Comparison

Getwid vs Aura

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

Head to head
About

Getwid

Design and share custom Home Screen widgets with a blank canvas and a layer-by-layer approach. Add photos, text, clocks, calendars, and more. Discover and use widgets created by the community.

Highlights
  • Layer-based widget design
  • Add photos, text, clocks, calendars
  • Community widget discovery
  • Share custom designs
  • Multiple text effects
  • SF Symbols integration
Features
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Design your own Home Screen widgets — exactly the way you want them. Getwid is a widget design studio, not a template gallery. You start with a blank canvas and build the widget layer by layer: photos from your library, your own text, icons, a live clock, a calendar, a countdown. Move it, rotate it, restyle it, undo it. Up to 24 layers in a single widget. NEW IN 2.0 — DISCOVER Browse widgets the community shared, tap a design to see who made it, and add it to your collection in one tap. Share your own designs whenever you want. Like the ones you love. Report or block anything you don't. WHAT YOU CAN BUILD • Photo stickers from your own library, with dim and blur • Text layers — font, size, alignment, color, opacity, effects, rotation • Analog and digital clocks • Calendar and date layers • Countdown and count-up timers • Icon layers from Apple's SF Symbols • Backgrounds: solid colors, 5-stop gradients, patterned borders THREE SIZES Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets. Pick a size, design for it, and the system widget picker only offers the designs that fit. FREE, WITH NO CATCH No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No ads. No paywalled layers. Nothing is counted, nothing is capped. YOUR DESIGNS STAY YOURS Widget designs are stored on your device — not uploaded, not synced, not scanned. Photos you add never leave your phone unless you choose to share that design on Discover. Signing in is optional and unlocks nothing; it's only there for Discover and to sync your language across devices. NINE LANGUAGES Turkish, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese. Questions or ideas? There's a support form right inside the app, under Settings → About.

About

Aura

Features
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Make your home screen yours. Aura is an aesthetic widgets app — home screen widgets, wallpapers, icon packs and matching themes that are beautiful, free, and actually work. No ads just to apply anything. No bait paywall after you pick something you love. A generous free library, and changes that really land on your home screen. Aesthetic widgets that really go on your home screen • Digital and analog clock widgets that keep real time • Countdown and anniversary widgets that count actual days • A calendar widget for the current month • A daily quote widget • Live editor — change the font, colour, gradient and size and watch the preview update instantly • One tap to place it: Aura asks your launcher to drop the widget straight onto your home screen Wallpapers that get set, not just saved • Curated wallpaper packs: minimal, cute, dark, nature, abstract, seasonal • Choose home screen, lock screen, or both — Aura sets it for you • Rendered at your screen's own resolution so it stays sharp Icon packs you can actually put on your home screen • Four styles: pastel, dark, clean line and 3D glossy • Pick any app you have installed and Aura pins a styled shortcut for it • Search your apps by name • No watermarks, no ugly borders Coordinated home screen themes • A matching wallpaper and icon style in one tap Built for browsing • A real search across every widget, wallpaper and icon pack • Favourites, recents and your saved designs in one place • Local backup and restore Private by design All your designs stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, works offline. An internet connection is only used to show ads. Whether you want a cute pastel home screen, a clean minimal one, or a dark aesthetic setup, Aura has the widgets, wallpapers and icon packs to build it — and the live editor to make each one exactly yours. Download Aura and make your home screen unmistakably yours.

Screenshots

Getwid4 screens
Aura4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aura at none against Getwid's 1. Aura also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence 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. Getwid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aura asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Getwid ships an update every 5 weeks, Aura every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Getwid versus Aura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGetwidAura
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHasan KilincGunawan Santoso

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Getwid

One-time1
  • Paper Letters Pack$0.99
None

Aura

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Getwid free?
Getwid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aura free?
Aura is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Getwid or Aura have ads?
Neither Getwid nor Aura shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Getwid or Aura?
Getwid ships an update every 5 weeks, and Aura every 2 months. Most recently, Getwid was updated on September 30, 2026 and Aura on September 27, 2026.

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