PenX vs CarTiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenX
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An elegant App designed to help you capture, organize, and store your thoughts, tasks, ideas, and information. - Local-first - Privacy-first - Open source - Cross platform - Realtime sync - Creator friendly
CarTiles
Personalize your iPhone home screen and CarPlay dashboard with customizable tiles featuring car logos, clocks, and photos. Design a unique car-focused interface for your phone and vehicle.
- Customizable car brand logos
- Analog and digital clock widgets
- Countdown and quote tiles
- Personalized license plate designs
- Photo tiles with background cutouts
- AI car generation
- Home screen and CarPlay compatibility
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Personalize your iPhone home screen and CarPlay dashboard with beautiful, customizable tiles. Make your car the focus of your phone — your way. DESIGN YOUR DASHBOARD Build widgets for your home screen and CarPlay from one place. Choose from a deep catalog of car brand logos, analog and digital clocks, countdowns, daily quotes, license plates, and photo tiles. CAR BRAND LIBRARY Show off your car. Pick from dozens of brand logos — BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla, Ford, Lexus, Toyota, Audi, Lamborghini, Ferrari, and many more. WIDGETS THAT WORK EVERYWHERE Every tile you build can be placed on your home screen as a widget — and on your CarPlay dashboard, where supported. Same tile, two places. POWERFUL CUSTOMIZATION - Custom backgrounds — solid colors, gradients, your own photos, or preset images - Text layers with custom fonts, colors, and positioning - Photo cutouts — remove backgrounds and turn any car photo into a tile - AI car generation — generate any make, model, and color in seconds - Analog and digital clocks with multiple styles - Countdown tiles to any date — vacations, deliveries, milestones - Daily quotes that rotate automatically - License plate tiles with custom design and lettering Privacy Policy: https://cartiles.apronix.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://cartiles.apronix.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PenX at 14.0 against CarTiles's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. PenX sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and CarTiles sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | PenX | CarTiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 志毅 陈 | Tapronix |
In-app purchases
PenX
- PRO member$4.991 Month
- PRO + AI member$9.991 Month
- PRO member$39.991 Year
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- PRO + AI member$79.991 Year
CarTiles
- CarTiles Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- CarTiles Monthly$1.991 Month
- CarTiles Yearly$9.991 Year









