Comparison

Widget Custom HomeScreen vs Simple Widgets

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

Simple Widgets

Personalize your home and lock screens with customizable widgets. Choose from various sizes and styles, including different backgrounds, font colors, and borders. Easily edit existing widgets to change their appearance.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget types
  • Small, Medium, Large, and Lock Screen widgets
  • Background and font color customization
  • Border customization
  • Edit existing widget appearance
Features
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Simple Widgets • Photo makes it super easy to customize your home and lock screen like never before. Customize every widget, and personalize your home and lock screen. Features: • Create different types of widgets. • Small, Medium, Large, and lock screen widgets, all customizable. • Customize the added widget with different backgrounds, font colors, borders, etc. • Edit the added widgets to a different appearance. ——— FEEDBACK ——— Have any suggestions? Feel free to contact us at joezhang176776005@gmail.com Term of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zhangkaigogo.github.io/Widgets/

Screenshots

Widget Custom HomeScreen4 screens
Simple Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Widgets at 100% against Widget Custom HomeScreen's 26%. Simple Widgets also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Widget Custom HomeScreen's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 19) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

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 Simple Widgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Custom HomeScreen has 2.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Widget Custom HomeScreen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Custom HomeScreen ships an update monthly, Simple Widgets every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Widget Custom HomeScreen versus Simple Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget Custom HomeScreenSimple Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.8K ratings)4.4 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better19
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGREEN DYGITAL CONSULTING LLPWuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Widget Custom HomeScreen

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

Simple Widgets

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
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

Simple Widgets

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
2 purchases

Simple Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Widget Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Widget Premium (Annual)$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Widget Custom HomeScreen free?
Widget Custom HomeScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Widgets free?
Simple Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Custom HomeScreen or Simple Widgets?
Simple Widgets is rated higher. Widget Custom HomeScreen averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Simple Widgets averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do Widget Custom HomeScreen or Simple Widgets have ads?
Both Widget Custom HomeScreen and Simple Widgets show ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Custom HomeScreen or Simple Widgets?
Widget Custom HomeScreen ships an update monthly, and Simple Widgets every 5 days. Most recently, Widget Custom HomeScreen was updated on September 23, 2026 and Simple Widgets on September 19, 2026.

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