Comparison

SwipeSpark vs WhyNot Widgets

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

Head to head
About

SwipeSpark

Features
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Take back control of your photo library one swipe at a time. SwipeSpark is the fastest, most intuitive way to clean up your iPhone and iPad photos. No complicated menus, no tedious scrolling through thousands of images. Just swipe right to keep, swipe left to delete. SWIPE TO DECIDE Review your photos one by one with a simple, satisfying swipe gesture. Right to keep, left to mark for deletion. Undo anytime — nothing is deleted until you confirm. Haptic feedback makes every decision feel great. SMART CLEAN WITH AI Let SwipeSpark's built-in AI classify your photos into smart categories: People, Landscapes, Documents, Animals, Food, Vehicles, Interiors, and more. Pick a category, scan your library, and quickly review only the photos that match. You can even enter a custom search query to find exactly what you're looking for. DUPLICATE DETECTION SwipeSpark automatically detects duplicate and near-identical photos in your library. Review grouped duplicates side by side and remove the extras in one tap to instantly free up storage. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See real-time stats on how many photos you've reviewed, how many you're keeping, and how much storage space you'll free up — all at a glance from the home screen. REVIEW BEFORE YOU DELETE Changed your mind? Browse your "Kept" and "To Delete" lists anytime. Tap any photo for a full-screen preview. Move photos between lists before committing. You're always in control.  BATCH DELETE When you're ready, delete all marked photos at once. SwipeSpark shows you exactly how much space you freed up with a satisfying summary. DESIGNED FOR YOUR EYES A sleek, dark-themed interface with smooth animations and a modern design that makes photo cleanup feel effortless. KEY FEATURES - Swipe-based photo review - AI-powered Smart Clean by category - Custom search queries  - Duplicate and near-duplicate detection - Full-screen photo preview - Undo and restore support - Real-time storage stats - Batch deletion with confirmation - Dark mode interface - Works on iPhone Stop hoarding blurry screenshots and duplicate selfies. Download SwipeSpark and make room for what matters.

About

WhyNot Widgets

Organize your most-used apps into a single widget for quick access. Customize the appearance and choose from various pre-designed clock and utility widgets to personalize your Home Screen.

Highlights
  • Launch up to nine apps from a single widget
  • Customizable widget styles and layouts
  • Native app icon display
  • Pre-designed analog and digital clock widgets
  • Hand-drawn, artistic widget designs
  • One-time purchase packs for expanded features
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Nine apps. One widget. One tap. WhyNot puts a tiny app drawer on your Home Screen. Pick up to nine apps, choose a style, and every one of them launches with a single tap. No folders to open. Many apps launch straight from the widget, the rest pass through WhyNot for a moment, and the picker tells you which is which. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Up to nine apps in the smallest widget size. One app or nine, the layout adapts. • Light and Dark show the real app icons, as they look on a light or a dark Home Screen. Mono and Ghost are two quieter looks. • Fill, or anchor the drawer to a corner for a folder-like cluster. • Hold a tile and drag it to rearrange. CLOCKS WITH CHARACTER • Dial: a quiet analog clock inspired by classic industrial design. Small, medium, and a large desk clock with your week laid out underneath. • Flip: a split-flap clock that rolls over on the minute. • Almanac: the month on a card, in Flip's material. Two keys turn the pages, the name brings today back. Free. • Every widget is built for light mode, dark mode, and the Clear look. Pin any widget to always light or always dark, whatever your phone is set to. MADE TO BE LOOKED AT Every widget is drawn by hand, with real shadows, real materials, and one light source. Nothing is a template. Nothing is a screenshot of something else. PACKS (one-time purchases) • Halo: three screens on one large instrument, your wallpaper showing through. Home has the week, what is next and today's steps, Move and Exercise from Health with the goals. Next has the coming events and reminders, with a countdown. Outside has the weather from sunrise to sunset, hour by hour and four days out. The keys switch screens; a slider sets how much wallpaper shows. • Quartz: a desk clock from the nineties, in seven cases from olive to cream. A window for the date, the day or the temperature, numerals in figures or Roman. Tap to open Clock. • Vinyl: your record on a turntable, drawn after the classic Braun deck. The album artwork is the label, the record turns while Apple Music plays, the arm lifts when it stops, and back, play and next work from the widget. Small is the platter, medium is the whole deck. • Tally: a desk calculator from the seventies, on your Home Screen. Every key works. Small for quick sums, large for the whole instrument. Keeps the last result. • Frontpage: your day as a newspaper front page, in the tall widget size that arrived with iOS 27. The next event is the headline, more events and your reminders run in columns, real headlines from a source you choose or your own feed fill the fold, and tomorrow's weather closes the page. Three newspaper typefaces, newsprint grain, pressed type. • Console: your day at a glance. What is next and how long until it, the week ahead, and the sky, one tap apart on the widget. Every block opens Calendar or Weather directly. • Golden: when the light will be good. Golden hour and blue hour for where you are, on one living sky where the sun rises and sets across your Home Screen. The time is lit by the light of the moment. Tap to open the Camera. • WhyNot Pro: Scenes, your drawer set in a place, with the apps that belong there. Glass, the drawer on a frosted panel with your wallpaper showing through. Unlimited drawers, each widget showing a different one. Gradient backgrounds inspired by iPhone finishes or your own two colors. Buy once, keep forever. No subscriptions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No analytics. Your drawers live on your phone and nowhere else. Console, Golden, Frontpage and Halo use your approximate location for Apple Weather and, if you allow it, your calendars and reminder lists. Halo reads today's Health figures on your phone, only if you allow it. A feed you add is fetched by your phone, not by us. Nothing about you ever reaches us. WhyNot is made by This is E.

Screenshots

SwipeSpark4 screens
WhyNot Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SwipeSpark at none against WhyNot Widgets's 8. SwipeSpark also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). WhyNot Widgets's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price and ads 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. WhyNot Widgets sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. SwipeSpark asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwipeSpark ships an update every 5 days, WhyNot Widgets daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SwipeSpark versus WhyNot Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipeSparkWhyNot Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—70.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco MolinariIskren Georgiev

In-app purchases

None

SwipeSpark

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

WhyNot Widgets

One-time8
  • Tally$5.99
  • Vinyl$5.99
  • Quartz$5.99
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  • Golden$5.99
  • Frontpage$9.99
  • Halo$9.99
  • WhyNot Pro$9.99
  • Console$9.99

Questions

Is SwipeSpark free?
SwipeSpark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhyNot Widgets free?
WhyNot Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SwipeSpark or WhyNot Widgets have ads?
Neither SwipeSpark nor WhyNot Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwipeSpark or WhyNot Widgets?
SwipeSpark ships an update every 5 days, and WhyNot Widgets daily. Most recently, SwipeSpark was updated on October 2, 2026 and WhyNot Widgets on October 15, 2026.

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