Comparison

Clear Widget ( vs NuKey

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

Head to head
About

Clear Widget (

Design transparent spaces on your home screen with customizable overlay widgets for essential information like time and date. Personalize your device further with quotes and stickers, and rearrange icons for a unique user experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable transparent widgets
  • Overlay widgets for time and date
  • Personalized quotes and stickers
  • Icon rearrangement
  • Enhanced home screen aesthetic
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Clear Widget offers a bounty of customisation possibilities, enabling you to design essential transparent spaces with the additional feature of overlay widgets for immediate access to information like the time, date and many others. You can also enhance your home screen aesthetic with personalised quotes and stickers using Clear Widget. These features empower you to rearrange your icons wherever you prefer, paving the way for a truly custom user experience. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NuKey

Create a personalized typing experience with custom colors, key styles, and animated lighting. Choose from a variety of mechanical switch sounds to enhance your typing feel. Save your unique designs and share them with others.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard designs
  • Ready-made themes
  • Animated lighting effects
  • Mechanical switch sounds
  • Personalized key legends
  • Emoji browsing
  • Shareable designs via QR codes
Features
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NuKey transforms your iPhone keyboard into a personalised typing experience that looks, sounds and feels like your own. Create a custom keyboard by choosing colours, key styles, legends and animated lighting effects. Add satisfying mechanical switch sounds inspired by popular switch types, then preview your creation before you start typing. Features include: • Build and save custom keyboard designs • Choose from ready-made themes • Add animated keyboard lighting effects • Enjoy a collection of mechanical switch sounds • Personalise key legends and layouts • Browse and type emoji with ease • Add your own words for a more personal typing experience • Select your preferred keyboard language • Share keyboard designs using QR codes • Preview sounds and themes inside the app Whether you prefer a clean, understated keyboard or something colourful and expressive, NuKey gives you the tools to make every tap your own. Some themes, sounds and customisation features may require NuKey Pro.

Screenshots

Clear Widget (4 screens
NuKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NuKey at 61% against Clear Widget ('s 17%. NuKey also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). Clear Widget ('s advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clear Widget ( sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and NuKey sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NuKey holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NuKey has 61 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Clear Widget ('s written reviews are positive against 61% of NuKey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clear Widget ( ships an update every 2 months, NuKey every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Clear Widget ( versus NuKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClear Widget (NuKey
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (7 ratings)4.5 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews60.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings761 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB43 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEden Software LimitedSean Kelly

Customer experience

Clear Widget (

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

NuKey

All ratings59 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative31.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clear Widget (

Subscriptions1
  • Clear Widget Pro$0.991 Month
4 purchases

NuKey

One-time4
  • Nice One$1.99
  • Very Kind$4.99
  • NuKey Pro$8.99
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  • Legend$9.99

Questions

Is Clear Widget ( free?
Clear Widget ( is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NuKey free?
NuKey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clear Widget ( or NuKey?
NuKey is rated higher. Clear Widget ( averages 2.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while NuKey averages 4.5 from 61 ratings.
Do Clear Widget ( or NuKey have ads?
Clear Widget ( shows ads; NuKey does not.
Which is updated more often, Clear Widget ( or NuKey?
Clear Widget ( ships an update every 2 months, and NuKey every 2 days. Most recently, Clear Widget ( was updated on November 3, 2026 and NuKey on November 10, 2026.

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