Comparison

Shortcut Icon Maker vs Micro Widget

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

Head to head
About

Shortcut Icon Maker

Create custom icons for your apps and personalize your device's home screen. Choose from over 1,000 icons with extensive customization options for size, color, and background. Easily save and use your creations with Apple's Shortcuts app for a unique display.

Highlights
  • Create custom app icons
  • Personalize home screen display
  • Over 1,000 icon sets
  • Adjust icon size and color
  • Customize background and borders
  • Save icons to photo library
  • Integrates with Apple's Shortcuts app
Features
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Shortcut Icon Maker app is a must have tool for users to create custom shortcut icons for apps and transform their device homescreen into a beautiful custom display with nice color scheme of their own choice. This is the best tool to have for customising the homescreen with any widgets. Choose from plenty of icons sets with more than 1,000 total icons from the list with many customisation options as per below: 1. Change the icon size 2. Choose the icon colour 3. Create border for the icon 4. Customize border size 5. Choose border colour 6. Choose icon body / background colour 7. Adjust the icon position up, down, left or right 8. Ability to create background colour for homescreen to match the icon's body colour. In this way, your icons will appear as if their background color is transparent. All icons created will be saved in the device photo library and can be used directly with apple's own Shortcut app for customisation. Shortcut Icon Maker app is surely an easy to use app & with iOS14 widget customization features, this will be a perfect match to create a stunning homescreen display for your device. How to create a custom icon.. 1. Open Shortcut app (make sure to use the one from Apple). 2. Select "+". 3. Select "+ Add Action". 4. Select "Scripting". 5. Select "Open App". 6. Select "Choose" and pick the app that you wanted to open with this shortcut. 7. Select the round "..." button at the top right area under "Next". 8. Set your shortcut a name. 9. Tap on "Add to Home Screen". 10. Under the "HOME SCREEN NAME AND ICON", put the name that will be displayed under the Icon (tips: this name can be empty, this will make the icon clean without text at the bottom). 11. Tap the Icon and select "Choose Photo". 12. Select your desired image that was saved with Icon Text Maker app to become the shortcut Icon. 13. Select "Add" after a image has been selected as shortcut Icon. 14. Confirmation message will be displayed to say it is done!. 15. You can now repeat for every Shortcut you needed. 16. Note : you can actually use the same shortcut with different Icon photo set (meaning with the same one shortcut you can create & add as many icon as possible to be put in the home screen, but remember these all different photo icons will only open the one app that you specified earlier). This is useful if you wanted to create icons just for fun & just for nice display purposes. 17. If different app needs to be open with the Icon, you need to create a new shortcut with the above steps for each app. Enjoy!

About

Micro Widget

Personalize your phone's home screen with customizable calendar widgets. Choose backgrounds, fonts, and text colors to create a unique look. Add multiple widgets and enjoy various display styles.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget backgrounds
  • Choice of text colors and fonts
  • Upload personal photos for backgrounds
  • Multiple widget activation
  • Support for all widget sizes
  • Various calendar display styles
Features
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Add stylish calendar widgets directly onto your phone home screen. Fully customize calendar widgets on your home screen with your own choice of backgrounds, text colors and fonts. With simple and clean design, we makes Calendar Widget app as easy for you to customize as possible. Personalized your home screen with an unique calendar widget with just a few steps. Customizing and Styling Widget On Home Screen. Many calendar styles to display calendar on your home screens Easily design your own widget with Calendar Widget for iPhone: – Fully customized widget background, text color and fonts. – Upload our photo for widget background with customizable text color and fonts. – Able to activate many widgets at the same time on home screen. – Support all three widget sizes to lets you take full advantage control the whole space of your home screen. • Subscribed user has unlimited access to the app features & content. • Unsubscribed user can only use free services with limited quota per day • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Setting > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > manage subscription after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. * This app does not access to your calendar data on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.code4flutter.in/privacy-calendar-widget/ Privacy Policy: https://www.code4flutter.in/privacy-calendar-widget/ You are welcome to contact us at info@code4flutter.in

Screenshots

Shortcut Icon Maker4 screens
Micro Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Micro Widget at 100% against Shortcut Icon Maker's 50%. Micro Widget also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months). Shortcut Icon Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Shortcut Icon Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Micro Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Micro Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Shortcut Icon Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Micro Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shortcut Icon Maker ships an update every 15 months, Micro Widget every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shortcut Icon Maker versus Micro Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShortcut Icon MakerMicro Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (31 ratings)5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperaZeR DiLLsPetr Polasek

Customer experience

Shortcut Icon Maker

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative29.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Micro Widget

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shortcut Icon Maker

One-time1
  • Shortcut Icon Maker All Icons$1.99
3 purchases

Micro Widget

Subscriptions3
  • 1 week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • 1 Month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • 1 Year3 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Shortcut Icon Maker free?
Shortcut Icon Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Micro Widget free?
Micro Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shortcut Icon Maker or Micro Widget?
Micro Widget is rated higher. Shortcut Icon Maker averages 3.6 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Micro Widget averages 5.0 from 23 ratings.
Do Shortcut Icon Maker or Micro Widget have ads?
Both Shortcut Icon Maker and Micro Widget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Shortcut Icon Maker or Micro Widget?
Shortcut Icon Maker ships an update every 15 months, and Micro Widget every 6 weeks. Most recently, Shortcut Icon Maker was updated on September 23, 2026 and Micro Widget on October 9, 2026.

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