Comparison

WidgetArt vs WidgetCat

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

WidgetCat

Customize your device with a variety of stylish widgets, including clocks, weather, and health data. Enjoy automatic dark and light mode switching and dynamic clock displays. Integrates with Apple Health to show your steps.

Highlights
  • 42+ stylish widget designs
  • Automatic dark/light mode
  • Dynamic digital and analog clocks
  • Weather and air quality display
  • Sunrise/sunset times
  • Apple Health step integration
Features
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- Provides up to 42 widgets with design - Dark and light modes support automatic switching - Digital clock and analog clock seconds are dynamic - Support displaying weather, air quality, sunrise and sunset of current geographical location Note: WidgetCat integrates with Apple Health to read your steps data. We will use your health data to display steps in app and widgets. You can turn steps permissions on or off in Apple Health according to your needs. Auto-renewable subscription • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can managed to turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited after purchases a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://en.widgetcat.okklab.com Terms of Use: https://en.widgetcat.okklab.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

WidgetArt4 screens
WidgetCat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: WidgetCat at freemium against WidgetArt's subscription. WidgetCat also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). WidgetArt's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 2). 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. WidgetArt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year and WidgetCat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WidgetCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidgetArt has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetArt ships an update every 5 weeks, WidgetCat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WidgetArt versus WidgetCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetArtWidgetCat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (50 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer子恒 张增兴 邢

Customer experience

WidgetArt

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

WidgetCat

All ratings2 ratings
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
3 purchases

WidgetCat

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annually3 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is WidgetArt free?
WidgetArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetCat free?
WidgetCat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WidgetArt or WidgetCat?
WidgetCat is rated higher. WidgetArt averages 4.8 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while WidgetCat averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WidgetArt or WidgetCat have ads?
Neither WidgetArt nor WidgetCat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgetArt or WidgetCat?
WidgetArt ships an update every 5 weeks, and WidgetCat weekly. Most recently, WidgetArt was updated on October 21, 2026 and WidgetCat on October 5, 2026.

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