Lilacpane vs iWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lilacpane
Easily create professional app promotional graphics, frame your photos, and design multi-photo layouts. Utilize templates or a blank canvas with smart backgrounds, canvas splitting, and batch export for efficient design.
- Device frames for screenshots and videos
- Decorative photo frames
- Multi-photo postcard layouts
- Split continuous canvas designs
- Smart background generation
- Text, icons, and badges
- Batch export for images and videos
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Create app promotional graphics, frame your photos, and turn multiple photos into postcard layouts. Start with a template or a blank canvas, then bring your work together with smart backgrounds, canvas splitting, and batch export. DEVICE FRAMES FOR SCREENSHOTS & VIDEOS Add phone, tablet, computer, and watch frames to screenshots, photos, or existing screen recordings. Choose a device and adjust its position, size, and angle. Arrange multiple devices on one canvas to showcase different screens and use cases. PHOTO FRAMES Give your photos a different look with decorative frames. Adjust the crop and spacing to create framed compositions for travel photos, portraits, and everyday moments. MULTI-PHOTO POSTCARD LAYOUTS Arrange photos and text to make travel keepsakes, everyday photo stories, or greeting postcards. Bring several moments together in one shareable composition. SPLIT A CONTINUOUS CANVAS Arrange images, text, and backgrounds across one continuous canvas, then export it as 2 or 3 separate images. Create connected app promotional graphics and multi-panel displays that flow from one image to the next. SMART BACKGROUNDS Build a coordinated background from colors in your imported image, or use a blurred version of the image as a backdrop. Choose solid colors, gradients, or your own background image to refine the overall look. TEXT, ICONS & BADGES Add headings, captions, icons, and badges. Adjust text styles and colors to make important details stand out and keep your message clear. TEMPLATES & FLEXIBLE EDITING Start with a ready-made template and replace the images and text, or design your own layout on a blank canvas. Save frequently used layouts as custom templates for your next project. MULTIPLE CANVASES & BATCH EXPORT Import multiple images or videos, switch between canvases, and keep a series of designs consistent. Export your work in batches, with PNG and JPEG for images and MP4 and MOV for videos. Free templates are available, including selected photo-frame and photo-layout templates. Exporting designs with Pro features, split-canvas export, batch export and video export require a paid subscription or lifetime purchase. Adding Pro features to a free template also makes export require Pro. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lilacpane.com/privacy?lang=en User Agreement: https://lilacpane.com/terms?lang=en
iWidget
Transform your phone's screen with exclusive wallpapers and customizable widgets. This app offers a curated collection of HD wallpapers and practical widgets, designed to enhance your device's aesthetics and functionality. Enjoy a privacy-friendly experience with a focus on visual delight and seamless iOS integration.
- Exclusive HD wallpaper library
- Weekly new wallpaper updates
- Light and dark mode adaptation
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Weather and calendar widget functions
- Privacy-friendly data handling
- Seamless iOS integration
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iWidget — Declutter your screen. Restore the beauty. Free forever · Minimal weather & time widgets · Fun prayer & workday widgets · 3D depth wallpapers & avatars · Charging animation iWidget is built by a senior design team with one rule: no bloat, no subscription walls. Just wallpapers and widgets done right, for every iPhone model. ▶ Fun widgets — your workday, gamified • Payday countdown: see exactly how many days until payday. • Clock-out countdown: the light at the end of the shift. • Life widget: a quiet reminder that every moment counts. • Wishful series: tap the wooden fish, light incense — good luck on your home screen. ▶ Minimal utility widgets — clean at a glance Super X Panel, Big Time, Fish Dynamic Island, Color Weather Panel, Charging Animation. Multiple sizes, custom colors and opacity, seamlessly blending into your wallpaper. Lightweight, no memory hog. ▶ 3D depth wallpapers & avatars — depth the moment you wake the screen Designer-retouched 3D wallpapers, light/dark mode optimized, native iOS resolution — no stretching, no black bars. Avatars in Ins style, abstract, fortune, and pets. Small-batch, updated weekly. ▶ Immersive preview — see it on your screen before you download Full-screen, distraction-free preview. Swipe, pinch, zoom. Smart favorites and history search — recover deleted items fast. ▶ Lightweight & private Runs light, no lag, no battery drain. No personal identity data collected. Privacy policy: http://cms.widget.relaxhrv.com/docs/privacy Free offer subject to in-app availability.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lilacpane at none against iWidget's shown. Lilacpane also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 53%). iWidget's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 7) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Lilacpane sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and iWidget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Lilacpane against 4.3 for iWidget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iWidget has 68 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Lilacpane's written reviews are positive against 53% of iWidget's.
Lilacpane ships an update fortnightly, iWidget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lilacpane | iWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.3 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 53.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文阳 贺 | 轻时空(济南)信息科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Lilacpane
iWidget
In-app purchases
Lilacpane
- Pro Monthly$1.491 Month
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Professional Edition$14.99
iWidget
- 永久会员Free









