ApowerWidgets vs Widgetal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ApowerWidgets
Personalize your phone's home screen with custom picture widgets and wallpapers. Add photo widgets, countdowns for important events, and time recorders. Offers a customization service to bring your unique ideas to life.
- Picture widgets
- Customizable photo widgets
- Countdown widgets
- Time recorder widgets
- HD wallpapers
- Customization service
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ApowerWidgets offers you original and creative picture widgets, wallpapers for different themes, such as emoji, cartoon, couple, cute animals, etc. And it also provides you with customizable photo widgets, countdown widgets and time recorder widgets. You can custom your home screen background as you like using this photo widget. Better yet, you can also offer us your ideas for your unique picture widget, wallpapers and more. We will try our best to satisfy your needs. Advantages of ApowerWidgets: * Personalize your home background with pretty picture widgets and cool HD wallpapers produced by professional designers. * Add customizable photo widget to put the photos of your family, pets or any photo in your gallery to your phone screen. * Add countdown widget to remind you of the date of important events, such as holiday countdown, anniversary countdown. * Add time recorder widget to calculate the days you want to record. * Easy to use. No complicated steps. * Provides you with customization service. We will help to turn your ideas into reality. * Supports iPhones running iOS 14 and above. Join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/155315583004499/ Contact us: support@apowersoft.com
Widgetal
Customize your iPhone's Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island with a vast collection of widgets and exclusive themes. Enjoy iOS 26-optimized designs, real-time data, and depth effect wallpapers for a stylish and functional experience.
- iOS 26 Exclusive Themes
- Vast Widget Collection
- Dynamic Island & Live Activities
- iOS 26 Lock Screen Widgets
- Depth Effect Wallpapers
- Customizable App Icons
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Widgetal fully supports widgets for iOS 26! Customize Lock Screen/Home Screen/Dynamic Island widgets with iOS 26’s Liquid Glass design, and pair with exclusive screen themes for a stylish iPhone experience. Download now for iOS 26-optimized widgets and themes! Key features: iOS 26 Exclusive Themes： Perfectly matched app icons, widgets, and wallpapers for iOS 26! Choose from Dark/neon/Minimalist/cute styles—all tailored to iOS 26’s visual standards for a neat, stylish iPhone. Vast Widget Collection (iOS 26 Optimized)： Time, clock, calendar, weather, photo, mixed widgets—redesigned for iOS 26. Get essential info at a glance on your iOS 26 Home Screen. Dynamic Island & Live Activities (iOS 26 Optimized) Cute pets broadcast real-time weather/air quality data—adapted to iOS 26’s interactivity. One-click setup for Dynamic Island/Live Activities (iOS 26 Liquid Glass compatible). iOS 26 Lock Screen Widgets： iOS 26-supported lockscreen launcher: Add hot apps to launch instantly. Choose from Weather/Countdown/Air Quality and more—widgets optimized for iOS 26 display effects. iOS 26 Depth Effect Wallpapers： Textured Depth Effect wallpapers (iOS 26 Liquid Glass optimized) fit all iPhone sizes. Explore Animals/Urban/Nature/Figure categories—paired seamlessly with iOS 26 themes. Automatic Subscription Service Instructions： Payment is charged to your iTunes account on purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off 24 hours before period end. Renewal charges apply within 24 hours of period end; manage subscriptions in Account Settings. No cancellation during active subscription period. Unused free trial portions are forfeited on subscription purchase. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/lockscreenweather/private-policy EULA：https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/contact us: widgetal@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ApowerWidgets at 69% against Widgetal's 21%. ApowerWidgets also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Widgetal's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (589 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. ApowerWidgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Widgetal sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ApowerWidgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widgetal has 589 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of ApowerWidgets's written reviews are positive against 21% of Widgetal's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ApowerWidgets | Widgetal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (589 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 589 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 356 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wangxu Technology Co., Ltd | Zhi Sys Limited |
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In-app purchases
ApowerWidgets
- Monthly Subscription$1.491 Month
- Yearly Subscription$3.491 Year
- ApowerWidgets Monthly VIP$2.99
- ApowerWidgets Yearly VIP$7.99
Widgetal
- Quarter member$1.493 Months
- Monthly membership$1.991 Month
- Year VIP (3 day free）3 Days trial$6.991 Year
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- UniPass Apps Welcome3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Week VIP3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Year member$19.991 Year
- UniPass Apps Pro$59.991 Year
- permanent member$12.99
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