Comparison

Top Widgets vs Lively Widget

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

Head to head
About

Top Widgets

Personalize your device's home screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Choose from clocks, photos, countdowns, and more, with options to freely match styles and adjust backgrounds and fonts for a unique look.

Highlights
  • Customizable desktop widgets
  • Variety of widget types (clocks, photos, countdowns)
  • Freely match combination styles
  • Customizable backgrounds and fonts
  • One-click widget addition
  • HealthKit integration for step count and distance
Features
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Fully adapt to iOS14, carefully design a variety of desktop widgets, including clocks, photos, countdowns, anniversaries, progress percentages and other components, a variety of combination styles can be matched freely, simple and stylish. It supports custom component backgrounds, fonts, etc. You can use it to easily create individual components to make your desktop unique. * Rich widgets can be added freely * A variety of design styles make the desktop pleasing to the eye * One-click to add widgets and run quickly VIP subscription instructions: 1. Subscription cycle: Weekly (continuous weekly products) Monthly fee (continuous monthly product) Annual fee (continuous package annual product) 2. Subscription price: -1. RMB 9 per week -2. RMB 28 per month -3. RMB 128 per year 3. 24 hours before the expiration of the VIP privilege, the iTunes account will be automatically deducted and the renewal fee will be determined. 4. Cancel the automatic renewal: If you need to cancel the automatic renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal function in the iTunes/Apple ID setting management 24 hours before the expiration. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before expiration, the subscription will be automatically renewed. 5. If a free trial period is provided, any unused part will be confiscated when the user purchases a subscription to the publication (if applicable) 6. Privacy Policy: https://appzsk.com/privacycn.html 7. Terms of Use: https://appzsk.com/servicecn.html Precautions -Top Widgets has been connected to HealthKit, used to obtain step count and running distance data for display.

About

Lively Widget

Create animated and highly customizable widgets for your iPhone's home and lock screens. Display health data, photos, quotes, pixel art, and more with a wide range of design options and presets.

Highlights
  • Animated widget creation
  • Health and activity data display
  • Photo and quote widgets
  • Pixel art creation
  • GIF sticker integration
  • StandBy mode compatibility
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Try out our latest Activity and Health widget with the following health features: 1. Energy Burned, Exercise Time, and Stand Hours. 2. Step Count and Walking Distance. 3. Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate, Walking Heart Rate Average, and Heart Rate Variability. 4. Blood Oxygen and Respiratory Rate. 5. Environmental Sound Level and Headphone Audio Levels. 6. Double Support Time, Walking Asymmetry, Walking Speed, Walking Step Length, and Stair Speed. 7. Blood Pressure. 8. Blood Glucose. 9. All health data can be displayed in chart view and customized for a specific date range, such as 24 hours or 7 days. Animate your Widgets! Lively Widget allows you to create your own animated iOS widgets for your iPhone lock screen and home screen, enhancing your iPhone screen's overall aesthetics and liveliness. You can create nice-looking activity & health widgets, clock widgets, battery widgets, photo widgets, quote widgets, GIF sticker widgets, or even pixel art widgets! Most of our widgets are compatible with StandBy mode in the newly released iOS 17. Lively Widget enables you to upload images from your album, add text, apply borders, change background and adjust various aspects such as size, rotation, and position of your images. All widgets within Lively Widget are highly customizable and can be designed as frame-by-frame animated widgets. You can create activity widgets or health widgets to keep track of your daily fitness routine and body measurements, such as heart rate, step count, energy burned, blood pressure, and blood glucose level. Charts can be used in the widgets to show data of the last 7 days or last 24 hours. You can also create your own pixel art from scratch using an empty canvas, convert your photos into pixel art, or simply select a pixel art widget from our collection. Lively Widgets offers a wide collection of moving GIF stickers & widget presets for you to make custom lock screen widgets and home screen widgets, with cute & cool categories like emojis, animals, sports, self-care, pixel art, nature, love, quotes, etc. The presets collection will only grow bigger over time! Examples: You can select a bunch of photos of your loved ones and add them to a home screen photo widget to put a smile on you during the day. You can create your own motivational quote widgets on your home screen to inspire yourself and keep you going. You can add an animated emoji widget on your lock screen to give yourself a smile whenever you look at your iPhone. Lively Widget is available for free download. The trial version offers limited access to stickers and features. It provides a good opportunity to explore and familiarize yourself with the app. To unlock all features and animated widgets & stickers, you can subscribe to Lively Widget Pro on a monthly, yearly, or lifetime basis. Start personalizing your lock screen or home screen with animated widgets by getting it now! If you like Lively Widget, please rate us on the App Store! If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at hello@livelywidget.com. Term of Services & End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.livelywidget.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Top Widgets4 screens
Lively Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lively Widget at 78% against Top Widgets's 0%. Lively Widget also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.4) and ads (none vs shown). Top Widgets's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Top Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Lively Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lively Widget holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Top Widgets's written reviews are positive against 78% of Lively Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Top Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, Lively Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Top Widgets versus Lively Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTop WidgetsLively Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (25 ratings)3.9 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2540 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developer美村 詹Square Digital Limited

Customer experience

Top Widgets

All ratings25 ratings
Positive8.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative88.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative95.2%

Lively Widget

All ratings37 ratings
Positive67.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Top Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly membership3 Days trial$1.497 Days
  • Monthly membership3 Days trial$4.491 Month
  • Annual membership3 Days trial$14.991 Year
3 purchases

Lively Widget

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription$4.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Top Widgets free?
Top Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lively Widget free?
Lively Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Top Widgets or Lively Widget?
Lively Widget is rated higher. Top Widgets averages 1.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Lively Widget averages 3.9 from 40 ratings.
Do Top Widgets or Lively Widget have ads?
Top Widgets shows ads; Lively Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Top Widgets or Lively Widget?
Top Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lively Widget monthly. Most recently, Top Widgets was updated on October 25, 2026 and Lively Widget on October 24, 2026.

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