Comparison

Custom Widgets vs ro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 11+ widget types
  • Life progress tracking
  • Event countdowns
  • Goal progress rings
  • Custom text display
  • Live preview editing
  • Multiple themes and styles
Features
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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/

About

ro

Transform your iPhone home screen into a calm, minimal, and aesthetically pleasing environment. This app offers expertly designed layouts and a toolkit of 9 widgets to support your focus and reduce distractions.

Highlights
  • Minimalist home screen design
  • Customizable app launchers
  • Text-only widgets
  • Minimal dashboards
  • Weather summaries
  • Quote widgets
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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In Danish, "ro" means calm, peace, and tranquility. Your phone should be a tool that supports your focus. ro transforms your iPhone home screen into a calm, minimal, and beautifully aesthetic environment. EFFORTLESS HARMONY ro does the design work for you. Personalize your apps, tint colors, and custom text, while the foundational layouts remain expertly proportioned. This guarantees that your home screen will always look perfectly balanced and distraction-free. 9 CRAFTED WIDGETS Explore a focused toolkit of 9 widgets, including text-only app launchers, minimal dashboards, weather summaries, and subtle quotes. COMMUNITY DRIVEN ro is an evolving, independent project. Join our Discord community to share feedback, request new widgets, and help shape the app's future. PRIVACY FIRST What happens on your home screen stays on your device. ro collects no personal data, uses no analytics trackers, and reads your calendar strictly on-device.

Screenshots

Custom Widgets4 screens
ro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Custom Widgets at 5.0 against ro's 4.3. Custom Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). ro's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Custom Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and ro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ro has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Widgets ships an update every 2 days, ro every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Custom Widgets versus ro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Widgetsro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDENA AZARANGFilip Smalec

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Custom Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Widgetly Plus Week$0.997 Days
  • Widgetly Plus Year$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Widgetly Plus Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

ro

One-time1
  • Full Collection$2.99

Questions

Is Custom Widgets free?
Custom Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ro free?
ro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets or ro?
Custom Widgets is rated higher. Custom Widgets averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ro averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Custom Widgets or ro have ads?
Neither Custom Widgets nor ro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets or ro?
Custom Widgets ships an update every 2 days, and ro every 11 days. Most recently, Custom Widgets was updated on October 31, 2026 and ro on October 31, 2026.

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