Comparison

Custom Widgets by Clockology vs Pass Maker

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

Head to head
About

Custom Widgets by Clockology

Design and share interactive, personalized watch faces for your Apple Watch. Utilize a powerful editor to create feature-rich faces with custom complications, or explore designs from a global community. Supports Always-On display and integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Create custom watch faces
  • Interactive complications
  • Always-On display support
  • Powerful design editor
  • Browse and import community designs
  • Share creations globally
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Create beautiful, personalized widgets for your iPhone, CarPlay, and other Apple devices. Design interactive widgets that match your style and display the information that matters most to you. With a powerful visual editor, you can build feature-rich widgets using images, text, weather, health data, gradients, custom shapes, and more. Discover inspiration in the Ideas and Explore sections, where you can browse widgets created by the community and import them with a tap. Share your own creations with users around the world and explore an ever-growing collection of designs. Widgets+ subscribers unlock premium features including Weather and Image Strip layers, along with an exclusive collection of professionally designed widgets. Custom Widgets supports the following layer types: • Text: Add custom text using a wide variety of fonts, colors, gradients, and effects • Image: Add PNG or JPG images and preserve PNG transparency • Shape: Create shapes using gradients and visual effects to build unique designs • Weather: Display current conditions, forecasts, temperature, icons, and weather descriptions based on your location • Activity & Health: Uses Apple Health integration to display steps, activity goals, and workout information as rings, bars, or text • Date and Time: Display the current time, date, seconds, and more using a wide variety of fonts and effects • Device: Show battery level and other device-specific information • Icon: Add icons to enhance the visual appearance of your widgets • Image Strips: Use advanced images that change based on the date, time, or phase of the moon • Hands: Use vectors or custom images to add animated clock hands to your designs Notes: • Custom Widgets optionally integrates with Apple Health. Health data can be used to display workout metrics, activity information, and daily progress summaries. Permission to access this data is managed through the Apple Health app. • Custom Widgets includes an optional Widgets+ premium subscription available on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Auto-renewal can be managed at any time through your App Store Account Settings. • Access to hosted weather data is available exclusively to Widgets+ premium subscribers. Privacy Policy & Terms: https://clockologyapp.com/privacy-policy-faces-embed/

About

Pass Maker

Design and create personalized digital passes for your Apple Wallet. Easily customize colors, fonts, and images to make unique passes for events, loyalty cards, or boarding. Securely store and share your creations with a simple one-click add.

Highlights
  • Customizable pass design
  • User-friendly interface
  • Secure storage on iPhone/Apple Watch
  • One-click add to Apple Wallet
  • Versatile usage for events, loyalty, and more
  • Comprehensive analytics
Features
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Create Apple Wallet passes from a prompt, image, template, or manual editor. PassMaker helps you make boarding passes, event tickets, coupons, loyalty cards, and generic passes. Build faster: - Start from ready-made templates and customize key details - Use AI to turn a description or image into a structured draft - Add up to two Featured Actions, including website and phone links - Import a guest list CSV, map the columns, and generate every personalized pass in bulk - Save drafts, preview passes as you build, and export Wallet-ready files Free accounts include two passes per day. Pro plans support higher-volume creation. Just need one pass? Skip the subscription and buy a one-off pass credit instead. Credits never expire. App EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Custom Widgets by Clockology4 screens
Pass Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Custom Widgets by Clockology at 4.6 against Pass Maker's 1.0. Custom Widgets by Clockology also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). Pass Maker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Custom Widgets by Clockology sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Pass Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widgets by Clockology holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Widgets by Clockology has 2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 46% and 46% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Widgets by Clockology ships an update monthly, Pass Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Custom Widgets by Clockology versus Pass Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Widgets by ClockologyPass Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews46.4% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClockology, LLCSwapnanil Dhol

Customer experience

Custom Widgets by Clockology

All ratings1,979 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative47.4%

Pass Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%

Bugs and requests

Custom Widgets by Clockology

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Watch faces not loading properly on Apple Watch
  • Complications not updating as expected
  • Crashes or freezes when attempting to sync watch faces
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between watch faces

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for watch faces
  • Ability to save and share custom watch face designs
  • Improved syncing and reliability between app and watch
  • Support for older Apple Watch models
  • Option for one-time purchase instead of subscription

Pass Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Custom Widgets by Clockology

Subscriptions2
  • Widgets+ Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • Widgets+ Yearly$29.991 Year
7 purchases

Pass Maker

Subscriptions3
  • PassMaker Weekly$3.997 Days
  • PassMaker Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PassMaker Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • 1 Pass Credit$1.99
  • 5 Pass Credits$6.99
  • 10 Pass Credits$11.99
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  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Custom Widgets by Clockology free?
Custom Widgets by Clockology is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pass Maker free?
Pass Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets by Clockology or Pass Maker?
Custom Widgets by Clockology is rated higher. Custom Widgets by Clockology averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Pass Maker averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Custom Widgets by Clockology or Pass Maker have ads?
Neither Custom Widgets by Clockology nor Pass Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets by Clockology or Pass Maker?
Custom Widgets by Clockology ships an update monthly, and Pass Maker weekly. Most recently, Custom Widgets by Clockology was updated on November 7, 2026 and Pass Maker on November 4, 2026.

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