Widgit vs Large Text Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widgit
Design interactive and dynamic app launcher widgets for your iOS Home Screen. Customize with various colors and elements, or choose from pre-made templates. Launch apps directly from your widgets with a single tap.
- Launch iOS apps from widgets
- Customizable templates
- Combine up to four elements
- Optimized colors and gradients
- Randomize widget looks
- Health app integration
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Create interactive and dynamic app launcher widgets with just two taps or customize your own! With countless combinations of colors and elements, designed specifically for iOS, Widgit fits perfectly onto any Home Screen. ▢ LAUNCH iOS APPS Tap on elements on your widgets to launch its respective iOS Apps. For example, tapping on the Weather element will launch the iOS Weather app—this feature is only supported on devices with iOS 17 or above installed. ▢ CUSTOMIZABLE TEMPLATES Get started with widget templates that match your style and interests. ▢ COMBINE UP TO FOUR ELEMENTS Create countless combinations with clearly defined layouts. ▢ OPTIMIZED COLORS Colors on this app are curated to appeal to a variety of styles and are optimized for maximum readability on your widgets. ▢ EVER-CHANGING LOOKS Randomize Colors, Gradients, and Emojis to automatically give your widgets new looks throughout the day with a single tap. ▢ DESIGNED FOR iOS Familiar aesthetics that instantly fits your iOS Home Screen. ▢ GLOW IN THE DARK CLOCK The clock glows in the dark to signify nighttime. Health App Integration: Widgit optionally displays its users’ Activity data with its users’ permissions. Privacy Policy: www.widgit.app/privacy Terms and Conditions: www.widgit.app/terms
Large Text Widget
Display large, customizable text on your home screen, lock screen, and dynamic island. Read text aloud with speech synthesis and personalize fonts and colors. Offers whiteboard functionality and input history.
- iOS 16 Live Activities
- Dynamic Island support
- Lock screen widgets
- Home screen widgets
- Text to Speech
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Whiteboard handwriting
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A large text app that supports iOS16 live activities. Dynamic islands, home and lock screen widgets available. All features are completely free to use. - iOS16 Live Activity - Dynamic island - iOS16 lock screen widget - iOS14 home screen widget - Text magnifying display and reading aloud - Background color and rich font settings - Flip screen up/down/left/right and flash - Handwriting on the whiteboard - Text input history and so on...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widgit at none against Large Text Widget's shown. Widgit also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (146 vs 32). Large Text Widget's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 47%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Widgit against 4.5 for Large Text Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Widgit's written reviews are positive against 75% of Large Text Widget's.
Widgit ships an update monthly, Large Text Widget every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widgit | Large Text Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (146 ratings) — better | 4.5 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voravit Vorapanyasakul | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Widgit
Large Text Widget
In-app purchases
Widgit
No in-app purchases
Large Text Widget
No in-app purchases
