Widget Custom HomeScreen vs Best Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Best Widgets
Personalize your iPhone's home screen with a vast collection of customizable widgets, charging animations, and custom keyboards. Express your unique style with adjustable fonts, colors, backgrounds, and more.
- Customizable widgets
- Charging animations
- Custom keyboards
- Wide range of templates
- Personalize fonts, colors, backgrounds
- Multiple widget categories
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Fancy widgets, charging animations and custom keyboards for your iPhone! Best Widgets app lets you customize your homescreen like never before. Express yourself with a wide range of templates personalized exclusively for your iOS device. We designed the app from the ground up with a wide collection of fully customizable widgets from multiple categories including date, weather, quotes, astronomy, calendar, reminders, fitness, photos and more. Personalize every aspect of your widget, charging animation and custom keyboard with our powerful tools. Each element such as the fonts, pictures, backgrounds, colors, etc. can be adjusted precisely to best fit your personality. Best Widgets app includes an optional premium subscription plan which is offered on a monthly basis with a 3 days free trial. Once you purchase a subscription plan, your payment will be charged at your iTunes account. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Follow us on Facebook to get exclusive updates, promo codes and more: https://facebook.com/bestwidget Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/best-widgets-terms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/best-widgets-privacy/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Best Widgets at 4.7 against Widget Custom HomeScreen's 4.1. Best Widgets also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Widget Custom HomeScreen's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 31). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Widget Custom HomeScreen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Best Widgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Best Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Custom HomeScreen has 2.8K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Widget Custom HomeScreen ships an update monthly, Best Widgets every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Custom HomeScreen | Best Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (2.8K ratings) | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 270 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GREEN DYGITAL CONSULTING LLP | Widgethub Limited |
Customer experience
Widget Custom HomeScreen
Best Widgets
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
Best Widgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Widget Custom HomeScreen
- Widget CustomHomeScreen:weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Widget Custom HomeScreen: PRO3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Widget$29.991 Year
- Buy any one theme or icon pack$4.99
- Limited Time Special Offer$9.99
- Widget App Lifetime Offer$19.99
Best Widgets
- Best Widgets Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- 9.99 USD Per Month$9.991 Month
- 29.99 USD Per Year$29.991 Year
- 39.99 USD for Lifetime.$39.99
Questions
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