Widget Studio vs Simple Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Studio
Create personalized iPhone Home Screen widgets with custom elements, fonts, colors, and photos. Add clocks, calendars, weather forecasts, and countdowns to your device. Choose from templates or design your own unique widgets.
- Customizable widget elements
- Font and color selection
- Weather forecast display
- Countdown timers
- Analog/digital clocks
- Calendar view
- Photo customization and slideshows
- Over 80 preset templates
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Become a creative widget designer! Widget Studio is the perfect tool to personalize your iPhone Home Screen with a stylish theme. Here are some of the many, many things you can do with Widget Studio: • Elements – Mix and match different widget elements to create a unique widget that is truly your creation. • Font & Color – Find the right fonts and colors for each widget you create. You can even set the transparency of each element. • Weather – See your weather forecast and choose from a variety of formats. • Countdown – Count down to your birthday, Christmas, or anything you want, right from your iPhone Home Screen. You can even select which units you want to display. • Time – Add an analog or digital clock to your widget. • Date – Add today’s date to your widget in a variety of formats. • Calendar – Add a calendar to your widget to view the entire month. • Text – Write anything you want on your widget! Perfect for displaying your favorite quote against a stylish background photo. • Photos - Customize your background photo using your own custom photos. You can also choose from the many photos in the Widget Studio library. • Slideshow – Add multiple photos and the widget will cycle through them like a slideshow. • Presets – Need inspiration? Choose from over 80 templates to get started. Once you’ve created your widgets, go to your iOS Home Screen and long-hold on an empty part of your screen. Then tap the “+” icon that appears at the top of the screen. Next, find and tap “Widget Studio” in the list. From there you can select which size widget you want and drag your widget onto your Home Screen. To change the widget that is displayed, long-hold your widget and tap “Edit Widget.” Share your creation with #WidgetStudio and inspire other Widget Designers like you! - In addition to Widget Studio’s free features, we also offer Widget Studio Premium as a subscription. Widget Studio Premium subscribers will have access to Countdown widgets, Weather widgets, and Premium templates. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/
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.
- Customizable widget types
- Small, Medium, Large, and Lock Screen widgets
- Background and font color customization
- Border customization
- Edit existing widget appearance
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widget Studio at none against Simple Widgets's shown. Widget Studio also leads on ratings volume (147 vs 19). Simple Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Widget Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months 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.
Widget Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Studio has 147 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Widget Studio ships an update every 10 months, Simple Widgets every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Studio | Simple Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (147 ratings) — better | 4.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sevenlogics, Inc. | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Widget Studio
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In-app purchases
Widget Studio
- Premium (Quarterly)$2.993 Months
- Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Simple Widgets
- Widget Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Widget Premium (Annual)$19.991 Year
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