Comparison

Custom Widgets vs WidgetArt

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

Head to head
About

Custom Widgets

Personalize your device's home screen with a wide variety of customizable widgets. Choose from hundreds of themes and add elements like clocks, calendars, countdowns, and photo displays to create your dream look.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Hundreds of themes
  • QR code widgets
  • Astrology widgets
  • Photo widgets
  • Countdown timers
  • Calendar widgets
Features
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Custom Widgets, QR Widgets, Astrology Widgets, Photo Widgets Custom Widgets+ - Enjoy Personalized Home-screen If you are interested in colorful&useful home-screens.The app is just amazing for you! By using Custom Widgets+, you can reach high variety of widgets. It’s now so easy to personalize your home-screen with Custom Widgets and widgets generated by us. You can find all sort of widgets in our app such as; custom widgets, qr widgets, astrology widget, qr widget, calendar widget, countdown widget,photo album widget, photo widget, clock widget and more. You just need to decide the size and the theme of the widgets.There are hundreds of mobile themes.Just click the one you like the most and get your favoruite widget up! Besides that you can add countdown widget,calendar widget and digital clock. Your screen is how you had dream of from now on with Custom Widgets+ Terms of use & Privacy Policy Terms of use: https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6hive.co/widgets/termswidgets.html Privacy Policy: https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6hive.co/widgets/widgetprivacy.html Custom Widgets+ allows you to personalize your homescreen.The app is amazing for styling your screen. -It has wide variety of widget themes -Besides the themes, you can use calendar widgets and countdown widgets.

About

WidgetArt

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with a collection of stylish and customizable widgets. Choose from time, photo, calendar, and text options to create a unique look.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Time widgets
  • Photo widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • Text widgets
  • Home screen personalization
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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WidgetArt is a well-designed widget collection to allow you personalize your home screen, and make your iPhone's home screen like never before. Our widgets include time widgets, photo widgets, text widgets and more with the new iOS 14 widget experience. Each widget can be easily added to your home screen for everyone. What widget can you create in WidgetArt: -Time Widget -Photo Widget -Anniversary Widget -Daily Steps Widget -Time Progress Widget -Calendar Widget -Text Widget -And more! 【Well-Designed Widgets for You】 -There are a wide collection of stylish widgets, which includes time, photo, anniversary, daily steps, time progress, calendar, text widgets and more! -Select any widget you want, add it NOW! 【Customize Your Widget】 -Hundreds of widget themes to choose from, you can freely edit theme color and layout to customize your own widget. 【Design Your Home Screen】 -With WidgetArt, it allows you personalize your home screen as you want, and make it like never before. 【Easily Setup】 -Believe us that each widget can be easily added to your home screen for everyone. WidgetArt offers monthly and yearly subscriptions. The subscription prices are: $14.99/Year -You can subscribe to ayearly plan ($14.99 billed once a year after the free trial expires). The prices are in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. -Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. WidgetArt has accepted HealthKit and will read your health data with your permission. You can open or close these permissions in Apple Heath as needed; Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/widgetart-privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/widgetart-termsofuse/ Contact us: If you have any question, please feel free to contact us via zhang@ziheng.me

Screenshots

Custom Widgets3 screens
WidgetArt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Custom Widgets at free with in-app purchases against WidgetArt's subscription. Custom Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). WidgetArt's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 10). On price, rating, 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. Custom Widgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per 7 days and WidgetArt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Custom Widgets against 4.8 for WidgetArt. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidgetArt has 50 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Custom Widgets's written reviews are positive against 88% of WidgetArt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Widgets ships an update every 5 days, WidgetArt every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Custom Widgets versus WidgetArt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom WidgetsWidgetArt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)4.8 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1050 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer6Hive OU子恒 张

Customer experience

Custom Widgets

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WidgetArt

All ratings50 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Custom Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • All Access Weekly$3.497 Days
  • All Access Yearly$54.991 Year
2 purchases

WidgetArt

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$6.99

Questions

Is Custom Widgets free?
Custom Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetArt free?
WidgetArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets or WidgetArt?
Custom Widgets and WidgetArt are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 50 ratings respectively.
Do Custom Widgets or WidgetArt have ads?
Neither Custom Widgets nor WidgetArt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets or WidgetArt?
Custom Widgets ships an update every 5 days, and WidgetArt every 5 weeks. Most recently, Custom Widgets was updated on October 8, 2026 and WidgetArt on October 17, 2026.

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