Comparison

Smart Photo Widget vs Frame Widget

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

Head to head
About

Smart Photo Widget

This app automatically frames and displays your photos in widgets, eliminating manual cropping. Its AI handles framing, filtering, and rotation, offering options to skip unwanted images and add overlays like dates or frames.

Highlights
  • Automatic photo framing for all widget sizes
  • AI-powered cropping and selection
  • Option to skip blurry or dark photos
  • Rotates best photos throughout the day
  • Add date, time, or location overlays
  • Apply photo effects and filters (Premium)
  • Add picture frames
Features
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Smart Photo Widget is the best photo widget on the App Store, and the last one you'll ever need. It uses advanced AI to do all of your work for you, making it the simplest, easiest to use photo widget app out there. There are two types of results you'll get from all of the other photo widget apps: 1. You end up with poorly framed photos with your loved one's head missing. 2. You have to painstakingly choose and crop each photo to make sure it displays properly in each widget size. Using Smart Photo Widget, simply choose a photo folder and install the widget and you're done. Smart Photo Widget's advanced AI does all of the work for you: 1. Properly frames each photo in every widget size automatically! 2. Options to skip bad photos (blurry, too dark, screenshots, etc.). 3. Rotates the best photos throughout the day. 4. Optionally add handy overlays like current weekday/date/time or show the photo's date and location. 5. Apply photo effects/filters to make your photos pop (Smart Photo Premium required). 6. Optionally add picture frames for some whimsy in your widgets. Give Smart Photo Widget a try and see that it really is the easiest to use photo widget app on the App Store by far. Smart Photo Widget is free to download and use. Within the app you can purchase Smart Photo Premium which allows you to have unlimited photo collections and adds features like photo effects. If you purchase a Premium subscription, it will be applied to your iTunes account at the end of the free trial. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime within your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. The privacy policy for this app is located here: https://www.cromulentlabs.com/smart-photo-widget/privacy/ The terms of use for this app are the standard Apple terms located here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Frame Widget

Personalize your device's home screen by displaying your favorite photos in customizable frames. Easily select images from your library and arrange them into widgets to share with friends and colleagues.

Highlights
  • Create photo widgets
  • Import photos from library
  • Single photo widgets
  • Customizable frame colors
  • Share edits on social media
Features
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Easily select your photos, create widgets! Show your photos frame to your colleagues and classmates! Features: - Widgets with a single photo - Import photos from the photo library How it works: - Select the photos you want to show and save them in photo widget albums - Frame your photos: Choose the color of some of the frames Super easy to use! Let us create! Share your awesome edits easily with your friends on social media networks. Subscription options: - 5.99$ / Month - 29.99$ / Year Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/framewidgetpop/home Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/framewidgettou/home

Screenshots

Smart Photo Widget4 screens
Frame Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Smart Photo Widget and Frame Widget both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 48% of Smart Photo Widget's written reviews are positive against 0% of Frame Widget's. Smart Photo Widget also leads on ratings volume (91 vs 14) and device support (4 vs 2). Frame Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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. Smart Photo Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and Frame Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Smart Photo Widget against 4.5 for Frame Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Photo Widget has 91 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Smart Photo Widget's written reviews are positive against 0% of Frame Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Photo Widget ships an update every 3 months, Frame Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smart Photo Widget versus Frame Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Photo WidgetFrame Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (91 ratings) — better4.5 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings91 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent Labs望嵩 周

Customer experience

Smart Photo Widget

All ratings90 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral24.0%
Negative28.0%

Frame Widget

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Smart Photo Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Smart Photo Premium Yearly14 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Frame Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Frame Widget Premium Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Smart Photo Widget free?
Smart Photo Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frame Widget free?
Frame Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Photo Widget or Frame Widget?
Smart Photo Widget is rated higher. Smart Photo Widget averages 4.6 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while Frame Widget averages 4.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Smart Photo Widget or Frame Widget have ads?
Neither Smart Photo Widget nor Frame Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Photo Widget or Frame Widget?
Smart Photo Widget ships an update every 3 months, and Frame Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Smart Photo Widget was updated on November 11, 2026 and Frame Widget on November 3, 2026.

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