WidgetPack vs Vinyl Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WidgetPack
Personalize your phone's Home screen with stylish, ready-made widgets. Choose from various designs and sizes, including time and date displays. Integrate with the Health app for at-a-glance information.
- Ready-made widget designs
- Three widget sizes (Small, Medium, Large)
- Easy setup
- Time and date widgets
- Health app integration
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Bring your Home screen to the next level! WidgetPack lets you add stylish widgets directly onto your Home Screen! Choose from many ready-made widget designs. FEATURES: CHOOSE FROM READY-MADE DESIGNS Just pick one of the ready-made options THREE WIDGET SIZES Choose from three Widget sizes: Small - Medium - Large EASY SETUP Choose your favorite widget and set it up in a second TIME AND DATE Arrange the time and date in one handy widget and put it on any Home Screen page Tired of the usual style? Make your phone unique with our brand-new widgets! Download the WidgetPack app and personalize your Home screen like never before! This app integrates with the Health app, so you can get timely Health information on your Home screen at a glance. All personal data is protected in accordance with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://z-software.org/products/widgets/terms-of-use https://z-software.org/products/widgets/privacy-policy
Vinyl Widget
This app transforms your music listening experience with a visually appealing vinyl record player interface. Enjoy your music collection directly from your home screen or in a full-screen mode. Customize your playback with shuffle and loop options.
- Home screen music widget
- Full-screen vinyl playback
- Selectable vinyl sizes
- Add songs to favorites
- Shuffle and loop functions
- No complicated accounts
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Vinyl widget is a beautiful music player built with design guidelines in mind. There are no complicated user accounts or settings to configure, so you can start listening to your music on home screen right away. Vinyl Widget Pick your favorite vinyl size to play music record collection on your home screen. Play trending albums, most collected songs from Apple music, then open vinyl widget on your home screen, the vinyl will start playing songs immediately. Full Screen Vinyl App If you want to play a whole screen vinyl on your phone, all you have to do is opening this app after playing music. A fantastic whole screen vinyl will play your collection. You can also add songs to favorite, use shuffle or loop functions within the app. Premium Play unlimited songs in the widget. Free version will have limited number of songs. Paid subscription is required to play unlimited songs on home screen widget. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the confirmation of purchase. Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected subscriptions above. Subscriptions can be changed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the term will be forfeited once purchased. Privacy Policy: https://www.kyotocoltd.com/vinyl_privacy.html Terms of Service: https://www.kyotocoltd.com/vinyl_terms.html If you have any questions or feedback, please get in touch via the app. Vinyl Widget was created by an incredibly team of one and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vinyl Widget at 4.7 against WidgetPack's 3.7. Vinyl Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 6). WidgetPack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 48%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. WidgetPack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Vinyl Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vinyl Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vinyl Widget has 2.4K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of WidgetPack's written reviews are positive against 48% of Vinyl Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WidgetPack ships an update every 2 weeks, Vinyl Widget every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidgetPack | Vinyl Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 48.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Exponential Consulting Inc | KYOTO K.K. |
Customer experience
WidgetPack
Vinyl Widget
Bugs and requests
WidgetPack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Vinyl Widget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not showing up in list for some users
- App causing issues with music playback on some devices
- Paid upgrade not working as expected for some users
Requested features
4 requests- Allow customization of widget background and colors
- Improve automatic song/album cover updates
- Expand free song limit or make it reset daily
- Add support for more music streaming services
In-app purchases
WidgetPack
- WidgetPack Full Access Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- WidgetPack Full Access Annual$19.991 Year
Vinyl Widget
- Vinyl Widget Weekly$0.997 Days
- Vinyl Widget Yearly$4.991 Year
- Premium Vinyl Widget Lifetime$2.99
Questions
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