Comparison

StandBy Widget & Always On vs Madali

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

Head to head
About

StandBy Widget & Always On

Enhance your device's display with elegant clock widgets and a sophisticated standby mode. Easily customize time displays with legible numerals and soft animations, perfect for any setting.

Highlights
  • StandBy widget support
  • Home screen widget support
  • User-friendly interface
  • Soft animations
  • Customizable time displays
  • Landscape and portrait orientation
Features
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StandBy - Clock & Display StandBy transforms your iPhone or iPad into a refined clock display, purpose-built for charging docks and always-on setups. Whether on your desk, nightstand, or countertop, it keeps time looking sharp from across the room. Choose between a clean digital clock or a classic analog face. Large, high-contrast numerals stay legible at a distance, and the display adapts gracefully to both portrait and landscape orientations. Personalize every detail to match your environment. Pick from dozens of themes — flat or gradient — each carefully crafted with its own color palette and typeface. Free themes get you started immediately; premium unlocks the full collection. You can also build your own look with a custom font, font size, and any colors you choose, then save it as a preset to switch back to anytime. The secondary row puts useful information right beneath the time: live weather conditions, battery level, both at once, or nothing at all. Animated backgrounds add depth for those who want more visual interest. StandBy also includes a home screen widget and a StandBy mode widget, so the experience extends beyond the app itself. Features - Digital and analog clock styles - 12-hour and 24-hour format - Seconds display toggle - Date display toggle - Weather, battery, or combined secondary row - Animated backgrounds - 8 free themes, 70+ premium themes (flat and gradient) - Custom color, font, and font size - Saveable and loadable presets - StandBy widget support - Home screen widget support - Portrait and landscape orientation - Screen stays on while in use Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yDrZMeR5Cidf-RH8I3UB716GLMVS89r8RjYqQJAoXVc/edit?usp=sharing Terms and Conditions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1URFYc55rRZAn1cDHaEeU4w9uYzU_vBL4G9SxuRpRORQ/edit?usp=sharing

About

Madali

Simplify planning for small events like birthdays and baby showers. Organize details, invite guests, and manage day-of tasks with a clear timeline. Guests can contribute photos directly to your Google Drive.

Highlights
  • Event planning for small gatherings
  • Guest invitations and role management
  • Live event timeline with updates
  • Guest photo contributions
  • Google Drive photo backup
  • Recurring event scheduling (Circles)
Features
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Madali makes small-event planning feel calm, clear, and beautiful. Baby showers, birthdays, graduations, dinner parties, cultural celebrations, and intimate weddings all follow the same simple rhythm: choose the event, shape the plan, invite the right people, and enjoy the day. THREE PLACES, NO CLUTTER Home keeps your celebrations easy to find. Plan holds the details, invitations, helpers, and countdown. Event brings the live timeline and day-of tools together. EVERY PERSON SEES THE RIGHT VIEW Hosts stay in control. Helpers and vendors see the timeline and tasks they need. Guests get useful event details without the behind-the-scenes work. The guest of honor gets a calm view made for enjoying the moment. BROWSER RSVP, NO GUEST ACCOUNT Send a private invitation link by text, WhatsApp, email, or wherever you already talk. Guests answer Going, Maybe, or Not Going in their browser without installing Madali or creating an account. ADD TO CALENDAR Hosts can hand a celebration to Apple Calendar or Google Calendar. Guests who successfully RSVP can download an Apple Calendar file or open an editable Google Calendar draft. Calendar entries are one-time copies and do not update automatically if the Madali plan later changes. MAKE IT A CIRCLE Turn a familiar gathering into a weekly or monthly rhythm. Every gathering gets its own event and RSVP count. Edit, skip, or cancel one gathering without changing the rest. AUTOMATIC CIRCLE EMAIL, ONLY WHEN CHOSEN For a scheduled Circle, the host can turn on automatic email reminders. Each guest chooses Email or No recurring reminders from their own private invitation. Group links cannot grant recurring email permission. Madali does not send SMS in this version. EVERYONE'S PHOTOS, SAVED IN YOUR OWN DRIVE Guests can add photos from Madali or their browser invitation. You review what arrives and choose what the group sees, and every picture is saved into a folder in your own Google Drive. HELPERS GET CLEAR TASKS Assign a simple action and short instruction to a helper or vendor, so everyone knows what needs doing without a noisy group chat. START FREE, THEN CHOOSE WHAT FITS Free includes one active celebration, one helper or vendor, core planning tools, Circles, and a limited automatic-email allowance. Madali Host is $3.99 per month or $39.99 per year for frequent hosts, with photo collection for every event while subscribed and 500 automatic Circle email sends per month. Existing galleries remain viewable after the subscription expires. Madali Pro is $19.99 per month and adds Portfolio, private Crews, and cross-client Tasks for people who run celebrations for others. Guests and helpers never pay. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Madali Host ($3.99/month or $39.99/year) and Madali Pro ($19.99/month) are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Madali Service Terms: https://madalievents.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://madalievents.com/privacy Madali means “easy” or “quick” in Tagalog. Madali is the simpler small-event companion from EventSync Day-Of.

Screenshots

StandBy Widget & Always On3 screens
Madali4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Madali at every 5 days against StandBy Widget & Always On's every 32 months. Madali also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). StandBy Widget & Always On's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (133 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. StandBy Widget & Always On sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Madali sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Madali holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StandBy Widget & Always On has 133 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StandBy Widget & Always On ships an update every 32 months, Madali every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
StandBy Widget & Always On versus Madali: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandBy Widget & Always OnMadali
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (133 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings133 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB52 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBulent HanciKali McCarthy

Customer experience

StandBy Widget & Always On

All ratings130 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

Madali

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StandBy Widget & Always On

Subscriptions1
  • StandBy Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
One-time1
  • StandBy LifeTime$9.99
5 purchases

Madali

Subscriptions3
  • Madali Pro$19.991 Month
  • Madali Host$49.001 Year
  • Madali Pro Annual$199.991 Year
One-time2
  • Everything, forever$9.99
  • Madali Pass$14.99

Questions

Is StandBy Widget & Always On free?
StandBy Widget & Always On is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Madali free?
Madali is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StandBy Widget & Always On or Madali?
Madali is rated higher. StandBy Widget & Always On averages 4.6 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Madali averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do StandBy Widget & Always On or Madali have ads?
Neither StandBy Widget & Always On nor Madali shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StandBy Widget & Always On or Madali?
StandBy Widget & Always On ships an update every 32 months, and Madali every 5 days. Most recently, StandBy Widget & Always On was updated on November 3, 2026 and Madali on October 31, 2026.

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