Koco Widgets vs Skycast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Koco Widgets
Enhance your iPhone's home screen and Dynamic Island with customizable widgets. Open apps directly from widgets without redirects, and personalize your device with unique designs and transparent backgrounds.
- Direct app launch widgets
- Dynamic Island customization
- Transparent widget backgrounds
- Animated animal widgets
- Premium icon packs
- MiniApps for combined actions
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⊕ App Store Editor's Choice ⊕ Featured on App Store Banner ⊕ App Store Spotlight Event ⊕ Chosen by 500,000+ Users [Direct Launch Widgets] Tap a widget to open your selected app directly — no redirect through the host app. Koco Widgets also brings beautifully designed widgets, Dynamic Island customization, and real transparent backgrounds to your iPhone. [Key Features] Direct Launch Widgets: Tap a widget to open your selected app directly, with no redirect through the host app. Dynamic Island Customization: Customize Dynamic Island with different styles, content, and modes designed for a more personal iPhone experience. Beautiful Widgets: Explore a wide range of thoughtfully designed widgets that blend minimalism, clarity, and functionality. Real Transparent Widgets: Create transparent widgets that blend naturally with your wallpaper, without relying on fake screenshot-based tricks. Animated Animal Widgets: Bring your Home Screen to life with adorable animated GIF animals (some features require in-app purchases). Premium Icon Packs: Personalize your app icons with curated styles that elevate your Home Screen aesthetics (premium feature). [Personalization Options] MiniApps: Combine apps, shortcuts, and actions into widgets that work the way you want. Direct Launch: Open apps directly from widgets without unnecessary extra steps. Dynamic Island: Turn Dynamic Island into a more personal display space with customizable content and styles. Custom Colors: Adjust widget colors to match your personal style and express your individuality (some options require a subscription). Font Selection: Choose from a variety of premium fonts to enhance your visual experience and add a refined touch (premium fonts require a subscription). Transparent Backgrounds: Use transparent widget backgrounds to create a clean and seamless Home Screen look. Flexible Widget Sizes: Choose from multiple widget sizes to match your layout and design preferences. [Why Choose Koco Widgets?] Direct Launch Experience: Open apps directly from widgets with a simpler, cleaner interaction flow. Exceptional Design: Every widget is thoughtfully crafted with a minimalist yet distinctive visual style. Dynamic Island Customization: Create a more personal Dynamic Island experience with flexible customization options. Real Transparency: Make widgets blend naturally with your wallpaper for a cleaner Home Screen. Clean Interface: Enjoy a sleek and intuitive interface that makes personalization effortless and enjoyable. Continuous Updates: We regularly add new designs, features, and improvements to make Koco Widgets even better. [Subscription Information] Free Features + Premium Subscription Options: Enjoy basic features for free, or subscribe to unlock all premium content. Premium Subscription Includes: Full access to all icon packs All widgets unlocked Premium fonts Exclusive advanced features [Trusted by 300,000+ Users] Trusted by over 300,000 users, Koco Widgets helps you build a Home Screen that is not only beautiful, but also truly useful. [Privacy Policy & Terms of Use] Privacy Policy: https://kocowidgets.craft.me/privacy.policy Terms of Use: https://kocowidgets.craft.me/user.agreement
Skycast
Transform your device's screen into a dynamic display of personalized information. Design custom wallpapers with weather, calendar events, health data, and more, all automatically updated through automations.
- Visual editor for layer-by-layer design
- Real-time weather and personal data integration
- Customizable fonts, gradients, and effects
- Automation via Shortcuts app
- Community theme discovery and sharing
- JavaScript and Canvas for custom effects
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Create a screen that shows more than just a wallpaper: your weather, your day, your style. Skycast transforms your Lock Screen and Home Screen into dynamic, personalized wallpapers and widgets—designed by you and kept up to date automatically. DESIGN YOUR OWN WALLPAPER Use the visual editor to build your design layer by layer. Add the temperature, weather forecasts, calendar events, reminders, health data, weather icons, photos, shapes, charts, maps, and much more. With more than 700 fonts, gradients, shadows, and an elegant glass effect, every theme can be customized down to the pixel. YOUR OWN HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Design widgets in the same editor—small, medium, large, or extra large. Couple a widget to your wallpaper and it shows exactly the region behind it, so it looks transparent. Or use Liquid Glass, iOS system glass, or your own photo as the backdrop. Clock, calendar, reminders, forecasts, weather alerts, RSS headlines, and Apple Music controls update live inside the widget. Tap actions open apps, links, and Shortcuts directly. Pages and toggleable folders put several views into one widget. AUTOMATICALLY STAY UP TO DATE Connect Skycast to the Shortcuts app and create an automation. Your wallpaper can then refresh in the morning, every hour, or whenever you choose. Widgets fetch weather and news on their own, even when the app is closed. Wake up to a screen that is already up to date. REAL-TIME WEATHER AND PERSONAL DATA Choose from four weather providers: • Open-Meteo — no API key required • The Weather Company • OpenWeatherMap • Pirate Weather Some providers require your own API key. Skycast displays current weather conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, and severe weather alerts. Calendar events, reminders, steps, and location data can also be integrated directly into your designs. FOR EXPLORERS AND CREATORS Browse themes created by the community in the Discover tab or share your own themes—widgets included—via AirDrop. Want to take your designs even further? Create your own effects and interactive widgets using JavaScript and Canvas. Custom weather icon sets and background libraries are included. Join the iNNOVATION Discord community to get help, share your creations, and develop new ideas together. AVAILABLE IN YOUR LANGUAGE Skycast supports 32 languages and automatically adapts to your device language. SKYCAST PRO Unlock all features with a single one-time purchase—including wallpapers for both the Home Screen and Lock Screen, theme import and export, and premium weather providers. No subscription. Pay once and enjoy Skycast Pro. Download your weather. Make your screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skycast at 100% against Koco Widgets's 70%. Skycast also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Koco Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (388 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Koco Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Skycast sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Skycast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Koco Widgets has 388 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Koco Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Skycast's.
Koco Widgets ships an update weekly, Skycast every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Koco Widgets | Skycast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (388 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 388 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #52 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 325 MB | 314 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TINY GRID LTD. | Willem Fasselt |
Customer experience
Koco Widgets
Skycast
In-app purchases
Koco Widgets
- Annual$9.991 Year
- Life-time$9.99
- Life-time$14.99
Skycast
- Espresso$0.99
- Snack$2.99
- Lunch$3.99
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- Skycast Pro$5.99
- Dinner$8.99








