My Widgets vs PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Widgets
Personalize your iOS device with customizable widgets for your lock screen and desktop. Add photos, track holidays and birthdays, and display your calendar. Integrate with HealthKit to visualize your step data.
- Lock screen widgets
- Desktop widgets
- Photo slideshows
- Holiday reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Calendar display
- HealthKit integration
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iOS16 lock screen widget, customize your lock screen interface. There are more than 20 kinds of small, medium and large desktop widgets, which support personalized customization. Photos: Support selecting multiple pictures and setting the playback interval. Holiday: Remind you of the remaining days of the next holiday. Birthday: Set birthday reminders for yourself and your family. Calendar: The large size can display holidays. We integrate with the health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps data and show them in a beautiful way. [Feedback] Gmail: chentom417@gmail.com Your suggestion is very important to me, you can contact me using the feedback in the app.
PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen
Easily personalize your phone's home screen with customizable widgets. Add photo frames, track important dates with countdowns, and create unique calendar views. Choose from various aesthetic templates, backgrounds, and lettering styles to make your device uniquely yours.
- Photo frame widgets
- Day counting widgets
- Customizable calendar widgets
- Aesthetic widget templates
- Background pattern options
- Font and lettering customization
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PicCo Widget (formerly Widget Go) is an easy-to-use widget maker with various aesthetic widget templates. PicCo Widget allows you to quickly and easily personalize your home screen. [Various Widget Types] ・Photo Frames: decorate your photos with different designs. ・Day Counting: keep track of important life events or count down to upcoming activities. ・Calendar: brighten your every day by creating a customized calendar widget. [Aesthetic Widget Templates] ・Backgrounds: PicCo Widget provides a number of background patterns and color personalization options. ・Lettering: use different font and lettering combinations to create unique widgets. Use PicCo Widget to unleash your creativity and make your home screen your own!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen at none against My Widgets's 1. PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). My Widgets's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. My Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for My Widgets against 4.7 for PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 353 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 51% and 52% positive.
My Widgets ships an update every 3 months, PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Widgets | PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (353 ratings) | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 51.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 353 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 苏娟 陈 | Cardinal Blue |
Customer experience
My Widgets
PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen
In-app purchases
My Widgets
- Remove ads$2.99
PicCo Widget Custom Homescreen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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