Getwid vs Book Flip Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Layer-based widget design
- Add photos, text, clocks, calendars
- Community widget discovery
- Share custom designs
- Multiple text effects
- SF Symbols integration
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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.
Book Flip Notes
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Book Flip Notes is a realistic handwriting notebook for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It combines the tactile rhythm of a physical book with a focused digital creative space. Key features • Natural 3D page turning from the spine, with paper curvature, depth, and dynamic light. • Fluid writing, sketching, annotation, and planning with Apple Pencil. • Lined, grid, Cornell, planner, meeting, and music paper templates. • Artistic covers and colors for your personal library. • High-quality PDF export for archiving and sharing. • iCloud sync across devices signed in to the same Apple ID, with safe local editing when offline. • Privacy first: your notebook content remains on your devices and in your personal iCloud. Book Flip Pro is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that permanently unlocks premium covers, professional templates, unlimited notebooks, and high-quality export.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Flip Notes at fortnightly against Getwid's every 5 weeks. Book Flip Notes also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Getwid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Book Flip Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Getwid ships an update every 5 weeks, Book Flip Notes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Getwid | Book Flip Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hasan Kilinc | lecoo |
In-app purchases
Getwid
- Paper Letters Pack$0.99
Book Flip Notes
- Lifetime Pro$0.99









