Comparison

Motionary App vs WidgetBlocks

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

Head to head
About

Motionary App

Features
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Motionary turns your Home Screen into one moving picture. A design is a short clip, cut to fit a full-height widget, with app launchers placed on it. The wallpaper behind the widget carries the rest of the scene, so the two read as one continuous picture that fills the whole phone - and the part inside the widget moves. SET IT UP IN THREE STEPS - Save the wallpaper to Photos from inside the app. - Set it as your Home Screen wallpaper, with Perspective Zoom off. - Add the Motionary widget to the top of a page. MAKE IT YOURS - Every spot on a design opens an app, a link or a search - change any of them. - Swap the icon on a spot for one of hundreds of thousands of open-source icons, or leave a spot empty. - Switch between designs with a swipe; the widget follows the app. - Optionally let a tap on the empty space open your browser or a search page. HOW IT WORKS Motionary animates without any animation API: the frames are baked into the widget itself and the system's own clock steps through them. The animation keeps time with the wall clock, so the app and the widget always agree on what is showing. Nothing runs in the background and nothing polls. WHAT IT NEEDS - Photos, add-only, to save the wallpaper for you to set. - Local network, only if you use the optional companion Mac tool to send a design. The designs built into the app are ready to use as they are, and nothing about the app needs it. Motionary has no account, no analytics and no advertising. Nothing about you or your phone is collected or sent anywhere. Note: a widget cannot open another app directly, so tapping a spot opens Motionary for a moment before it opens the app. That is how every widget launcher on iOS works.

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

Motionary App4 screens
WidgetBlocks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Motionary App at none against WidgetBlocks's 7. Motionary App also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). WidgetBlocks's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price, ads 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. WidgetBlocks sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Motionary App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Motionary App ships an update daily, WidgetBlocks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Motionary App versus WidgetBlocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotionary AppWidgetBlocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSachin AgrawalNoah Novak

In-app purchases

None

Motionary App

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 Motionary App free?
Motionary App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WidgetBlocks free?
WidgetBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Motionary App or WidgetBlocks have ads?
Neither Motionary App nor WidgetBlocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Motionary App or WidgetBlocks?
Motionary App ships an update daily, and WidgetBlocks every 3 days. Most recently, Motionary App was updated on November 10, 2026 and WidgetBlocks on November 13, 2026.

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