Comparison

WidgetArt vs Widget Box & shortcuts

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

Head to head
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

About

Widget Box & shortcuts

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast array of customizable widgets. Create unique designs with your own images, fonts, and color schemes, or select from pre-made templates. Add widgets for time, date, battery, weather, quotes, and more.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget designs
  • Pre-made widget templates
  • Add pictures to widgets
  • Edit widget fonts and colors
  • Countdown, date, battery widgets
  • Weather and quote widgets
Features
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Color Widgets Box is the only app you need for customizing your home screen! Choose from stunning premade widget designs, or better yet, make your own. Browse through endless options like countdowns, date and battery, weather, quotes, and more. Color Widgets is so easy to use that your favorite widgets can be up and running in seconds. WIDGETS Customize each widget fully. Add pictures to your widgets, edit their font, create your own color-scheme, and so much more! Frequent updates constantly add new widgets you’d love. With Color Widgets, there is no limit to customizing your home screen! Here’s a glimpse of our widgets: ● Time, Date & Battery ● Calendar

Screenshots

WidgetArt4 screens
Widget Box & shortcuts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Box & shortcuts at none against WidgetArt's 2. Widget Box & shortcuts also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). WidgetArt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WidgetArt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year. Widget Box & shortcuts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WidgetArt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 95 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of WidgetArt's written reviews are positive against 100% of Widget Box & shortcuts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetArt ships an update every 5 weeks, Widget Box & shortcuts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WidgetArt versus Widget Box & shortcuts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetArtWidget Box & shortcuts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (50 ratings) — better4.6 (95 ratings)
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5095 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer子恒 张AEGIS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

WidgetArt

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

Widget Box & shortcuts

All ratings89 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WidgetArt

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$6.99
None

Widget Box & shortcuts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WidgetArt free?
WidgetArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widget Box & shortcuts free?
Widget Box & shortcuts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WidgetArt or Widget Box & shortcuts?
WidgetArt is rated higher. WidgetArt averages 4.8 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Widget Box & shortcuts averages 4.6 from 95 ratings.
Do WidgetArt or Widget Box & shortcuts have ads?
Widget Box & shortcuts shows ads; WidgetArt does not.
Which is updated more often, WidgetArt or Widget Box & shortcuts?
WidgetArt ships an update every 5 weeks, and Widget Box & shortcuts every 2 months. Most recently, WidgetArt was updated on October 21, 2026 and Widget Box & shortcuts on October 24, 2026.

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