DesktopWidget vs Await
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DesktopWidget
Personalize your iPhone's home screen, lock screen, and Dynamic Island with a wide variety of decorative widgets. Create a unique and visually appealing interface tailored to your style. Offers a rich customization experience for iPhone users.
- Home screen widget customization
- Lock screen widget design
- Dynamic Island decoration
- Personalized iPhone interface
- Rich customization options
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美化 iPhone 桌面小组件、锁屏组件、灵动岛装饰 为用户提供丰富的个性化体验，轻松打造独特的 iPhone 界面。 使用条款请参见 Apple 标准 EULA： https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Await
Design and build custom widgets for your device. Choose from templates or start from scratch, customizing layouts, interactions, and styles. The app prioritizes a local-first experience for focused creation.
- Widget creation from templates
- Design widgets from scratch
- Customize layouts and interactions
- Tune styles with design panels
- Local-first design experience
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Await lets you create widgets that are perfect for you. Reading, studying, music, a clock, an instrument, a puzzle, or some small tool that's only useful to you — all of it can become a widget with Await. Some needs and habits are too personal to find a ready-made product that fits just right. So make one the way you want it. A friend of mine keeps a book open on the desk. It just sits there, and he reads a little whenever he has a spare moment. A widget is the same. It stays on your Home Screen, always there when you need it. So many things would only take a few seconds, but a few extra steps get in the way, and they never even get started. The things you've wanted to do for years — why haven't you started? Maybe the problem was never you. Maybe you just never had a widget that fit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Await at 93% against DesktopWidget's 50%. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. DesktopWidget sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Await sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DesktopWidget ships an update every 3 days, Await every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DesktopWidget | Await |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 346 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xmojong | 逸尘 刘 |
Customer experience
DesktopWidget
Await
In-app purchases
DesktopWidget
- 三天体验期黑卡会员3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- 1次永久解锁$0.99
- 20次永久解锁$0.99
- 100次永久解锁$3.99
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- 终身会员$12.99
Await
- Lifetime Pro$4.99
