Comparison

PhotoTime vs Custom Widget Maker for iPhone

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

Head to head
About

PhotoTime

Personalize your device's home screen with customizable clock and photo widgets. Choose from various fonts, colors, and backgrounds, or display your favorite photos with automatic rotation. Enjoy a seamless experience with accurate time display.

Highlights
  • Customizable clock and photo widgets
  • Choice of fonts, colors, and gradients
  • Display personal photos or free stock images
  • Automatic photo changing feature
  • Accurate time display without opening app
  • Date or photo-only display options
Features
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PhotoTime widget is a clock and photos widget, which can be executed perfectly on ios14+ You can build your own time widget, or use it to show your photos. You can choose different colors, fonts, background gradients and background photos. The time widget can display the time correctly, no need to open the widget again to get the correct time. You can choose from millions of free pictures as background pictures, or choose your favorite photos from your photo library. PhotoTime has the function of auto change photos, and you can choose to display the date or photos only. So you can also use it as a photo display widget and set the photo reflash frequency. Features: -Highly customizable creation time widgets. -You can customize fonts, colors, background gradients, or photos. -The clock widget can display the correct time without open widget again. -Single photo mode or automatic background photo mode can be selected -Over millions of free photos -Option to add date or photo only mode -All features are free

About

Custom Widget Maker for iPhone

Easily create personalized widgets for your iPhone's Home Screen. Customize fonts, colors, and backgrounds to make your device unique. Express yourself and enjoy a brighter, more personal phone experience.

Highlights
  • Create custom widgets
  • Modify fonts
  • Change colors
  • Set background pictures
  • Easy Home Screen setup
  • Personalize phone appearance
Read full description

Make your own widgets in a fun and easy way. Personalize your phone and make it look different. Be happy. Be bright. Be you! Widget Maker allows you to set up your own widget and run it on the Home Screen in seconds. Customize each widget. You can freely create widgets in which you can modify fonts, colors, and background pictures. I love hearing your ideas and feedback. Feel free to contact me at mail@aplekhanov.com in case you have any problems or suggestions. The app depends on ratings and reviews to succeed. Your feedback will help others find great creative experiences – and will help me build this app better. I would really appreciate that. More widgets will be added in the future for free. Download and create your own widgets now!

Screenshots

PhotoTime4 screens
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PhotoTime at none against Custom Widget Maker for iPhone's 1. Custom Widget Maker for iPhone's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). 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. Custom Widget Maker for iPhone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PhotoTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widget Maker for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoTime ships an update monthly, Custom Widget Maker for iPhone every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
PhotoTime versus Custom Widget Maker for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoTimeCustom Widget Maker for iPhone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Number of ratings20 — better8
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNANOMAGAlexey Plekhanov

Customer experience

PhotoTime

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.8%

Custom Widget Maker for iPhone

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PhotoTime

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Widget Maker for iPhone

One-time1
  • Widget Maker Pro Customizer 14$0.99

Questions

Is PhotoTime free?
PhotoTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Custom Widget Maker for iPhone free?
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhotoTime or Custom Widget Maker for iPhone?
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone is rated higher. PhotoTime averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Custom Widget Maker for iPhone averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do PhotoTime or Custom Widget Maker for iPhone have ads?
PhotoTime shows ads; Custom Widget Maker for iPhone does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoTime or Custom Widget Maker for iPhone?
PhotoTime ships an update monthly, and Custom Widget Maker for iPhone every 3 weeks. Most recently, PhotoTime was updated on November 3, 2026 and Custom Widget Maker for iPhone on November 3, 2026.

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