Comparison

WidgText vs Mood

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

Head to head
About

WidgText

Customize your device's home and lock screens with personalized text widgets. Choose from various fonts, colors, and styles to display quotes, reminders, or goals. The app offers multiple independent widgets and a quote rotation feature for daily inspiration.

Highlights
  • Multiple independent text widgets
  • Extensive font and color customization
  • Gradient and border styling options
  • Quote rotation for daily content
  • Live preview for easy editing
  • Personalized app icon options
Features
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Put your words where you will see them. WidgText brings daily affirmations, mindful quotes, and your own reminders to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Choose a look, make it yours, and keep a little calm nearby. NEW LOOKS FOR THE SEASON • Explore seasonal collections of widget designs and mindful words, starting with Cozy Evenings. • New collections arrive every few weeks. Earlier favorites stay in the archive. • Start with free designs, choose an optional rewarded ad to keep a featured look, or unlock Pro collection designs. • Turn on collection reminders if you want a gentle nudge when something new arrives. A LITTLE CALM, SHARED • Preview a widget image before sending it with a link to WidgText or its collection look. • Your personal text appears only in the image you choose to share. It is never included in the link. MAKE IT YOURS • Write your own mantra, intention, reminder, or inside joke. • See your widget change as you edit colors, gradients, type, alignment, shadows, and borders. • Preview small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen styles. iPad adds an Extra Large widget and a sidebar workspace. • Choose from 120 classic mindful messages, plus words in seasonal collections. • Keep one thought, or rotate a short list automatically. • Receive an optional daily mindful notification at a time you choose. FREE TO START. PRO IS ONE PURCHASE. Free includes one widget slot, eight classic themes, all 120 classic messages, daily thoughts, and free seasonal looks. The free version includes ads. Rewarded ads are optional. WidgText Pro adds a personal library of named looks saved on this device, Pro collection designs, up to 8 independent widget slots, all 34 fonts, three exclusive classic themes, advanced gradients and borders, grain texture, unlimited rotating quotes, full scheduling, eight alternate app icons, and no ads. One purchase. No subscription. No account is needed. Your widget text and saved looks stay on your device unless you choose to share an image. Firebase Analytics measures app use; Google AdMob supports the free version. Your words. Your look. A calmer Home Screen.

About

Mood

Features
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Make your iPhone screen truly yours! Mood creates beautiful, fully customizable widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen — pick a template, tweak everything and see the result live. MANY WIDGET TYPES • Photo from your library • Analog and digital clock • Date and calendar • Countdown to special dates • Weather • Custom quote or text • Battery CUSTOMIZE EVERY DETAIL • Background and text color • System fonts and text size • Corner radius and opacity • Light, dark or automatic theme • Live preview while you edit HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Small, medium and large sizes • Lock Screen widgets (circular, rectangular and inline) • Create as many widgets as you like and choose which to show FULL PRIVACY • Runs 100% on your device • No sign-up, no login, no account • No ads and no tracking • Free Download Mood and build a unique Home Screen, your way!

Screenshots

WidgText4 screens
Mood4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mood at none against WidgText's 1. Mood also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WidgText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mood asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
WidgText versus Mood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgTextMood
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron PriceRaphael Santos

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WidgText

One-time1
  • WidgText Pro$0.99
None

Mood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WidgText free?
WidgText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mood free?
Mood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WidgText or Mood have ads?
WidgText shows ads; Mood does not.

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