Comparison

Widget Box & shortcuts vs Only Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Widget Box & shortcuts

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast array of customizable widgets. Create unique designs with your own images, fonts, and color schemes, or select from pre-made templates. Add widgets for time, date, battery, weather, quotes, and more.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget designs
  • Pre-made widget templates
  • Add pictures to widgets
  • Edit widget fonts and colors
  • Countdown, date, battery widgets
  • Weather and quote widgets
Features
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Color Widgets Box is the only app you need for customizing your home screen! Choose from stunning premade widget designs, or better yet, make your own. Browse through endless options like countdowns, date and battery, weather, quotes, and more. Color Widgets is so easy to use that your favorite widgets can be up and running in seconds. WIDGETS Customize each widget fully. Add pictures to your widgets, edit their font, create your own color-scheme, and so much more! Frequent updates constantly add new widgets you’d love. With Color Widgets, there is no limit to customizing your home screen! Here’s a glimpse of our widgets: ● Time, Date & Battery ● Calendar

About

Only Widgets

Customize your device's home screen with a variety of functional widgets. Display time, weather, photos, sticky notes, health data, and more. Personalize your layout with different sizes and styles for a unique look.

Highlights
  • Customizable time and calendar widgets
  • Photo slideshow and display widgets
  • Sticky note and anniversary trackers
  • Health data integration for steps and mileage
  • Weather and oil price forecasts
  • Shortcut access to contacts and payments
  • Transparent widget options
Features
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Only Widgets is a multi-functional widget with simple style and strong practicability, with built-in selected component libraries. feature of product: · Time component: simple time (small) x3, monthly calendar (small, large) x1, time progress x3 (small, medium, large), analog clock x17 · Movement components: movement steps (small) x3, target steps and mileage can be set · Sticky note component: sticky note (small, large x2), customizable style and content · Photo component: photo (small, medium, large), can customize photos; slide show (small, medium, large), can choose album or multiple photos to automatically switch to display photo content · Anniversary component: Countdown single (small), 3 anniversaries (small, medium), 6 anniversaries (medium, large), you can set an anniversary event, and the component display style will change with the event Mixed component: mixed component (small) x5, mixed component (large), mixed display time, date, weather, exercise steps, power and other information, target exercise can set the number of steps, mileage · Weather component: weather forecast (small, medium), city can be set · Oil price component: today's oil price (small, medium, large), displays today's gasoline price information, and provinces can be set · Constellation components: Constellation today's fortune (small, medium, large), constellation speed dating (small), constellation can be set Shortcut component: payment shortcut entry (medium); contact component (medium, large), which can quickly dial or send text messages · Transparent Components: Hide content where it takes up space on the desktop Mixed panel: small size x5, medium size x3, large size x1, mixed display of various information, such as time, weather, anniversaries, exercise steps, shortcuts, photos, etc. · Standby mode widgets previewing * Instructions on the permissions used by the application Photo Usage Permissions: Replacing the Contents of Photo Components Location service permission: used for weather forecast, local oil price, etc. that require location service positioning Health data access rights: Some of our widgets need to access some health data, such as the number of exercise steps, basic activity energy, exercise energy consumption, floors climbed, exercise mileage and other health data, which are used to display information in the widget Download it quickly and have a try, there is always a component that you may use * About automatic subscription The subscription fee will be charged to your iTunes account when you confirm the purchase, and the subscription will automatically renew unless the current subscriber cancels the renewal at least 24 hours in advance. Your account will be charged the renewal fee according to your plan within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://note.youdao.com/s/ObRqU7gN Terms of Service: http://note.youdao.com/s/RzEbe4PG

Screenshots

Widget Box & shortcuts4 screens
Only Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Box & shortcuts at none against Only Widgets's 3. Widget Box & shortcuts also leads on ratings volume (95 vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Only Widgets's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Only Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Widget Box & shortcuts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Only Widgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Box & shortcuts has 95 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Widget Box & shortcuts versus Only Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget Box & shortcutsOnly Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (95 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings95 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAEGIS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED晓乾 郑

Customer experience

Widget Box & shortcuts

All ratings89 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Only Widgets

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Widget Box & shortcuts

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Only Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • 1个月会员$1.991 Month
  • 1年会员7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • 高级版本$4.99

Questions

Is Widget Box & shortcuts free?
Widget Box & shortcuts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Only Widgets free?
Only Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Box & shortcuts or Only Widgets?
Only Widgets is rated higher. Widget Box & shortcuts averages 4.6 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while Only Widgets averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Widget Box & shortcuts or Only Widgets have ads?
Both Widget Box & shortcuts and Only Widgets show ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Box & shortcuts or Only Widgets?
Widget Box & shortcuts ships an update every 2 months, and Only Widgets every 2 months. Most recently, Widget Box & shortcuts was updated on November 3, 2026 and Only Widgets on November 3, 2026.

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