Widget Art Gallery vs Phoddos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Art Gallery
Display over 10,000 beautiful artworks on your home screen or today view. Customize widgets with art from world-renowned galleries and NASA, with optional overlays like time and date. Enjoy slideshows and favorite pieces for easy access.
- Display art on home screen
- Browse 10,000+ artworks
- Widgets from top galleries
- Customizable widget overlays
- Slideshows and favorites
- Searchable art collection
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Widget Art Gallery allow you to view over 10,000 beautiful works of art on your home screen or today view. Add an Art Gallery widget to your home screen and then choose to view pieces from a gallery, collections, favorites, or specific artwork. Add helpful overlays like time, date, battery, or add your own text. In the app you can browse or search all of the included artwork from several of the world's best art galleries. Tap the play button to view a slide show containing pieces from the current gallery or collection. You can add any piece to your favorites list for easy viewing later in the favorites gallery or in a widget. Featuring artwork from world famous galleries, such as the National Gallery of Art, Getty Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Rijksmuseum, and Mauritshuis, as well as spectacular photos from NASA. Widget Art Gallery is free to download and contains no ads. The free version allows the use of one widget. There is a one-time in-app-purchase that unlocks an unlimited number of widgets and helps support further development of the app. Please upgrade to Art Gallery Premium today. Widget Art Gallery is available on iOS and macOS and its sister app TV Art Gallery is available for tvOS. Widgets are only available on iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur and higher.
Phoddos
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Introducing Phoddos - the ultimate personalization app for your home screen! With Phoddos, you can turn your favorite photos from your own album into beautiful widgets that display on your home screen. Simply select the photos you want to use, customize the widget size and style, and voila! Your home screen will come to life with memories and moments that matter most to you. Features: - Only photos from albums you select appear - From albums you have already created - Uses face detection to better place your beloved ones inside the widget - Multiple widgets possible - Multiple albums
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phoddos at none against Widget Art Gallery's 2. Phoddos also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Widget Art Gallery sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Phoddos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widget Art Gallery ships an update every 2 months, Phoddos every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Art Gallery | Phoddos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (85 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cromulent Labs | Thorsten Stark |
In-app purchases
Widget Art Gallery
- Art Gallery Premium$2.99
- Art Gallery Premium Retail$4.99
Phoddos
No in-app purchases
Questions
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