Comparison

Custom Widget Maker ! vs WidgetBlocks

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

Head to head
About

Custom Widget Maker !

Features
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Custom Widget Maker helps you personalize your iPhone Home Screen with beautiful and useful widgets. Create stylish widgets for date, time, weather, calendar, music, clock, app launch, battery, solar information, and moon phase. Design your widgets your way. Change the background, font style, font color, and layout to match your wallpaper, mood, or theme. Whether you want a minimal clock widget, a colorful weather widget, a custom text widget, or a smart battery widget, Custom Widget Maker makes it easy to build your perfect iOS widget. Features - Date & Time Widgets Show today’s date, current time, day, month, and custom formats. - Weather Widgets View current weather, temperature, and conditions on your Home Screen. -Custom Text Widgets Add your own quote, reminder, name, message, or motivational text. - Calendar Widgets Display calendar dates and important upcoming events. - Music Widgets Create music-style widgets to match your favorite songs or playlist theme. - Clock Widgets Add clean digital or stylish clock widgets. - App Launch Widgets Open your favorite apps quickly from custom widget shortcuts. - Battery Widgets Track your iPhone battery status with beautiful widget designs. - Solar Widgets Show sunrise, sunset, and solar information. - Moon Phase Widgets View current moon phase with elegant lunar widget styles. - Full Customization Change widget background, font style, font color, and design theme. Terms of Use (EULA): https://fantasyboothapp.com/apps/custom-widget/terms Privacy Policy: https://fantasyboothapp.com/apps/custom-widget/privacy_ios

About

WidgetBlocks

Create personalized widgets for your device with a wide range of customizable components. Design unique layouts, recolor elements, and resize them to perfectly match your style. Explore various supported components like time, photos, calendar events, and more.

Highlights
  • Create custom widgets
  • Recolor and resize components
  • Add time, date, and photos
  • Integrate calendar events and reminders
  • Include notes and countdowns
  • App launcher and music widgets
  • Weather and health data integration
Features
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With WidgetBlocks, you can make your own widgets! And not just in a preset matter, ACTUALLY make your own widgets with the ability to move, recolor, resize, and make your widgets, YOUR widgets! Supported components: Time Date Photo Calendar events Reminders Shape Drawing Note Countdown/up Links Weather* Music Battery Health App Launcher ...and more coming soon! Try WidgetBlocks today! - Noah :) Follow @nonosthings on Instagram and @noahsthings on Facebook for updates! *The weather block uses the WeatherKit and weather.gov API. Free users get 25 WeatherKit API calls a month and 75 API calls a month for paid users with WidgetBlocks Purple, an optional auto-renewing subscription, which also adds unlimited Dynamic Logic rules, custom accent colors, and alternate app icons. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Custom Widget Maker !4 screens
WidgetBlocks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WidgetBlocks at every 3 days against Custom Widget Maker !'s every 2 months. WidgetBlocks also leads on device support (5 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Custom Widget Maker ! sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and WidgetBlocks sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Widget Maker ! ships an update every 2 months, WidgetBlocks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Custom Widget Maker ! versus WidgetBlocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Widget Maker !WidgetBlocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRahul DhuliaNoah Novak

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Widget Maker !

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
7 purchases

WidgetBlocks

Subscriptions2
  • WB Purple (monthly)$3.991 Month
  • WB Purple (yearly)$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • Extra Small Tip$0.49
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
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  • Large Tip$10.00
  • Extra Large Tip$25.00

Questions

Is Custom Widget Maker ! free?
Custom Widget Maker ! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetBlocks free?
WidgetBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Custom Widget Maker ! or WidgetBlocks have ads?
Neither Custom Widget Maker ! nor WidgetBlocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widget Maker ! or WidgetBlocks?
Custom Widget Maker ! ships an update every 2 months, and WidgetBlocks every 3 days. Most recently, Custom Widget Maker ! was updated on November 5, 2026 and WidgetBlocks on November 13, 2026.

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