Comparison

Aesthetic Widgets vs Wallby

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

Head to head
About

Aesthetic Widgets

Design and create personalized widgets for your home screen. Add aesthetic elements, interactive tools like habit trackers, and dynamic content to personalize your device's look and functionality.

Highlights
  • Customizable aesthetic designs
  • Interactive habit trackers
  • Dynamic content updates
  • Premium typography options
  • Event countdowns
  • Photo rotation widgets
Features
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Elevate your home screen with AnyWidget – the ultimate tool for aesthetic, customizable, and interactive widgets. Design and create widgets that reflect your personal aesthetic. From minimalist habit trackers and interactive counters to inspiring daily quotes and dynamic photo frames, AnyWidget brings both beauty and utility to your iPhone. Why You’ll Love AnyWidget: • Aesthetic & Fully Customizable: Design widgets from scratch or customize every detail to match your wallpaper, theme, or color palette. • Curated Widget Sets: Browse ready-made designer collections with coordinated colors, fonts, and themes. • Interactive Widgets: Tap to log habits and increment counters directly from your Home Screen without opening the app. • Modern iOS Design: Seamless support for Dark, Clear, and Tinted Home Screen modes, plus Extra-Large widgets for iPad. • Dynamic Content: Auto-updating daily widgets for quotes, jokes, fun facts, and life hacks. • Curated Typography: Select from premium fonts, customizable text colors, alignment, and subtle drop shadows. • 100% Private & Secure: No account, sign-in, or tracking needed. All your widgets and data remain safely on your device. Widget Types: • Ready-to-Use Sets: Coordinated designer themes and matching widget packs applied in one tap. • Smart "For You" Widgets: Personalized daily topics, affirmations, and messages generated on-device with Apple Intelligence. • Event Countdowns: Keep track of birthdays, vacations, and milestones – or sync directly with your Apple Calendar for automatic countdowns. • Habit & Routine Trackers: Interactive tap-to-count widgets for hydration, reading, workouts, and more. • Aesthetic Text & Notes: Custom messages, inspiring words, and stylish notes. • Photo Rotations: Showcase your favorite aesthetic memories with customizable borders and tinted styling. • Dynamic Library: Quotes, Fun Facts, Jokes, and Life Hacks that refresh throughout the day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Wallby

Personalize your iPhone's Home and Lock Screens with custom widgets, wallpapers, and app icons. This app generates all content directly on your device, ensuring your privacy. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks premium features.

Highlights
  • Custom widgets for clock, date, battery, and photos
  • Stunning gradients and patterns for wallpapers
  • Themed custom app icons
  • Content generated on-device
  • No account required for privacy
  • Watermark-free experience with Pro subscription
Features
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Make your Home and Lock Screen truly yours — beautiful widgets, wallpapers and custom app icons, all built right on your iPhone. Wallby is the honest customization app. Everything you make is built on your iPhone. No account; your photos stay on your iPhone. It does show advertising, and a Wallby Pro subscription removes it. WIDGETS FOR EVERYTHING - Clock, date and live countdowns that never freeze - Quotes, monograms, battery, calendar and your own photos - Curated themes, fonts and colors for Home Screen and Lock Screen - Every widget you make gets its own name, so your screen stays tidy STUNNING WALLPAPERS - Gorgeous gradients and patterns, generated on your device - Save to Photos in full quality, then set them in a couple of taps CUSTOM APP ICONS - Design themed icons for your favorite apps - We are upfront about how iOS icons really work — no hidden surprises HONEST BY DESIGN iOS does not let any app place a widget, set a wallpaper, or replace an icon for you. Wallby makes them beautiful, then shows you exactly how to add them — never a fake "Applied!". PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Your photos never leave your iPhone. The advertising is loaded over the network by Google's ad kit, and a Wallby Pro subscription removes it. FREE TO START Use every style for free with a small watermark. Upgrade to Wallby Pro to remove the watermark and unlock all premium themes and wallpaper packs. Wallby Pro subscription options: - Weekly - Yearly (best value) Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wallby.vercel.app/privacy.html Recommendations for our other apps load online. Their views and taps are counted as daily totals, without personal profiles or user/device identifiers. See our privacy policy.

Screenshots

Aesthetic Widgets4 screens
Wallby4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aesthetic Widgets and Wallby both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Wallby's written reviews are positive against 0% of Aesthetic Widgets's. Aesthetic Widgets's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Aesthetic Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Wallby sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Aesthetic Widgets against 5.0 for Wallby. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Aesthetic Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wallby's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aesthetic Widgets ships an update every 9 days, Wallby every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Aesthetic Widgets versus Wallby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAesthetic WidgetsWallby
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYaniv KalskyLevin David Schwab

Customer experience

Aesthetic Widgets

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Wallby

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Aesthetic Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Upgrade$0.491 Month
  • Annual Upgrade$1.991 Year
  • Annual Upgrade$2.991 Year
2 purchases

Wallby

Subscriptions2
  • Wallby Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Wallby Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Aesthetic Widgets free?
Aesthetic Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wallby free?
Wallby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aesthetic Widgets or Wallby?
Aesthetic Widgets and Wallby are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Aesthetic Widgets or Wallby have ads?
Wallby shows ads; Aesthetic Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Aesthetic Widgets or Wallby?
Aesthetic Widgets ships an update every 9 days, and Wallby every 3 weeks. Most recently, Aesthetic Widgets was updated on November 5, 2026 and Wallby on October 31, 2026.

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