Comparison

Car Play Widgets vs Dashfie

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

Head to head
About

Car Play Widgets

Personalize your iPhone and CarPlay dashboard with custom widgets. Design unique cards with photos, clocks, text, and more to match your style. Trigger custom sounds when connecting to CarPlay for an enhanced driving experience.

Highlights
  • Personalize iPhone and CarPlay dashboards
  • Create custom photo and text widgets
  • Design clock, date, and countdown cards
  • Static motion-poster style widgets
  • Trigger custom ride sounds with Apple Shortcuts
  • Customizable colors and layouts
Features
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Make your iPhone and CarPlay dashboard feel more personal every time you drive. Create small widgets inspired by your car and your style for your iPhone Home Screen, then add them to your CarPlay dashboard on iOS 26. Start with a photo, then build a clock, date card, countdown, moon phase, affirmation, badge, flag, or custom text design. Pick colors and layouts that suit your setup. CAR-INSPIRED WIDGETS Choose from dashboard-style cards, vehicle artwork, photo layouts, countdowns, clocks, and decorative themes. Browse and customize freely; saving widget designs requires Pro. TEXT AND LYRIC-STYLE CARDS Design music-inspired cards using words, titles, and artist lines you enter yourself. The app does not include or synchronize a licensed lyrics catalog. STATIC MOTION-POSTER LOOKS Create bold poster-style widget cards. These are static WidgetKit designs, not video playback. OPTIONAL RIDE SOUNDS Use Apple Shortcuts to trigger a selected sound when CarPlay connects, disconnects, or when an automation runs after you arrive home. iOS runs the automation; the app supplies the shortcut actions and sounds. IMPORTANT Widgets appear on your iPhone Home Screen, and on iOS 26 you can also add them to your CarPlay dashboard. The app does not modify, reskin, or control the CarPlay interface. It does not read vehicle data or show live speed, fuel, mileage, or range, and it does not request location access. Privacy Policy: https://noamr13.github.io/n5labs.github.io/privacy/carminder App Terms: https://noamr13.github.io/n5labs.github.io/terms/carminder Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dashfie

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Your car, not a stock picture. Dashfie turns a photo of your own car into a widget for your iPhone Home Screen, Lock Screen and, on iOS 26, your CarPlay dashboard. HOW IT WORKS 1. Take a photo of your car or pick one from your library. GIFs, Live Photos and built-in silhouettes work too. 2. Cut out the background right on your iPhone, or keep the full photo. 3. Pick a template and a style, then add the widget. TEMPLATES - A greeting with your name - Today's date - A countdown to your insurance renewal or technical inspection - Days together with your car - Photo only, with no text at all Add your plate, typed the way you like it, with a country band (30 countries). Small and medium sizes, plus the Lock Screen. MAKE IT YOURS - 6 themes: Classic, Sport, Speed, Vintage, Blossom and Dreamy - 14 banners, animated or solid - 8 effects: headlights, smoke, snow, rain, butterflies and frames - Pixel art pets that ride along CAR MODE Put your iPhone in a holder and turn it sideways. Car Mode opens a big landscape dashboard with your widget, a clock and shortcuts to Maps, Music, Spotify and more. It opens and closes when you rotate your phone. - Choose the tiles next to your car and their order - Weather where you are, from Apple Weather - Now Playing: the song in Apple Music, with big buttons - A second photo or animation SOUNDS FOR YOUR CAR A short sound for three moments: when your iPhone connects to your car (CarPlay or Bluetooth), when you get out, and when you arrive home. You set it up once with a Shortcuts automation, and Dashfie walks you through it. 15 sounds you can listen to before you buy, or record your own (it stays on your phone). DASHFIE PRO Design your widget and watch the live preview for free. Saving it needs Dashfie Pro: - Unlimited widgets - All templates, themes, banners, effects and pets - Car Mode - All 15 sounds and your own sounds - Widgets on CarPlay, the Home Screen and the Lock Screen Pick the yearly subscription with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers (cancel in Settings before it ends and you pay nothing), or pay once with a one-time purchase and no subscription at all. Payments only through Apple. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no sign-up. - Your photos stay on your iPhone. The cut-out and the photo check happen on the device. - Weather uses your approximate location, only when you add the tile. - Anonymous usage stats, which you can turn off in Settings. GOOD TO KNOW - Dashfie is a widget app. It does not replace or theme the CarPlay interface. - Showing widgets on CarPlay requires iOS 26 and a car or head unit that supports CarPlay widgets. - Dashfie is not affiliated with Apple or any car maker, and uses no car brand logos. PURCHASE TERMS Dashfie Pro yearly is an auto-renewable yearly subscription ($9.99 per year in the US; local prices may vary) with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. The subscription renews automatically each year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that. You can manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. Any unused part of the free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Dashfie Pro, pay once is a one-time purchase ($16.99 in the US; local prices may vary). It is not a subscription and never renews. It is tied to your Apple Account, and you can restore it on your other devices with Restore Purchases. Dashfie requires Dashfie Pro. Without an active Dashfie Pro, for example after a cancelled trial or an expired subscription, your widgets show a locked state until you subscribe again or restore your purchase. Terms of Use: https://dashfie.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://dashfie.com/privacy Support: support@dashfie.com

Screenshots

Car Play Widgets4 screens
Dashfie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Car Play Widgets at 17.0 against Dashfie's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Car Play Widgets sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Dashfie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Car Play Widgets ships an update fortnightly, Dashfie every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Car Play Widgets versus Dashfie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCar Play WidgetsDashfie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperN5 LabsNatalia Tomala

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Car Play Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Car Widgets Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Car Widgets Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Car Widgets Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • 30 AI Credits$4.99
  • 75 AI Credits$9.99
2 purchases

Dashfie

Subscriptions1
  • Dashfie Pro Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dashfie Pro, pay once$14.99

Questions

Is Car Play Widgets free?
Car Play Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dashfie free?
Dashfie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Car Play Widgets or Dashfie have ads?
Neither Car Play Widgets nor Dashfie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Car Play Widgets or Dashfie?
Car Play Widgets ships an update fortnightly, and Dashfie every 11 days. Most recently, Car Play Widgets was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dashfie on November 6, 2026.

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