AI Widgets vs StandBy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AI Widgets
Generate AI art and chat directly on your home screen with customizable widgets. The free version offers daily art generations and unlimited chat, while premium unlocks more features and removes ads.
- AI art generation
- AI chat generation
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable prompts
- Daily widget refresh (premium)
- Unlimited generations (premium)
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AI Widgets allows you to have AI art and AI chat generated on your Home Screen as widgets. When you place your widgets, you can type whatever you want the widget to generate and the AI will create that art or chat for the widget. With the free version of AI Widgets, you get unlimited AI chat and five AI art generations per day. AI Widgets is the first app of it's kind to bring AI capability to widgets. Integrate amazing Artificial Intelligence into your home screen, and do it with convenience and style! AI Widgets Premium gives you unlimited widget generations and removes all ads. Also with AI Widgets Premium, you're able to select 'daily refresh' on your widgets, which automatically generates new AI art or chat with the chosen prompt each day. To create widgets: 1. Long press on empty space on your home screen so all of your apps jiggle 2. Tap the plus in the top left of your screen 3. Search for AI Widgets, then select it 4. Select a widget to place on your home screen 5. Long press the widget, then select 'Edit Widget' 6. Type what you want the AI to generate in the 'generation prompt' text box 7. Select 'confirm generation' to generate the AI art in the widget (it may take a few seconds to generate) 8. Every time you change the text while 'confirm generation' is enabled, you will use 1 generation AI Widgets Premium has a one week free trial, and then is $2.99 monthly auto-renewing Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aiwidgets.weebly.com
StandBy
Transform your iPhone into a smart bedside display while charging. View widgets like clocks, calendars, and photos in landscape mode. Customize themes for a personalized experience.
- Smart landscape display mode
- Bedside clock functionality
- Digital photo frame
- Customizable widgets (clock, calendar, photo)
- Themed interfaces
- Pro features with subscription
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The Standby app allows you to have a smart landscape display mode for iPhone while it’s charging. It allows you to turn your iPhone into a bedside clock, a digital photo frame, a display for viewing widgets. You can add different clock and analogue widgets, calendar widgets, photo widgets and more. “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.” - Colossians 3:17 Subscription: - You can subscribe to unlimited access for pro features including all access to widgets, all custom themes, new updates and much more. - Standby+ offers unlimited usage and unlocks all features for $19.99USD* every 6 months. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that content. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. *This price is for United States customers. Pricing may differ depending on your country and actual charges may be converted to your local currency of residence. The prices are equal to “Apple’s App Store Matrix” which determines the equivalent subscription price in USD. Press- info.standbyapp@gmail.com For more info: info.standbyapp@gmail.com Links to our Terms and Privacy Policy can be found below: Terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jq78Iow5g8ryW3AZBR8pxeU6Z1n2NTTFT8xP2MGxso0/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YCodB8HjHChsQtxqZJzAy657IXO8J4AX0V0APVRf6nw/edit?usp=sharing Support: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tXq1mTcWa0NTIm7k5tHszB7Fy226cNYMuFZkE9w0OwE/edit?usp=sharing Note: All content, resources and designs contained in the Standby application are the sole property of Twinstar Creatives and are protected under copyright and intellectual property laws. Any unauthorized use or breach of our copyright may result in legal consequences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AI Widgets at 5.0 against StandBy's 3.3. StandBy's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. AI Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and StandBy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AI Widgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StandBy has 44 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AI Widgets ships an update every 11 days, StandBy every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AI Widgets | StandBy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.3 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 44 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Zabloudil | Twinstar Creatives |
Customer experience
AI Widgets
StandBy
Bugs and requests
AI Widgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
StandBy
Reported bugs
6 issues- Clock not accurate
- Standby widgets not working (weather, date)
- Weather widget does not recognize location
- Weather widget fails to update in standby/homescreen
- App doesn't request location permissions for weather
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- Buttons turn green without confirmation after granting permissions
Requested features
4 requests- Fix standby widgets (weather, date)
- Improve weather widget location recognition
- Make app functional without immediate payment
- Add more diverse widget designs
In-app purchases
AI Widgets
- Premium7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
StandBy
- StandBy+$19.996 Months
- StandBy+$9.99
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