Flex Widgets vs Kit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flex Widgets
Create custom widgets for your device's home screen with a powerful and intuitive editor. Add text, images, health data, clocks, and more, then customize their appearance and arrangement.
- Build custom widgets
- Add text, images, and health data
- Place icons, emojis, and shapes
- Create countdowns and calendars
- Design digital and analog clocks
- Share and import widget designs
- Create custom widget themes
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Build your own widgets with the first real widget editor, edit your widgets the way you want. We bring you a super intuitive, powerful widget editor. The all in one widget app. You can place: - texts, icons, emojis, shapes - images, image slideshows - health data like heart rate or steps count (Flex Widgets gets this data from your Health app) - drawings, buttons, shortcuts buttons - weather icons, weather text elements - date elements, countdowns, countdown visuals, calendars, week overviews - digital time elements, analog clocks - border outlines - and more elements in your widgets. (If you want your health data like heart rate, steps count, exercise time to be displayed inside of your widgets you need to grant the Flex Widgets access to your Health app.) With our widget editor you simply place elements on your widget, edit, move, resize and rotate them. Those elements can be placed on top of each other and you can edit them however you want. Everything is fully comstomisable. Change the text font, color your widgets, add outlines and place as many of the mentioned elements as you want. Share widgets The cool thing is: you don’t even need to be creative to enjoy our widget editor. You can use the widgets others have created or pick out of the widget gallery inside of Flex Widgets. Sharing widgets is super simple. Just press share and send your widget link to your friends! Widget Themes You can also give all your widgets the same look by creating widget themes. So every widget can have the same font, background color, outline border, etc. Here are some more cool features: - Add a drawing element to your widget and turn it into a sticky note. Tapping on it on your homescreen will let you draw on it! - Add buttons to your widgets to open websites or run shortcuts. - Add picture slideshows and have the pictures change every minute. - Health charts: display your heart rate, activity, walk distance and many more health data points in our fully customisable health charts to see how your body is doing. (Flex Widgets gets this data from your Health app)
Kit
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Kit takes care of meal planning and grocery management so you can enjoy cooking food you love for yourself and your family. Track what's in your pantry, plan your meals for the week, and generate grocery lists — all in one place. Kit learns what you like and builds around what you already have. **Pantry Tracking** Scan what's in your cabinets today and then use the app and our smart trackers will automatically update your pantry week after week to keep your grocery lists accurate and reduce food waste. **Smart Meal Planning** Generate a weekly meal plan tailored to your dietary preferences, household size, and what's already in your kitchen. Pin your favorite meals to repeat every day or week. **Recipe Management** Import recipes from any URL or photo. Browse hundreds of recipes or add your own. **Grocery Lists** One tap turns your meal plan into an organized shopping list. Check off items as you shop, and Kit updates your pantry when you're done. **Built for Real Life** Swap meals on the fly, adjust serving sizes, skip what doesn't work. Kit adapts to how you actually cook. Terms of Use: https://thekitkitchen.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kit at Free against Flex Widgets's $2.99. Flex Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, 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
Kit is free to download; Flex Widgets costs $2.99 up front. Kit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Flex Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flex Widgets ships an update every 11 days, Kit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flex Widgets | Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (98 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yannik Schrade | Kylie Kretschmer |
In-app purchases
Flex Widgets
No in-app purchases
Kit
- Kit Weekly$9.997 Days
- Kit Monthly$29.991 Month
- Kit Annual$299.001 Year





