Comparison

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery vs HRV

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

Head to head
About

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery

Discover and install thousands of unique, customizable watch faces and widgets for your Apple Watch. Personalize your device with complication-based designs, wallpaper styles, and even your own photos. Enjoy regular free updates and a smooth, one-tap installation process.

Highlights
  • Thousands of customizable watch faces
  • Complication-based designs
  • Wallpaper-style faces
  • Create faces with your own photos
  • One-tap installation
  • Free collections updated regularly
Features
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Introducing Watch Faces & Widget Gallery — your all-in-one hub for unique, customizable watch faces and widgets. Explore thousands of complication-based designs and wallpaper-style faces crafted by our design team. Personalize your Apple Watch in seconds with one-tap setup and a smooth installation flow. What you get • Few-tap installation for every design • Complication-based faces with activity, battery, weather, date, and more • Wallpaper faces for a clean aesthetic • Live-style faces with motion elements • Free collections updated regularly • Category browsing and full-screen previews • Easy customization with layouts and color options • Option to create faces using your own photos Compatibility Supports all Apple Watch models: Series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, SE (all generations), and Ultra / Ultra 2 / Ultra 3. Some features use activity and device data for displaying complications such as steps, distance, battery, and weather. Why users choose us • Curated sets designed by professionals • New content added monthly • Fast, friendly support when you need it • Completely free to explore and install Elevate your watch with designs that match your style, mood, and personality — all inside Watch Faces & Widget Gallery. Privacy Policy: https://watchfaces.co/privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions: https://watchfaces.co/terms-and-conditions/ Contact: https://watchfaces.co/contact/

About

HRV

This app analyzes heart rate variability from Apple Health and Apple Watch to provide actionable insights into your daily stress, energy levels, sleep quality, and recovery. It uses scientific visualizations and dual HRV metrics to help you understand your autonomic nervous system activity.

Highlights
  • Dual HRV metrics (SDNN + RMSSD)
  • All-day stress curve
  • Energy (Body Resources) reserve tracking
  • Nightly Sleep Score
  • Personalized Recovery score
  • Interactive trend charts
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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HRV Tracker — private, on-device insights from your iPhone and Apple Watch. Turn heart-rate variability, heart rate, sleep and activity data from Apple Health into clear views of stress, recovery and energy. Track both SDNN and RMSSD, calculated from available beat-to-beat intervals. iPHONE APP • Home dashboard for HRV, Recovery, Sleep Score, Stress, Energy, Activity, heart rate and weight • Today view comparing your day so far with your usual pattern at the same hour • Detailed HRV, Sleep, Activity, Strain and Weight views • Behaviour logging for habits such as alcohol and caffeine • Daily and weekly coaching • Interactive daily, weekly, monthly and yearly charts PERSONAL INSIGHTS Explore which parts of your routine are associated with changes in HRV, sleep, stress and other measurements. • Influences screened against chance • Stronger findings separated from preliminary and descriptive patterns • Combined effects for pairs of behaviours • “Moving Together” comparisons between health metrics • U-shaped relationships • “Compare Everything” matrix and influence explorer • Personal experiments in Labs Insights describe associations; they do not prove cause and effect. TODAY & COACH Compare today’s readings with similar hours from your history. Coaching can consider sleep, recovery, stress, energy, activity and events such as workouts, late coffee or mindfulness. A separate note summarizes the previous seven days. AI-written coaching requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone running iOS 26 or later, with Apple Intelligence enabled and available for your device language. Other devices retain their scores, insights and standard app-written coaching summaries. Coaching is generated locally; health information is not sent to an external AI service. KEY SCORES Stress — A continuous 0–100 physiological-load score. When both signals are available, it combines 40% HRV with 60% heart rate. It continues with heart rate alone when no nearby RMSSD exists. The curve shades sleep, excludes workouts and identifies missing watch periods. Stress reflects physiological activation, not emotional stress. Energy — An all-day 0–100 estimate of how much you have “in the tank.” It recharges during sleep, taking Sleep Score and sleep stages into account, and responds to calm, stress and physical effort. Compare it with your usual reserve at the same time. Sleep Score — A nightly 0–100 score blending duration (35%), continuity (25%) and restfulness (40%). Restfulness considers overnight HRV, heart rate and physiological load. Scores personalize as your history grows. Recovery — Compares RMSSD with your history at a similar time of day. iPhone uses up to 30 previous days without including a reading in its own reference. Apple Watch uses a shorter local history, so its quick score may differ. Activity — Combines movement with sustained effort. Workout load uses heart rate when enough readings are available; otherwise it is estimated from workout type and duration, so yoga is not treated like intense cardio. The Activity page shows what contributed to the score. APPLE WATCH • Native Recovery and Stress views • SDNN and RMSSD at a glance • Stress and HRV charts • Complications and widgets • RMSSD from available heartbeat series • Support for dense chest-strap readings • Cached baseline for faster opening DATA & PRIVACY HRV Tracker analyzes Apple Health data on your devices. Your health history is not uploaded to an HRV Tracker server. AFib History on a compatible Apple Watch greatly increases beat-to-beat sampling and is strongly recommended for complete RMSSD, Stress, Energy and Recovery views. With infrequent measurements, some curves and insights may remain incomplete. HRV Tracker is intended for personal information and wellness. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition.

Screenshots

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery4 screens
HRV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HRV at 100% against Watch Faces & Widget Gallery's 43%. HRV also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Watch Faces & Widget Gallery's advantage is ratings volume (23K vs 4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Watch Faces & Widget Gallery sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and HRV sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HRV holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Faces & Widget Gallery has 23K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Watch Faces & Widget Gallery's written reviews are positive against 100% of HRV's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery ships an update every 8 days, HRV every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Watch Faces & Widget Gallery versus HRV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatch Faces & Widget GalleryHRV
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23K ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHyperday MBPhilippe Gerin

Customer experience

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery

All ratings22,557 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews1,014 reviews
Positive43.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative51.1%

HRV

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Syncing issues
  • Paid faces not working as expected
  • Inability to delete app
  • Complications not functioning

Requested features

4 requests
  • More digital clock faces
  • Ability to move time/date display
  • Live/animated watch faces
  • Custom watch face creation

HRV

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Watch Faces & Widget Gallery

Subscriptions11
  • Unlimited Access$2.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Kudos Annual Subscription3 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Live Watch Faces - Annual3 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Watch Faces Pro3 Days trial$13.991 Year
  • Live Watch Faces - Annual$14.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Annual Pro Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

HRV

One-time5
  • Bronze Supporter$1.99
  • Bronze Supporter Tier$1.99
  • Silver Supporter2 variants$4.99
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  • Gold Supporter2 variants$11.99
  • Platinum Supporter2 variants$44.99

Questions

Is Watch Faces & Widget Gallery free?
Watch Faces & Widget Gallery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HRV free?
HRV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Watch Faces & Widget Gallery or HRV?
HRV is rated higher. Watch Faces & Widget Gallery averages 4.6 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while HRV averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Watch Faces & Widget Gallery or HRV have ads?
Neither Watch Faces & Widget Gallery nor HRV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watch Faces & Widget Gallery or HRV?
Watch Faces & Widget Gallery ships an update every 8 days, and HRV every 6 weeks. Most recently, Watch Faces & Widget Gallery was updated on September 25, 2026 and HRV on September 21, 2026.

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