Glyphwork vs WidgetBlocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glyphwork
Customize your device's Lock Screen and Home Screen with consistent themes and widgets. Choose from a variety of styles and add functional elements like calendars, quotes, and countdowns.
- Consistent theme application across widgets
- Variety of pre-designed themes
- Multiple widget types including calendar and quotes
- Customizable background colors
- Lock Screen specific widget designs
- Countdown timers for events
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Give your Lock Screen and Home Screen one consistent style: pick a theme, and every widget follows it. • Themes: Paper, Midnight, Poster, Instrument, Cross-stitch, Pixel, Neon and more • Widgets: text or current month, clock, quote of the day, calendar, countdown, year progress, moon phase, zodiac sign, app launcher and Day Dial • Lock Screen widgets designed for the system's tinted look • Pick any background color for your theme • Countdowns to your own events, updated every day Glyphwork Pro unlocks all premium themes and custom background colors. One-time purchase, no subscription.
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: WidgetBlocks at 5 against Glyphwork's 1. WidgetBlocks also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 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
Both are free to download. Glyphwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WidgetBlocks sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Glyphwork ships an update every 5 days, WidgetBlocks every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Glyphwork | WidgetBlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amine Arous | Noah Novak |
Customer experience
Glyphwork
WidgetBlocks
In-app purchases
Glyphwork
- Glyphwork Pro$2.99
WidgetBlocks
- WB Purple (monthly)$3.991 Month
- WB Purple (yearly)$39.991 Year
- 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









