Comparison

Car Play Widgets vs Car Dashboard Widgets

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 car's dashboard with custom widgets. Easily create and display your favorite information, from trip details to personalized messages, directly on your car screen. Make every drive feel unique and tailored to you.

Highlights
  • Custom dashboard display
  • Widget templates (counters, date, quotes)
  • Easy widget editor (text, fonts, colors)
  • Live drive tracking (duration, distance, speed)
  • Instant widget setup and activation
Features
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Make every drive feel personal. Carget lets you customize your car dashboard with beautiful widgets - built in seconds, right from your iPhone. KEY FEATURES: - Custom Dashboard: display your favorite widgets directly on your car screen - Widget Templates: couple counters, date & time, license plates, daily quotes and more - Easy Widget Editor: personalize text, fonts, colors and sizes in just a few taps - Custom Sounds: personalize your drive with custom connection and disconnection sounds - Live Drive: track your trip in real time: duration, distance, average speed and break reminders - Instant Setup: create, save and activate widgets in seconds Whether it's a photo of someone you love, a days-together counter, or your own custom plate - your car screen finally feels like yours. Download Carget and transform your drive today. DISCLAIMER: Carget is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. Apple CarPlay is a trademark of Apple Inc. This app requires a CarPlay - compatible vehicle or head unit. Privacy Policy: https://www.alley51.co/privacy-policy Term of Use: https://www.alley51.co/term-of-use

About

Car Dashboard Widgets

Personalize your car's dashboard with custom widgets displaying information like weather, time, car details, or photos. Set up widgets once for automatic display when you start your car, and use them on your iPhone's Home Screen too.

Highlights
  • Customizable dashboard widgets
  • Display car info, weather, time, photos
  • Works on car dashboards and iPhone Home Screen
  • Over 30 ready-made designs
  • AI photo studio for custom scenes
  • Personalized widget suggestions
  • Customizable sounds for car connection
Features
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Your car dashboard, exactly how you want it. Dashly lets you build widgets and put them straight on your car dashboard — your car, the weather, the time, where you parked, or a photo you love. Set it up once and it is there every time you start the car. The same widgets work on your iPhone Home Screen in small, medium and large sizes. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Start from more than 30 ready-made designs and make them yours • Live preview while you edit, so you see it before you save • Keep a library of widgets and swap them between dashboard slots any time WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN THE CAR • Your car — brand badge, model and plate • Weather — conditions, detail, UV index, sunrise and sunset • Time — digital, analog, world clock, date, countdown, year progress • Your parking spot and car care reminders • Photos, with the background cut out on your device • Moon phase, country flags and couple widgets • Football clubs, NBA and NFL teams • Car facts, car jokes, memes, road trip and drive safe notes • Affirmations, Stoic lines, Christian verses and Qur'an verses • Horoscope, with dials and levels SOUNDS Choose a sound or generate one with your name for connecting to your car, for disconnecting, or for arriving home. One quick setup in Shortcuts and it plays every time, even when Dashly is closed. AI PHOTO STUDIO Add a photo of yourself and one of your car, and AI puts you both in a scene. Save it, share it, or turn it into a widget. MADE FOR YOU Tell Dashly what you drive and what you are into, and the widgets that suit you come first. Everything else stays one tap away. DASHLY PRO A subscription unlocks every widget, all content and the advanced tools. Weekly and annual plans, handled by Apple, cancel any time. Privacy Policy: https://piiko.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://piiko.app/terms

Screenshots

Car Play Widgets4 screens
Car Dashboard Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Car Dashboard Widgets at 4.7 against Car Play Widgets's 3.9. Car Dashboard Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Car Play Widgets's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Car Dashboard Widgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Car Dashboard Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Car Play Widgets ships an update every 9 days, Car Dashboard Widgets every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Car Play Widgets versus Car Dashboard Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCar Play WidgetsCar Dashboard Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (35 ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALLEY 51 CO., LTDPiiko Apps OU

Customer experience

Car Play Widgets

All ratings35 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Car Dashboard Widgets

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Car Play Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Car Dashboard Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Dashly Pro: Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Dashly Pro: Yearly$21.991 Year

Questions

Is Car Play Widgets free?
Car Play Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Car Dashboard Widgets free?
Car Dashboard Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Car Play Widgets or Car Dashboard Widgets?
Car Dashboard Widgets is rated higher. Car Play Widgets averages 3.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Car Dashboard Widgets averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Car Play Widgets or Car Dashboard Widgets have ads?
Car Dashboard Widgets shows ads; Car Play Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Car Play Widgets or Car Dashboard Widgets?
Car Play Widgets ships an update every 9 days, and Car Dashboard Widgets every 3 days. Most recently, Car Play Widgets was updated on October 20, 2026 and Car Dashboard Widgets on October 24, 2026.

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