Comparison

Widgets Now vs WidgetBlocks

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

Head to head
About

Widgets Now

Design custom widgets for your home and lock screens with various types and extensive customization options. Track shared numbers with others, like fitness goals or savings, with live updates and leaderboards.

Highlights
  • 21 widget types (clocks, weather, photos, etc.)
  • Extensive design customization (themes, gradients, fonts)
  • Shared number tracking with leaderboards
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • App Clip for instant sharing
Features
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Widget Now is a widget studio — and a way to keep one number in front of the people who share it with you. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Start from 21 widget types: clocks, world clocks, calendars, countdowns, live weather, sunrise and sunset, moon phase, activity rings, steps, water, photos, battery, reminders, quotes and more. Then make them yours with 14 theme presets, 16 gradients, solid colours and photo backgrounds, 20 typefaces, and adjustable corners, padding and borders — with a live preview that updates as you edit. Every design works on both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. TRACK ONE NUMBER TOGETHER Pick something you and someone else both care about — miles run, waters drunk, deals closed, pages read, days sober, money saved — and Widget Now keeps it in sync between you. Everyone's contributions roll into a single total with a leaderboard, and that number lands on every surface iOS offers: • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A full-screen dashboard when you AirPlay to an Apple TV Invite someone with a link, a message or a QR code. When they tap it, an App Clip shows them the group straight away — they can put it on their Lock Screen before installing anything. LIVE ACTIVITIES Design timers, event countdowns, progress trackers and live counters in your own colours and symbols, then run them on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. SYNCS WITH ICLOUD Your designs follow you across iPhone and iPad automatically. Shared groups sync to everyone in the group, and updates arrive on their own — no refresh button. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no sign-ups, and no servers of ours. Everything lives in your own iCloud. What you share is limited to the people you share it with, and the contents of a shared group are stored encrypted. Widget Now collects no analytics and shows no ads.

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

Widgets Now4 screens
WidgetBlocks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widgets Now at none against WidgetBlocks's 7. WidgetBlocks's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. WidgetBlocks sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Widgets Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Widgets Now against 5.0 for WidgetBlocks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgets Now ships an update every 2 months, WidgetBlocks every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Widgets Now versus WidgetBlocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgets NowWidgetBlocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmol SrivastavaNoah Novak

Customer experience

Widgets Now

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WidgetBlocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Widgets Now

No in-app purchases

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 Widgets Now free?
Widgets Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WidgetBlocks free?
WidgetBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widgets Now or WidgetBlocks?
Widgets Now and WidgetBlocks are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Widgets Now or WidgetBlocks have ads?
Neither Widgets Now nor WidgetBlocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widgets Now or WidgetBlocks?
Widgets Now ships an update every 2 months, and WidgetBlocks every 3 days. Most recently, Widgets Now was updated on November 13, 2026 and WidgetBlocks on November 13, 2026.

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