Comparison

Widget Custom HomeScreen vs Countdown Widget

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Widget Custom HomeScreen

Personalize your iPhone or iPad with custom themes, icons, and widgets. Transform your home screen with aesthetic wallpapers and unique styles. Integrates with the Health app for fitness tracking widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets (small, medium, large)
  • Icon packs for custom shortcuts
  • Themed colors, fonts, and styles
  • 500+ 4K & HD Live wallpapers
  • Health app integration for fitness widgets
  • Step-by-step guides for setup
Features
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Make your iPhone or iPad look exactly the way you want it. Widget Custom HomeScreen is the all-in-one personalization app for iPhone and iPad — with 5,000+ icons, 500+ themes, animated widgets, full Lock Screen customization, and a library of 500+ 4K live wallpapers. Whether your style is minimal and clean, bold and colorful, or aesthetic and moody, you'll find a theme that feels like you. - WHAT'S INSIDE Widgets • Animated & static widgets — small, medium, and large • Lock Screen widgets (iOS 16 and above) • Health widgets — step count, move ring, exercise & stand from Apple Health Icons & Themes • 5,000+ custom icons, applied through the native iOS Shortcuts app • 500+ complete themes — each includes matching icons, wallpapers & widgets • Icon styles that complement iOS 26's Default, Dark, Tinted & Clear modes Wallpapers • 500+ 4K & HD live wallpapers • Aesthetic collections updated regularly - HOW IT WORKS Browse themes, tap one you love, and follow the simple step-by-step setup guide. Your Home Screen and Lock Screen transform in minutes. Icons work through iOS Shortcuts — no jailbreak or third-party tools required. - HEALTH & FITNESS WIDGETS Connect Widget Custom HomeScreen to Apple Health to show your daily step count, move ring, exercise minutes, and stand progress directly on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Compatible with all iPhones and iPads running iOS 14 or later. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS • Monthly: $9.99/month — includes a 3-day free trial • Yearly: $29.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation and renews automatically. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings at least 24 hours before the next renewal date. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when upgrading to a paid plan. Privacy Policy: https://widgetsapp.net/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://widgetsapp.net/terms-of-use.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Have a feature request or need help? We'd love to hear from you: https://support.widgetsapp.net/support/tickets/new

About

Countdown Widget

Organize and beautify your mobile desktop with customizable widgets. Choose from various templates, fonts, colors, and backgrounds to create a unique and functional home screen experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • To-do lists
  • Step counter
  • Digital clock
  • Calendar integration
  • Countdown timers
  • Personalized backgrounds and fonts
Features
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A content-rich, powerful desktop widget APP, which is very good to organize and beautify the mobile phone desktop. The software is simple to operate. The use of widgets makes the use of various software functions in the mobile phone more convenient. The widget APP is rich in built-in content. You can use it to easily create custom widgets to make your desktop unique. This software can meet both the appearance requirements and the practical requirements of users. Really high quality and low price. -To-do list, step count, digital clock, calendar, system information, countdown day anniversary and other functional component templates. There are many types of templates for each component. -Each part is divided into large, medium and small form, according to your own hobbies, you can be creative and free to combine -Personalized widget settings, multiple text colors, multiple font forms, multiple widget background images, and rich resources. You can create widget display forms freely. -There are a large number of wallpapers built in the widget, with wallpapers in solid colors, gradient colors and patterns, which are classified clearly and beautify the phone. We will also continue to update and optimize the product. If you have any questions, feedback is welcome. Contact: KJTechnology@163.com Terms of Use: https://littlewhiterabbitkj.github.io/resumemaker/TermsofService/ Privacy Policy: https://littlewhiterabbitkj.github.io/resumemaker/PrivacyPolicy/

Screenshots

Widget Custom HomeScreen4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Widget at 100% against Widget Custom HomeScreen's 26%. Countdown Widget also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). Widget Custom HomeScreen's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Widget Custom HomeScreen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Custom HomeScreen ships an update monthly, Countdown Widget every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Widget Custom HomeScreen versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget Custom HomeScreenCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGREEN DYGITAL CONSULTING LLP技 柯

Customer experience

Widget Custom HomeScreen

All ratings2,758 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive26.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative61.7%

Countdown Widget

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Widget Custom HomeScreen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not saving properly
  • App icons not working as expected
  • Frequent crashes and freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free widget options
  • Improved organization and search
  • Halloween and Christmas themed widgets

Countdown Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Widget Custom HomeScreen

Subscriptions3
  • Widget CustomHomeScreen:weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Widget Custom HomeScreen: PRO3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Widget$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Buy any one theme or icon pack$4.99
  • Limited Time Special Offer$9.99
  • Widget App Lifetime Offer$19.99
1 purchases

Countdown Widget

One-time1
  • Unlock all functions$1.99

Questions

Is Widget Custom HomeScreen free?
Widget Custom HomeScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widget Custom HomeScreen or Countdown Widget have ads?
Widget Custom HomeScreen shows ads; Countdown Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget Custom HomeScreen or Countdown Widget?
Widget Custom HomeScreen ships an update monthly, and Countdown Widget every 5 months. Most recently, Widget Custom HomeScreen was updated on October 11, 2026 and Countdown Widget on September 29, 2026.

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