Sci vs PHECDA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sci
Customize your home screen with unique sci-fi themed widgets. Display various information like clocks, calendars, system stats, and fitness data with extensive styling options. Create multiple widgets in different sizes with personalized layouts, backgrounds, fonts, and colors.
- Customizable sci-fi widget styles
- Display clocks, calendars, system info
- Show fitness data (steps, distance)
- Multiple widget sizes (Large, Medium, Small)
- Personalize layout, background, fonts, colors
- Use custom background images
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Add some Sci-Fi to your Home Screen. This widget making tool is for displaying many types of information with great styling customization. You can display multiple widgets, all with their own unique style and info in Large, Medium, and Small widget sizes You can change the layout, background, fonts and colors, and even use your own images. *Offline contains the pre-made template backgrounds, but the background selection section needs internet to download from online. DISPLAYABLE INFORMATION: • Digital clock • Analog clock (some with second hand to show a little animation) • Calendar • Date/Day • System info (battery, brightness, memory, storage) • Countdown/Days since • Step count - Distance - Floors • Display contacts (just opens this widget app) These are generic sci-fi styles to to keep the coolness of how designers imagined future interfaces past and present on low and high budgets, but actual display real information instead of meaningless gobbledygook. * Please do not ask in reviews or by mail to include any trademarked names, logos, images or other properties. NSTEnterprises respects copyrights and will not include them.
PHECDA
Create and edit images for laser engraving. Upload your designs directly to compatible laser engraving machines for precise crafting. Ideal for hobbyists and creators looking to personalize projects.
- Image editing tools
- Design upload to laser engravers
- Support for laser engraving machines
- User-friendly interface
- Project personalization
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This is an application that supports laser engraving machines, users can use it to edit images, upload to laser engraving machines and engrave.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sci at 56% against PHECDA's 0%. Sci also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (46 vs 7). PHECDA's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
PHECDA is free to download; Sci costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sci holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sci has 46 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Sci's written reviews are positive against 0% of PHECDA's.
Sci ships an update every 3 months, PHECDA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sci | PHECDA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (46 ratings) — better | 1.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NSTE, LLC | 东 陈 |
Customer experience
Sci
PHECDA
In-app purchases
Sci
No in-app purchases
PHECDA
No in-app purchases
