1.991 Month
6 purchases

Be My Widget

Subscriptions5
  • PRO Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PRO Quarterly$13.993 Months
  • PRO Yearly (Product Hunt Special)$19.991 Year
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  • PRO Yearly (Special)$22.991 Year
  • PRO Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is WidgetBucket free?
WidgetBucket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Be My Widget free?
Be My Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WidgetBucket or Be My Widget?
WidgetBucket is rated higher. WidgetBucket averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Be My Widget averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do WidgetBucket or Be My Widget have ads?
Be My Widget shows ads; WidgetBucket does not.
Which is updated more often, WidgetBucket or Be My Widget?
WidgetBucket ships an update weekly, and Be My Widget every 5 days. Most recently, WidgetBucket was updated on November 3, 2026 and Be My Widget on November 5, 2026.

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