Comparison

Widgecraft vs Chronicling

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

Head to head
About

Widgecraft

Design unique and functional widgets for your home screen. Personalize them with various fonts, colors, backgrounds, and dynamic stickers. Monitor health goals, display clocks, and apply global themes for a cohesive look.

Highlights
  • User-friendly widget creation interface
  • Vast customization options (fonts, colors, backgrounds)
  • Multiple customizable themes
  • Global widget theme application
  • Live and keyboard/Memoji stickers
  • Weather, Health, and Clock widgets
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Customize Your Home Screen Widgets Design unique widgets that fit your style and keep your home screen fresh and functional. Highlights: User-friendly interface for effortless widget creation. Vast Customization: Personalize widgets with various fonts, colors, and backgrounds. Themes: Choose from three customizable themes to match your mood and style, with more coming soon. Global Widget Theme: Apply a consistent look across all your widgets for a cohesive home screen. Live Stickers: Add dynamic stickers to bring your widgets to life. Keyboard & Memoji Stickers: Add fun and stylish stickers to your widgets for extra flair. Weather Widgets Health Widgets: Easily monitor your health goals with widgets for Steps, Sleep, and Calories. More options coming soon. Clock Widgets: Choose from a variety of clock styles to suit your aesthetic. Download Widgecraft today and transform your home screen with stunning, personalized widgets! Terms of Use: https://taptics.co/widgecraft/widgecraft_terms.html Privacy Policy: https://taptics.co/widgecraft/widgecraft_privacy.html

About

Chronicling

This app provides a flexible way to monitor habits, health, mood, and daily activities. It offers customizable tracking options, quick logging methods, and insightful data visualization to help users identify patterns and maintain consistency. Secure syncing and data export are also available.

Highlights
  • All-in-one habit and health tracking
  • Fully customizable categories
  • Fast and effortless logging
  • Smart reminders for goals
  • Detailed data logging (notes, numbers)
  • Visual insights and trends
  • Private and secure iCloud sync
Features
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Keep track of anything you want to keep an eye on, from habits and chores to symptoms. Chronicling shows how long it's been, how often things happen, and which days and times they tend to happen. Some things happen every day, like coffee, a walk or your medication. Others come and go: changing the bed sheets, a headache, calling home. Chronicling handles both, so it all lives in one place. "If you're looking for a flexible approach to tracking events in your life and want to try an app with an excellent, modern design that supports the latest iOS and iPadOS technologies, be sure to give Chronicling a try." - MacStories LOG IT IN A TAP - Add events from your Apple Watch, widgets, Control Center, the Lock Screen, Siri and Shortcuts - Record a number or a note too, such as cups, miles, pages or how you felt - Automate logging with Shortcuts, from workouts to arriving home SEE HOW OFTEN, AND WHEN - Time since last logged, average gap and longest gap for every category - Heatmaps, charts and trends over weeks, months and years - Spot patterns by weekday and time of day - An annual Wrapped to look back at your year GENTLE REMINDERS - Time Since Last Event: get a nudge when it's been too long since you last logged something, from a few hours to a few months - Daily Goal: pick a time of day, and you'll only be notified if you haven't hit that day's goal - Rolling Goal: aim for a number over the last few days or weeks, with a daily check that only notifies you if you're falling short YOUR CATEGORIES, YOUR WAY - Create your own categories with emoji or symbols and your own colors - Choose the period each category's stats cover - Organize them into groups and filter by Focus ON ALL YOUR DEVICES - iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro - Private iCloud sync between your devices - Export to CSV or a single-file backup at any time - your data is yours If you have questions, suggestions or any other feedback, please contact me at support@chroniclingapp.com. Subscriptions to Chronicling Premium will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see https://chroniclingapp.com/terms-of-use/ and https://chroniclingapp.com/privacy-policy/.

Screenshots

Widgecraft4 screens
Chronicling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chronicling at 4.8 against Widgecraft's 4.2. Chronicling also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 40%) and ratings volume (186 vs 11). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Widgecraft sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Chronicling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chronicling holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chronicling has 186 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Widgecraft's written reviews are positive against 79% of Chronicling's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgecraft ships an update every 3 weeks, Chronicling weekly. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Widgecraft versus Chronicling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgecraftChronicling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (11 ratings)4.8 (186 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews79.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11186 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.018.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaptics Ltd.Rebecca Owen

Customer experience

Widgecraft

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Chronicling

All ratings186 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative13.8%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widgecraft

Subscriptions1
  • Plus$2.991 Month
3 purchases

Chronicling

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Widgecraft free?
Widgecraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chronicling free?
Chronicling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widgecraft or Chronicling?
Chronicling is rated higher. Widgecraft averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Chronicling averages 4.8 from 186 ratings.
Do Widgecraft or Chronicling have ads?
Neither Widgecraft nor Chronicling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widgecraft or Chronicling?
Widgecraft ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chronicling weekly. Most recently, Widgecraft was updated on October 20, 2026 and Chronicling on October 20, 2026.

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