Rainbow Widgets vs MCSS (Minecraft Server Status)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rainbow Widgets
Personalize your phone's home screen with custom widgets. Create unique layouts using time, weather, photos, and motivational quotes. The app is frequently updated with new themes to keep your screen fresh and engaging.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Time and climate widgets
- Photo widgets
- Motivational quote widgets
- Frequent theme updates
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Bored of traditional screen layout? With Rainbow Widgets you create your own home screen! Customize you home screen with cool widgets, just follow the instructions step-by-step, and make your own favorite screen! Colorful & Fun Widgets! Fun widgets that reads the time, climate, motivational quotes, photos and much more! Updated with new theme frequently!
MCSS (Minecraft Server Status)
Monitor your favorite Minecraft servers directly from your iPhone or iPad. View server status, player counts, and in-game logos without launching the game. You can also search for players, save their skins, and generate high-resolution avatar renders.
- Monitor Minecraft server status
- View player counts and MOTD
- Search for Minecraft players by username/UUID
- Save player skins and generate avatar renders
- Save favorite server addresses
- Ad-free experience
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Add your favorite Minecraft servers right on your iPhone. Not a single ad. That's MCSS. New! Search for any Minecraft player by Username or UUID and save their skin! Want a high resolution render of your avatar? Customize the render and save directly to your photo library with ease! Need a specific player's UUID? Copy it directly from the new "User Search" page. Always forget that one address to that server you like? Just save it to MCSS, where you can access it on your iPhone any time. Check up on your servers and see the in-game server logo, MOTD (Message of The Day), and player count without logging into Minecraft. Save time by checking the online status of your personal Minecraft server, check to see how many of your friends are online, and more. Consider supporting the developer by unlocking all of the extra cosmetic features within the app, including custom server names, light and dark themes, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MCSS (Minecraft Server Status) at 100% against Rainbow Widgets's 0%. Rainbow Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. MCSS (Minecraft Server Status) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rainbow Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rainbow Widgets holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Rainbow Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of MCSS (Minecraft Server Status)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rainbow Widgets ships an update every 3 days, MCSS (Minecraft Server Status) monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rainbow Widgets | MCSS (Minecraft Server Status) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean Paul Reyna Gastello | Gryzle LLC |
Customer experience
Rainbow Widgets
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In-app purchases
Rainbow Widgets
No in-app purchases
MCSS (Minecraft Server Status)
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Questions
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