HTML Sandbox 2 vs Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HTML Sandbox 2
Create custom lock and home screens using HTML and various data sources like weather, battery, and calendar events. Download themes from a large community and receive support.
- Custom lock screen design
- Custom home screen design
- Integrate weather data
- Integrate battery status
- Integrate calendar events
- Integrate RSS feeds
- Community theme downloads
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The HTML Sandbox app is a productivity tool for the HTML Sandbox shortcut. With the shortcut you can create your own lockscreen and/or homescreen using e.g. weather data, battery status, calendar events, RSS-feeds and much more. Download the HTML Sandbox shortcut from the app. Join our iNNOVATION community with 18k+ members and download your favourite themes. Get 24/7 support from iNNOVATION community.
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
Enhance your mobile device's productivity with desktop-like shortcuts and features. Create shortcuts for files, folders, and web links, and easily paste images, text, and URLs directly from a home screen widget. Enjoy a streamlined workflow with copy-paste functionality and customizable options.
- File and folder shortcuts
- Webpage and system URL links
- Image, text, and link pasting
- Clipboard copying
- Desktop item management
- Customizable background colors
- Dark mode
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Desktop mini enables you to save time and work more productively by adding familiar desktop features with a home screen widget. – File and folder shortcuts – Links to webpages and system URLs – Pasting of images, text, and links right from your widget – Copying of pasted files to your clipboard with a single tap – Move desktop items and edit shortcut names – Custom background colors and a beautiful dark mode Test the app for three days completely for free. After this period you can decide if you want to unlock the full version with a one-time purchase. ––– Important compatibility information: This app works with iOS 26, iOS 18 and iOS 17. The compatibility with future versions can‘t be guaranteed due to possible native changes in the iOS file system and the iOS internal URL handling. The landscape shots that are used as example images are provided by the artists Fabian Wiktor (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@fabianwiktor) and Pok Rie (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@pok-rie-33563).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HTML Sandbox 2 at none against Desktop mini @ your Homescreen's 1. HTML Sandbox 2 also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Desktop mini @ your Homescreen's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Desktop mini @ your Homescreen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HTML Sandbox 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for HTML Sandbox 2 against 4.8 for Desktop mini @ your Homescreen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of HTML Sandbox 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Desktop mini @ your Homescreen's.
HTML Sandbox 2 ships an update every 5 days, Desktop mini @ your Homescreen every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HTML Sandbox 2 | Desktop mini @ your Homescreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (53 ratings) — better | 4.8 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Roembach | Marian Koenig |
Customer experience
HTML Sandbox 2
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
In-app purchases
HTML Sandbox 2
No in-app purchases
Desktop mini @ your Homescreen
- Desktop mini +$0.99
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