Whiteboard vs Widget Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whiteboard
Share drawings, photos, and messages directly to friends' home screen widgets. This app offers creative drawing tools and group messaging for fun, visual communication.
- Send doodles, drawings, and photos to widgets
- Customizable drawing tools with saved presets
- Add photos from library or camera
- Create and message in groups
- Multiple widget options for different views
- Private by default friend connections
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Send doodles, drawings, messages, and more directly to your friends’ widgets! Whiteboard makes staying connected fun and creative. Share quick sketches, notes, photos, and even group messages that appear right on your friends’ home screens. ------- Drawing Choose from different pen styles, thicknesses, and colors—or create your own custom colors and save them as presets. Add backgrounds, photos from your library or camera, text, and more. Save drafts to finish your creations later. ------- Friends Your account starts as private so only friends can send you messages. Switch to public if you’d like anyone in the app to connect with you. Finding friends is simple—search nearby, sync your contacts, or share your invite code. ------- Groups Create groups to share doodles and messages between multiple friends all in one widget. Think of it as group chat, but more fun and visual. ------- Widgets Add multiple widgets to keep up with all your messages. Choose from: - Recent Messages: See the latest updates from friends and groups. - Friend Widget: View the most recent message from a specific friend. - Group Widget: View the most recent message from a group.
Widget Buddy
Share live photos and drawings with friends and loved ones directly on your Home Screen. This app offers a fun and secure way to stay connected, perfect for families and couples.
- Home Screen Widget
- Send photos from gallery
- Take photos with camera
- Add fun stickers
- Drawing canvas
- Add friends via email
- Sign in with Apple ID
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Widget Buddy is here to help you connect with your friends in a fun way. The widget shows you live pictures from your friends, right on your Home Screen. It's a great feeling when you look through your phone, and suddenly your Widget Buddy on your Home Screen shows you a nice photo or drawing from your friends or loved ones. It's a must-have app for parents, to encourage their kids to send you cute drawings while you are at work. Without notifications or distractions, you get to see their latest masterpieces right on your Home Screen. For couples, this app is such a gem, you will be able to surprise your partner with new photos, or cute stickers, reminding them why they are so important to you. We are working already on adding more fun stickers and features dedicated to couples. ++ FEATURES ++ - Home Screen Widget - Send Photos from your gallery - Take a Photo with your camera right from the app - Add Fun Stickers to Photos, or simply send just the sticker - Drawing Canvas to allow you to draw on Photos or right on the widget - Add your Friends by using only their email addresses, no phone number is required - Safe and secure way to Sign In with Apple ID ++ DON'T BE A STRANGER ++ We have some exciting features coming soon, but you can always send suggestions via email or by writing a review for the app. Don't forget to share this app with a friend, because your support will make this app incredible. Contact us: contact@phantomapps.me ++ WE CARE ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY ++ Privacy Policy: http://phantomapps.me/Privacy.html Terms & Conditions: http://phantomapps.me/Terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widget Buddy at 100% against Whiteboard's 43%. Widget Buddy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2). Whiteboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Whiteboard sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Widget Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Widget Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whiteboard has 465 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Widget Buddy's.
Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, Widget Buddy every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Whiteboard | Widget Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (465 ratings) | 4.9 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 465 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ample Software LLC | Bashar Almadi |
Customer experience
Whiteboard
Widget Buddy
Bugs and requests
Whiteboard
Reported bugs
17 issues- Widget displays blank or grey, doesn't show messages
- App freezes and crashes when zooming in on drawings
- Undo function causes drawings to disappear or app to crash
- Color selection doesn't apply to drawings
- Zoom feature removed in recent update, breaking functionality
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- Eyedropper tool doesn't work properly after update
- Erase option missing after update
- Messages fail to send to friends and groups
- Drawings get deleted when attempting to send
- Group chat rooms don't appear on widget
- Bucket tool erases entire drawing instead of filling
- Recent chats won't load
- Widget impossible to add on some devices
- Drafts significantly lower drawing quality with white line artifacts
- Zoom glitch makes zoomed section become full drawing
- Loading popup gets stuck and won't stop
- Doodles display as blank white space
Requested features
15 requests- Zoom in/out functionality for detailed drawing
- Eyedropper/color picker tool
- Layer support for complex drawings
- Ability to delete drawings from profile
- Ability to delete groups
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- Custom color saving
- Nicknames for contacts (like Snapchat)
- Better bucket fill tool (non-destructive)
- Multiple widgets for different contacts
- Separate tabs for friends vs recommendations when sending
- Widget dark line removal/redesign
- More brush textures and colors
- Automatic widget updates without opening app
- Color code input option
- Better color wheel functionality
Widget Buddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Whiteboard
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Doodle - 1 Day Boost$0.99
- Small Tip$0.99
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- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
- Huge Tip$9.99
- Mountainous Tip$19.99
Widget Buddy
- Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly$7.991 Year
Questions
Is Whiteboard free?
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