Comparison

Matrix Widget vs Scheme

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

Head to head
About

Matrix Widget

Features
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Matrix Widget is a simple customization app for creating a retro-style matrix widget for your iPhone Home Screen. Track your days, preview your widget, and fine-tune the layout so it looks right on your device. The app gives you simple controls for adjusting the widget’s appearance and making it fit your style. Features: • Matrix-style Home Screen widget • Day and month tracking display • Live widget preview • Simple layout controls • Clean, minimal setup Matrix Widget is designed to be lightweight, visual, and easy to use.

About

Scheme

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Scheme turns your iPhone Home Screen into something that's unmistakably yours — with real, useful widgets and a coordinated set of themes, wallpapers, and fonts that all match. TERMINAL-STYLE WIDGETS • Apps — your selected apps as a simple text list, not a grid of icons — one tap to open each • Clock — a terminal-style clock: date, time, or both • Calendar — your next events, "Up Next" at a glance • Reminders — what's due, with overdue flags • Scratchpad — a quick note you can edit right from the Home Screen • Weather — current conditions and the day's high/low Every widget comes in multiple sizes, and each one is themed to match the rest of your Home Screen. THEMES THAT MATCH EVERYTHING Choose from 16 hand-tuned color themes — light and dark, drawn from the kind of palettes developers already love. Pick one and your widgets, fonts, and wallpaper all follow it, so nothing clashes. Generate a matching wallpaper in a range of styles — Minimal, Terminal, Gradient, and more — sized for your device and saved to Photos, ready to set in a couple of taps. MAKE IT YOURS • 7 fonts, including JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, and IBM Plex Mono • Tap the Calendar or Reminders widget to open straight into your calendar or reminders — and choose which app it opens FREE TO START Scheme is genuinely usable for free — no trial required: 6 themes, the Apps, Clock, and Scratchpad widgets, 3 wallpaper styles, and 3 fonts. SCHEME PRO Unlock everything: all 16 themes, the Calendar, Reminders, and Weather widgets, the large Apps widget, all 8 wallpaper styles, and all 7 fonts. • Yearly $14.99 with a 7-day free trial • Lifetime $29.99 — pay once, yours forever Family Sharing supported on both plans. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your calendar and reminders are read on-device only and never leave your iPhone. Privacy Policy: https://vfreitas.com/scheme/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Matrix Widget3 screens
Scheme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Matrix Widget at none against Scheme's 2. On price, ads, 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. Scheme sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Matrix Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Matrix Widget versus Scheme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatrix WidgetScheme
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoaz BurnettVitor de Freitas

In-app purchases

None

Matrix Widget

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scheme

Subscriptions1
  • Scheme Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scheme Pro (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Matrix Widget free?
Matrix Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scheme free?
Scheme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Matrix Widget or Scheme have ads?
Neither Matrix Widget nor Scheme shows ads.

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