Widget Studio vs Custom Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Studio
Design and personalize your iPhone home screen with custom widgets for photos, clocks, weather, and events. This app offers a powerful yet simple editor to create unique themes and express your style without requiring technical skills.
- Live widget editor
- Photo widgets with slideshows
- Customizable clock and date widgets
- Weather forecast widgets
- Event countdown and agenda widgets
- Deep customization of fonts, colors, and shapes
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Your Home Screen, Your Style. Design, create, and personalize beautiful custom widgets in seconds with Widget Studio. Widget Studio is your all-in-one design tool to create a truly unique and personal iPhone experience. Our powerful yet simple live widget editor makes it easy to build stunning creations that match your aesthetic. Turn your home screen into a masterpiece. With custom widgets for your photos, clock, weather, and important events, your options for deep personalization are endless. Whether you're an experienced designer or new to customization, our intuitive tools make it easy to build your first design, create beautiful themes, and express your style. This is your path to the perfect aesthetic. Key Features: Powerful Live Editor What you see is what you get! Customize every detail of your creation and see the changes happen live. Our guided process makes it simple to design your own custom widgets—no technical skills required! This widget maker is the ultimate tool for true customization. All The Widgets You Need Get a complete set of fully customizable designs. Our library is constantly growing! Photo Widget: Showcase your favorite memories. Our editor lets you build beautiful slideshows and apply unique filters and shapes. Date & Time Widget: Design the perfect custom clock. Whether you need an analog or digital timepiece, it's fully customizable with a huge library of fonts. Weather Widget: Get your local forecast at a glance. Track current conditions and hourly forecasts with style. Events Widget: Never miss an important date. Build a custom countdown for vacations, track birthdays, or see your schedule with the agenda widget. Deep Customization Fine-tune every element to create your perfect theme. Fonts: Choose from a curated library of beautiful typefaces. Colors: Pick any color imaginable or create stunning gradients. Shapes: Go beyond the basic rectangle with unique borders and backgrounds. Unlock Your Full Potential with Studio Pro Upgrade to Studio Pro to unlock unlimited widget creation, access pro widget types like Agenda, get exclusive themes, and enjoy premium fonts and advanced styling effects. What is a Widget? A widget is a small application that runs on your home screen to give you at-a-glance information. Widget Studio lets you control the look and feel of these elements for a personalized screen that's truly yours. It's the ultimate widget maker for iOS. Stop settling for a boring screen. Download Widget Studio today and start designing your perfect aesthetic! Your Privacy Matters: Privacy Policy: https://widgets.studio/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://widgets.studio/terms.html
Custom Widgets
Personalize your device's home screen with a variety of functional widgets. Track life progress, set countdowns, manage goals, and display custom text. Create beautiful, unique widgets quickly without needing design experience.
- 11+ widget types
- Life progress tracking
- Event countdowns
- Goal progress rings
- Custom text display
- Live preview editing
- Multiple themes and styles
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Widgetly puts what matters most on your home screen: countdowns, life progress, goals, and daily motivation. Build beautiful, functional widgets in minutes with zero design skills required. 11+ WIDGET TYPES Time & Life Awareness - Life Counter: your age in months, weeks, or days - Years Remaining: visualize your life as a dot grid - Year Progress: see how much of the year has passed - Day Progress: track hours as they go by Calendars & Countdowns - Month Countdown: days left this month - Month Calendar: minimal calendar view - Month Grid: all 12 months at a glance - Countdown: days until any future event - Count Up: days since a meaningful date Goals & Motivation - Progress Ring: circular progress for any goal - Custom Text: quotes, reminders, mantras DESIGN IT YOUR WAY - Live preview while editing - Small, Medium, and Large sizes - 10 color themes - Multiple text styles and dot shapes - Pixel LED displays and clean minimal looks SIMPLE TO USE 1. Pick a widget type 2. Choose size and style 3. Save and add to Home Screen Done. Stop scrolling past a boring home screen. Make it yours. ------ Privacy Policy: https://dazarang.com/apps/widgetly/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://dazarang.com/apps/widgetly/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Custom Widgets at none against Widget Studio's shown. Custom Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Widget Studio's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Widget Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Custom Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Widget Studio against 5.0 for Custom Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Studio has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Widget Studio ships an update every 3 weeks, Custom Widgets every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Widget Studio | Custom Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olyndo Ltd | DENA AZARANG |
In-app purchases
Widget Studio
- Studio Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Studio Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Studio Pro Lifetime$49.99
Custom Widgets
- Widgetly Plus Week$0.997 Days
- Widgetly Plus Year$14.991 Year
- Widgetly Plus Lifetime$29.99
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