Favorites Widget vs Menu Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Favorites Widget
Quickly call or message your favorite contacts directly from your Lock or Home Screen. Customize widgets to perform actions like opening URLs or running shortcuts with a single tap.
- Call/message from Lock Screen
- Home Screen widgets
- Customizable tap actions
- Open URLs
- Run shortcuts
- Direct calling
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Call or message your favorite people directly from the Lock Screen or Home Screen. The widgets are customizable and you can even choose to open a URL or run a shortcut when tapping a widget. It also supports calling without a confirmation (must be enabled in setting). ■ Widget tap actions • Call • FaceTime • Send email • Send message • WhatsApp • Telegram • Open URL • Run shortcut ■ FAQ 〉How is it different from the built-in Contacts widget? This one is available on the lock screen, customizable, you can call or message by tapping the widget, and more. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.
Menu Box
Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.
- Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
- Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
- Attach custom data to menu items
- Fully controllable via Shortcuts
- Dynamically create menus on the fly
- Enhance Action Button functionality
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Menu Box at Free against Favorites Widget's $3.00. Menu Box also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.1). Favorites Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On 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
Menu Box is free to download; Favorites Widget costs $3.00 up front. Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Favorites Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Favorites Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Favorites Widget's written reviews are positive against 86% of Menu Box's.
Favorites Widget ships an update every 2 months, Menu Box fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Favorites Widget | Menu Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better | 4.7 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Snailed It Development Ltd |
Customer experience
Favorites Widget
Menu Box
In-app purchases
Favorites Widget
No in-app purchases
Menu Box
- Premium$4.991 Year
- Tip Jar - Small$0.99
- Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
- Tip Jar - Large$4.99
