Comparison

Widget Lab vs wg

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

Head to head
About

Widget Lab

Personalize your home screen with a variety of useful widgets. Track system info, enjoy daily poems, set countdowns for important dates, and make waiting times more enjoyable. More widgets are continuously being added.

Highlights
  • Personalize home screen
  • System Info Widget
  • Daily Poems Widget
  • Count Down Widget
  • Slack Off Widget
  • Customizable widgets
Features
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Widget Lab is an application collecting various of widgets together. Widget Lab not only allows you to personalize and design your own HOME screen based on your preferences easily, but also provides you different kinds of useful widgets to help you gather and collect information from several different fields. System Info Widget: To check your phone's status including RAM, battery, system version etc. in Home. Daily Poems Widget: To feel the beauty of literature across 5000 years. Count Down Widget: Remember every important date. Slack Off Widget: Let Waiting Time to Get Off be Happier. More widgets are under development and will be updated in the near future. [Description of Widget Lab App membership service 1. Membership includes several subscription types Subscription period: 1 month, 3 months, 12 months 2. The first subscription will be paid directly through iTunes account; the account will be charged within 24 hours before the expiration date, and the subscription period will be automatically postponed after the successful deduction. 3. You can choose whether to renew the subscription or not, if you want to cancel, please cancel in the AppleID settings 24 hours before the subscription expires. 4.Widget Lab App Membership Agreement Widget Lab App Member Service Agreement: https://post.jellow.club/小组件盒子会员付费协议/ 5.Widgetbox App Software User Agreement and Privacy Policy Widgetbox Software License and Service Agreement: https://post.jellow.club/xzh-agreement/ Widgetbox Privacy Agreement: https://post.jellow.club/xzh-privacy/

About

wg

Create a seamless look by making widgets appear transparent on your wallpaper. Display time, date, calendar, and notes with your chosen background image. Easily change wallpapers and access a user manual for guidance.

Highlights
  • Transparent widget effect
  • Use custom wallpaper as widget background
  • Display time, date, calendar, and notes
  • Easy wallpaper change shortcuts
  • In-app user manual
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Transparent widget on wallpaper. Use your favorite image as the wallpaper and place the widget on it. The wallpaper and the widget will have the same pattern, so the widget will look as if it is transparent. You can place the time, date, calendar, and notes on the widget. 1) By using the shortcuts provided, you can easily change the wallpaper. 2) The user manual has been enhanced. After launching the app, tap the "?" mark at the top of the screen. 3) On the iPad, widgets can only be displayed as images. There is no function to integrate it with the wallpaper.

Screenshots

Widget Lab4 screens
wg4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Widget Lab at 3.9 against wg's 3.0. Widget Lab also leads on ratings volume (400 vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). wg's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 31%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Widget Lab sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and wg sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widget Lab holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Lab has 400 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Widget Lab's written reviews are positive against 50% of wg's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Lab ships an update fortnightly, wg every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Widget Lab versus wg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget Labwg
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (400 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings400 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNingbo If Technology Co.,LtdHisanori Yamashita

Customer experience

Widget Lab

All ratings399 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative24.8%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive31.4%
Neutral12.7%
Negative55.9%

wg

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Widget Lab

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not displaying properly
  • App crashes or fails to open
  • Music playback issues and sync problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more music service options (e.g. YouTube Music)
  • Improve widget reliability and functionality
  • Provide better language support and localization

wg

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Widget Lab

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Quarterly$7.993 Months
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • StandbyFree
  • Retro widget$0.99
  • musicwidget$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Charge animation$4.99
  • Lifetime$15.99
1 purchases

wg

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.(~iOS15)$5.99

Questions

Is Widget Lab free?
Widget Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is wg free?
wg is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Lab or wg?
Widget Lab is rated higher. Widget Lab averages 3.9 out of 5 from 400 ratings, while wg averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Widget Lab or wg have ads?
Both Widget Lab and wg show ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Lab or wg?
Widget Lab ships an update fortnightly, and wg every 2 months. Most recently, Widget Lab was updated on November 3, 2026 and wg on November 3, 2026.

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