Comparison

Best Widgets vs Widgets 26

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

Head to head
About

Best Widgets

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with a vast collection of customizable widgets, charging animations, and custom keyboards. Express your unique style with adjustable fonts, colors, backgrounds, and more.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Charging animations
  • Custom keyboards
  • Wide range of templates
  • Personalize fonts, colors, backgrounds
  • Multiple widget categories
Features
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Fancy widgets, charging animations and custom keyboards for your iPhone! Best Widgets app lets you customize your homescreen like never before. Express yourself with a wide range of templates personalized exclusively for your iOS device. We designed the app from the ground up with a wide collection of fully customizable widgets from multiple categories including date, weather, quotes, astronomy, calendar, reminders, fitness, photos and more. Personalize every aspect of your widget, charging animation and custom keyboard with our powerful tools. Each element such as the fonts, pictures, backgrounds, colors, etc. can be adjusted precisely to best fit your personality. Best Widgets app includes an optional premium subscription plan which is offered on a monthly basis with a 3 days free trial. Once you purchase a subscription plan, your payment will be charged at your iTunes account. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Follow us on Facebook to get exclusive updates, promo codes and more: https://facebook.com/bestwidget Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/best-widgets-terms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/best-widgets-privacy/home

About

Widgets 26

Transform your lock screen into a dynamic hub with custom widgets. Add app shortcuts, contacts, photos, and health tracking directly to your lock screen. Personalize your device with a built-in wallpaper editor and a vast collection of exclusive wallpapers.

Highlights
  • App Shortcuts Widget
  • Contacts Widget
  • Photo Widget
  • Health Widget
  • Wallpaper Editor
  • Exclusive Wallpaper Collection
Features
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Turn your lock screen into a powerhouse media station with Widgets 26! Keep your most-used apps close by with the App Shortcuts Widget. Create a custom contact list on your lock screen with the Contacts Widget. Personalize your lock screen with images from your library via the Photo Widget. Keep track of your daily physical activities and sports achievements with the Health Widget. Create unique lock screen wallpapers using a handy, user-friendly Wallpaper Editor. Download tons of exclusive lock screen wallpapers from a vast Wallpaper Collection. Widgets 26 allows you to personalize your lock screen as easy as one-two-three. Give it a try - customize your lock screen as much as you like! PLEASE NOTE: Widgets 26 requires access to the Health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps and exercise data and show them as widgets on your Lock Screen. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/scelcunovairina/Privacy-Policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/scelcunovairina/terms

Screenshots

Best Widgets4 screens
Widgets 264 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Widgets 26 at none against Best Widgets's shown. Widgets 26 also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 31). Best Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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. Best Widgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Widgets 26 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Best Widgets against 4.6 for Widgets 26. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widgets 26 has 1.3K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, Widgets 26 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Best Widgets versus Widgets 26: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest WidgetsWidgets 26
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better4.6 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews—38.7% of reviews
Number of ratings311.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWidgethub LimitedIrina Scelcunova

Customer experience

Best Widgets

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%

Widgets 26

All ratings1,274 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive38.7%
Neutral12.9%
Negative48.4%

Bugs and requests

Best Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Widgets 26

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • Calendar widget keeps disappearing

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow adding widgets
  • Ability to type own quote

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Best Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Best Widgets Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 9.99 USD Per Month$9.991 Month
  • 29.99 USD Per Year$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • 39.99 USD for Lifetime.$39.99
2 purchases

Widgets 26

Subscriptions2
  • Vip for week3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Vip for one year$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Best Widgets free?
Best Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widgets 26 free?
Widgets 26 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Best Widgets or Widgets 26?
Best Widgets is rated higher. Best Widgets averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Widgets 26 averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Best Widgets or Widgets 26 have ads?
Best Widgets shows ads; Widgets 26 does not.
Which is updated more often, Best Widgets or Widgets 26?
Best Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, and Widgets 26 every 2 months. Most recently, Best Widgets was updated on June 4, 2026 and Widgets 26 on September 22, 2026.

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