Comparison

WidgetBoard vs DearPins

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

Head to head
About

WidgetBoard

Features
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Share notes, photos, lists, and drawings with family, your partner, or friends, right on your widgets. A kind word, a photo worth keeping, or something to do together: WidgetBoard gives your family, partner, or friends one shared board to check on their own iPhones. ◆ Seven widgets for life together Lock Screen note: a short message to see when you pick up your phone Home Screen note: a little space for the things you want to say Checklist: keep track of shared to-dos and check off what’s done Shared photo: put a favorite moment on everyone’s widget Daily Check: keep recurring items and start each day with a fresh set of checkboxes Countdown: see days until a special date, or how many have passed Drawing: share a sketch or handwritten note on the Home Screen ◆ One board, up to 10 people Edit the board and share changes through iCloud. See who last edited the content and when. Everyone can contribute to the same board. ◆ Make room for the everyday Leave a few words of encouragement. Share a photo from your day. Keep a list of things you want to do together. The small things stay close, without getting buried in a group chat. ◆ Connect through iCloud Invite people with a link. There’s no separate app account to create. An iCloud sign-in is required, and the board owner needs Pro to share a board. Put a little of your shared life on your widgets. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DearPins

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DearPins is your new home to collect all the moments that matter to you & your loved ones. Add a DearPins widget to your home screen, & whether it’s meaningful photos, notes, or links; you can keep them all within your reach on one beautiful, customizable shared board. Pin a photo, jot a note, record a voice memo, or drop a link. Everything you share lands on a board you shape together with whoever your choose, and shows up immediately on each other's Home Screen. No feed. No likes. No pressure to reply. Just a curated little digital corner that's always there on your phone screen when you need a pick me up! -Keep every kind of memory together- It’s amazing what can trigger a memory in you. It can be a note, a photo, a voice memo, a magnet, even a link, that gains significance over time. Unlike other Widget board or note sharing apps - DearPins lets you collect photos, notes, links, and more, in one shared visual space ~ Rather than leaving these potential memories scattered across group chats, albums, and notes, destined to be forgotten. -Make the board feel like yours- Write your notes on textured paper, place your photos in Polaroid-style frames, and arrange them yourself with pins and magnets we designed especially for the app. Every board you share with someone, or even the boards you make just for you, are fully customisable. -Keep your favorite moments within hands reach- Add a DearPins widget to your home screen and your boards will automatically update - when someone pins something new, it appears straight away. No noisy notifications; with DearPins we’re trying to recreate the feeling of ‘noticing at your own pace’ in a world full of interruptions. -Made for your inner circle- DearPins is private by design. We made it for the people you want to keep close and share the little things with, nobody else. Each board lets you invite new members with a link. Once they join, you can start filling it with moments that feel uniquely yours and won’t be viewed by anyone else. We created DearPins for: - Families sharing everyday moments, family updates, and memories worth passing on - Best friends collecting photos, notes, plans, and inside jokes in a shared scrapbook - Couples staying close through ordinary days, whether nearby or long-distance - Trips, anniversaries, birthdays, and new chapters you want to remember together - Solo-creators who like to organize spaces and have full control of the widgets on their homepage But ultimately, everyone is welcome. We built DearPins for the people we text least and miss most, and put them back in plain sight, on your Home Screen. Download DearPins and start curating the living digital spaces of your shared lives. From the creators of PicCollage (trusted by 280M+ users) Terms of Service: https://cardinalblue.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy

Screenshots

WidgetBoard4 screens
DearPins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DearPins at none against WidgetBoard's 3. DearPins also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. WidgetBoard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DearPins asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetBoard ships an update every 6 weeks, DearPins every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
WidgetBoard versus DearPins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetBoardDearPins
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoateractionCardinal Blue

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WidgetBoard

Subscriptions2
  • Family Widget Pro$1.991 Month
  • Family Widget Pro$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Family Widget Pro$4.99
None

DearPins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WidgetBoard free?
WidgetBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DearPins free?
DearPins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WidgetBoard or DearPins have ads?
Neither WidgetBoard nor DearPins shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgetBoard or DearPins?
WidgetBoard ships an update every 6 weeks, and DearPins every 2 weeks. Most recently, WidgetBoard was updated on October 28, 2026 and DearPins on October 25, 2026.

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