Comparison

QuickPod vs Sound Widgets

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

Head to head
About

QuickPod

Create and customize music widgets for your home and lock screens. Deep integration with Apple Music and Spotify allows for easy access to your favorite tracks, albums, and playlists. Share your personalized widgets with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Customizable music widgets
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen integration
  • Apple Music and Spotify support
  • Playlist and album widgets
  • Widget sharing
  • Advanced customization options (Pro)
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Create widgets for your favorite music and add them anywhere with QuickPod! Personalize your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Control Center, and more with your favorite albums, artists, playlists, and stations. With deep integration for Apple Music and Spotify, QuickPod helps you discover your next favorite song, album, or playlist - always just a tap away. Built-in sharing makes it easy to share your widgets with anyone - customize and send them to friends, family, and more. Upgrade to QuickPod Pro for powerful customization options: - Create unlimited widgets. - Add custom images, custom text, and symbols to make your widgets truly unique. - Purchase once and access QuickPod Pro on all supported devices. *Now Playing, For You, and Discover views are currently only available with Apple Music.

About

Sound Widgets

Features
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Sound Widgets puts your favourite songs or your own audio snippets right on your Home Screen. Create personal widgets with songs from Apple Music, shared Spotify tracks or short recordings of your own. Tap the widget to play: Apple Music songs start in the background exactly where you set them. Spotify widgets open the track in the Spotify app. Recordings launch a player inside Sound Widgets. FEATURES • Widgets in three sizes: small, medium and large • Apple Music integration with search by title or artist • Import Spotify tracks via the Share menu • Record audio in the app or import via Share (e.g. Voice Memos, Files) • Photo from your library or album cover as the widget image • Set the start time with a slider for Apple Music — playback begins right there • Share songs from Apple Music, Apple Music Classical or Spotify to Sound Widgets • No account, no cloud — all data stays locally on your device NOTES • Apple Music requires an Apple Music subscription. • Spotify widgets open the Spotify app (Spotify must be installed). PRIVACY The app collects no usage data, contains no advertising and shares no data with third parties. Photos and recordings are stored exclusively on your device. Free and ad-free. You can support development voluntarily via the Tip Jar — thank you!

Screenshots

QuickPod4 screens
Sound Widgets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sound Widgets at every 5 weeks against QuickPod's every 3 months. QuickPod's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. QuickPod sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Sound Widgets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickPod ships an update every 3 months, Sound Widgets every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
QuickPod versus Sound Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickPodSound Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVedant MalhotraPeter Knapp

In-app purchases

8 purchases

QuickPod

One-time8
  • Tip Level 1$0.99
  • Tip Level 2$1.99
  • QuickPod Pro Level 1$1.99
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  • Tip Level 3$2.99
  • QuickPod Pro Level 2$2.99
  • Tip Level 4$3.99
  • QuickPod Pro Level 3$3.99
  • Tip Level 5$4.99
3 purchases

Sound Widgets

One-time3
  • Kleiner Tipp$0.99
  • Mittlerer Tipp$1.99
  • Großer Tipp$2.99

Questions

Is QuickPod free?
QuickPod is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sound Widgets free?
Sound Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QuickPod or Sound Widgets have ads?
Neither QuickPod nor Sound Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickPod or Sound Widgets?
QuickPod ships an update every 3 months, and Sound Widgets every 5 weeks. Most recently, QuickPod was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sound Widgets on October 14, 2026.

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