Comparison

WidgetAI vs ro

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

Head to head
About

WidgetAI

Create custom iOS widgets by simply describing what you want. The app designs and builds your widget, allowing you to refine it with plain language until it perfectly matches your vision and is ready for your home screen.

Highlights
  • Describe and build custom widgets with AI
  • Refine widget design using plain language
  • Integrate live data (weather, stocks, calendar)
  • Connect to any HTTP API
  • Share or keep widgets private
  • No templates, just descriptive creation
Features
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Build any widget you want for your iPhone, Lock Screen or Mac, just by describing it. Tell WidgetAI what you have in mind. It designs and builds the widget while you watch, then you refine it in plain language until it's exactly right. Show it a photo of a look you like, or a screenshot of what's wrong, and it works from that. When it looks the way you want, it goes straight to your Home Screen. Start from a template or from a blank canvas. No menus, no hundred toggles. Type what you want and watch it appear. WHAT YOU CAN BUILD The widgets the big template packs will never make for you: - A countdown to your next flight - Your favourite photo, or one you pick, with the date over it - Your GitHub contribution streak, and nothing else - A stock you're watching, with your own target price - Days since your last coffee - The weather, but only when it's actually cold - Your next meeting, the way you'd actually want to see it - Small and medium Home Screen widgets, plus circular, rectangular and inline Lock Screen widgets If you can describe it in a sentence, you can put it on your screen. DESIGN IT YOUR WAY One sentence is all it takes to try a whole new look. Classic, minimalist, monochrome, retro, brutalist. Tweak the fonts, colours, layout and mood until it fits your Home Screen today. Change your mind tomorrow. Widgets look right in the tinted and Clear Home Screen styles too. CHANGE IT WITHOUT ASKING Ask for a control and the widget gets one: a colour, a city, a target date, a number. Change it yourself in the app, no AI edit needed. CONNECT REAL DATA Your widgets can show live information, not just static art: - Your photos - Weather and air quality - Calendar and reminders - Health and activity - Battery - What's playing in Apple Music - Stocks and crypto - GitHub activity - World clocks - RSS and news feeds - Any HTTP API you can point it at Once a widget is on your Home Screen it keeps itself up to date. LEARN AS YOU GO Nine short built-in guides take you from your first widget to custom data sources. PRIVATE OR SHARED Keep your widgets to yourself, or publish the good ones for other people to use. PRICING Free to try: 1 widget and 5 AI edits a month, and you can build and preview before you ever pay. Pro: 50 AI edits a month, unlimited widgets, premium templates and custom HTTP APIs. Max: 250 AI edits a month, everything in Pro. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.getwidgetai.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getwidgetai.com/legal/privacy

About

ro

Transform your iPhone home screen into a calm, minimal, and aesthetically pleasing environment. This app offers expertly designed layouts and a toolkit of 9 widgets to support your focus and reduce distractions.

Highlights
  • Minimalist home screen design
  • Customizable app launchers
  • Text-only widgets
  • Minimal dashboards
  • Weather summaries
  • Quote widgets
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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In Danish, "ro" means calm, peace, and tranquility. Your phone should be a tool that supports your focus. ro transforms your iPhone home screen into a calm, minimal, and beautifully aesthetic environment. EFFORTLESS HARMONY ro does the design work for you. Personalize your apps, tint colors, and custom text, while the foundational layouts remain expertly proportioned. This guarantees that your home screen will always look perfectly balanced and distraction-free. 9 CRAFTED WIDGETS Explore a focused toolkit of 9 widgets, including text-only app launchers, minimal dashboards, weather summaries, and subtle quotes. COMMUNITY DRIVEN ro is an evolving, independent project. Join our Discord community to share feedback, request new widgets, and help shape the app's future. PRIVACY FIRST What happens on your home screen stays on your device. ro collects no personal data, uses no analytics trackers, and reads your calendar strictly on-device.

Screenshots

WidgetAI4 screens
ro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ro at 100% against WidgetAI's 0%. ro also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). WidgetAI's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. WidgetAI sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ro holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of WidgetAI's written reviews are positive against 100% of ro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetAI ships an update every 3 days, ro every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WidgetAI versus ro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetAIro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperQuassum MBFilip Smalec

Customer experience

WidgetAI

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

WidgetAI

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$8.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Pro Offer1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Max Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Special Offer1 Year trial$99.991 Year
1 purchases

ro

One-time1
  • Full Collection$2.99

Questions

Is WidgetAI free?
WidgetAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ro free?
ro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WidgetAI or ro?
ro is rated higher. WidgetAI averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ro averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do WidgetAI or ro have ads?
Neither WidgetAI nor ro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgetAI or ro?
WidgetAI ships an update every 3 days, and ro every 11 days. Most recently, WidgetAI was updated on October 24, 2026 and ro on October 24, 2026.

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