Comparison

Widget Story vs CoolGuard

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

Head to head
About

Widget Story

Features
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Widget Story – Transform your iPhone into a living work of art More than just a utility, it's a way to tell your own story. Turn your iPhone screen into a unique creative space – where each widget is part of the story you want to share. CREATE YOUR OWN WIDGETS – UNLIMITED No more settling for boring widgets! With Widget Story, you can create your own style: * Diverse beautiful, modern templates continuously updated * Customize colors, fonts, color filter effects to your preference * Support for small, medium, and large widgets – all refined and harmonious * Easily save or share your widgets as images STORY – TELL YOUR STORY Each "Story" is an artistic composition combining multiple widgets on one screen. Turn your iPhone into a creative and emotional space: * Create unlimited stories of your own * Arrange widgets in any layout you want * Add background images, blur effects, personalized colors * Custom dock with text, photos, date, time, and more * Save and share stories with just one tap STORY BOOK – TURN EACH STORY INTO A BOOK Combine stories to create a vibrant and unique album: * Combine stories into impressive Story Books * Easily save or share as PDF for friends and family GREATMIND CONTENT – DAILY INSPIRATION Bring positive energy to your screen: * Inspiring, motivational quotes from famous figures * Delicate hand-drawn illustrations, artistic pencil style * Many vibrant color options, automatically changing content * Continuously updated with new templates and themes WHY CHOOSE WIDGET STORY? * Beautiful, modern, easy-to-use interface * Unique features: Story & Story Book * Rich collection of templates and widgets * Comprehensive customization – colors, fonts, effects * Unlimited number of widgets and stories * Regular updates with new features and content * Multi-language support START TODAY Download Widget Story now and transform your iPhone into a personal masterpiece – a space that reflects your style, emotions, and unique personality. Create your own story and share that excitement with the world! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.widgetstory.com/privacy

About

CoolGuard

This app monitors your phone's temperature, providing real-time heat levels and alerts to prevent performance issues and battery aging. It also functions as a customizable night clock with alarms and displays local weather information.

Highlights
  • Live heat level monitoring
  • Heat trend and log with map
  • Customizable alerts and cooling tips
  • Night clock with sleep mode
  • Multiple alarms with system integration
  • Outdoor weather display
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island widgets
Features
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CoolGuard keeps an eye on your phone's heat — and at night, it's the clock on your nightstand. A hot iPhone runs slower, its battery ages faster, and in summer it heats up within moments in the sun or while gaming, navigating, or charging. CoolGuard shows you where your phone stands on a four-level scale (Normal, Slightly Warm, Hot, Critical), warns you in time, and tells you what to do. HEAT MONITORING • Live heat level on the main screen, with a color-coded ring and a quick tip • Heat Trend: 1-hour and 24-hour curves in a banded or clean style — drag your finger to read the details • Heat Log with calendar and map: when and where your phone got hot • Alerts from the level you choose: push notifications, sound alerts, quiet hours • Monitor Mode: background monitoring, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Cooling tips and a carefully curated selection of active coolers NIGHT CLOCK AND ALARM • Sleep Mode: dark screen with just the clock and the outdoor temperature — three sizes, your choice of color • Alarms: up to 10, repeating daily; on iOS 26 and later they ring through the system alarm, even when your phone is silenced • Landscape view: big clock, swipeable alarm bar, brightness slider • Burn-in protection: slow pixel drift and dimming to keep your display safe • 12- or 24-hour clock, with seconds if you like WEATHER • Outdoor temperature, with today's and tomorrow's highs and lows • Weather face in the ring: the sun and moon travel around it from sunrise to sunset • A warning on dangerously hot days WIDGET • Small: thermometer, weather, battery level, clock • Medium: adds the heat trend curve and the date • Works on the Lock Screen, too BATTERY • Battery Health and cycle count, compared month by month with your phone's heat MORE • 50 languages, Celsius or Fahrenheit • Private by design: no ads, no analytics, no accounts — your Heat Log never leaves your phone • Free — you can support development with a tip Note: iOS doesn't expose exact temperatures to apps — CoolGuard shows Apple's four official thermal levels.

Screenshots

Widget Story4 screens
CoolGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CoolGuard at none against Widget Story's shown. CoolGuard also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Widget Story's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Widget Story sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and CoolGuard sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Story ships an update every 5 months, CoolGuard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Widget Story versus CoolGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget StoryCoolGuard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVU THANHNorbert Pentek

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Widget Story

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • 6 Months$3.996 Months
  • Annual$4.991 Year
3 purchases

CoolGuard

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Large tip$9.99

Questions

Is Widget Story free?
Widget Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoolGuard free?
CoolGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widget Story or CoolGuard have ads?
Widget Story shows ads; CoolGuard does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget Story or CoolGuard?
Widget Story ships an update every 5 months, and CoolGuard weekly. Most recently, Widget Story was updated on October 28, 2026 and CoolGuard on October 23, 2026.

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