Charging Animations vs MaxiWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charging Animations
Enhance your iPhone's charging experience with automatic, visually appealing animations. Choose from various styles that play when you plug in your device. Minimal setup required for a personalized charging display.
- Automatic charging animations
- Multiple animation styles
- Minimal setup
- No ads or account needed
- Supports iOS 16
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NO ads. NO personal data collected. ZERO permission requested. Full iOS 26 support. This is the official charging animations app. Privacy Policy: https://joyapps.com/privacy User Agreement: https://joyapps.com/eula Charging Animations for iOS plays cool charging animations automatically when you plug in your iPhone. You could choose from multiple styles of charging animations using this free app. Features: - Play charge animations automatically when plug in your iPhone (required to create Personal Automation in Shortcuts app). - Multiple charging animations to choose. - Minimal setup. - No ads, no account needed. - Supports iOS 16 How to use: To display charging animation, please tap one style from main interface, then plug in your iPhone. If you want to automate this process, please use Shortcuts app and follow the in-app video tutorial. Note: The auto mode only works when your iPhone is unlocked.
MaxiWidget
Design and personalize your device's home screen with custom widgets and shortcuts. Enhance your display with unique designs, emojis, and adjustable text sizes. Unlock advanced features like lock screen widgets and color customization with the Pro version.
- Create custom widgets
- Edit with Shortcuts app
- Add emojis to widgets
- Use larger widgets
- Customize widget colors
- Adjust text size
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MaxiWidget - create custom widgets: - create beautiful custom widgets - edit them easily with the Shortcuts app - add emojis to make them nicer MaxiWidget Pro ($1.99*): - use larger and lock screen widgets - change widget colors - adjust text size - enjoy an ad-free experience *price in the USA
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MaxiWidget at Free against Charging Animations's $2.99. MaxiWidget also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Charging Animations's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
MaxiWidget is free to download; Charging Animations costs $2.99 up front. MaxiWidget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Charging Animations asks for nothing beyond the download.
Charging Animations holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charging Animations has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Charging Animations ships an update every 2 months, MaxiWidget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charging Animations | MaxiWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (34 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chunxia Li | GERBEN CASTEL |
In-app purchases
Charging Animations
No in-app purchases
MaxiWidget
- MaxiWidget Pro$1.99
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