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.
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.
- Create custom watch faces
- Interactive complications
- Always-On display support
- Powerful design editor
- Browse and import community designs
- Share creations globally
- Apple Health integration
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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/
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Custom Widgets by Clockology | Pass Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better | 46.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clockology, LLC | Swapnanil Dhol |
Customer experience
Custom Widgets by Clockology
Pass Maker
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
Custom Widgets by Clockology
- Widgets+ Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Widgets+ Yearly$29.991 Year
Pass Maker
- PassMaker Weekly$3.997 Days
- PassMaker Monthly$6.991 Month
- PassMaker Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- 1 Pass Credit$1.99
- 5 Pass Credits$6.99
- 10 Pass Credits$11.99
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- Lifetime$39.99
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