Comparison

WidgetBlocks vs Dialshade

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

Head to head
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/

About

Dialshade

Customize your iPhone or iPad's home screen with over 150 unique analog, digital, and hybrid clock designs. Personalize accent colors, materials, and display options to create a look that reflects your style. Start with free designs and unlock the full catalog with a subscription or one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • 150+ analog, digital, and hybrid clock designs
  • Customizable accent colors and materials
  • Small and Medium widget sizes
  • Save and manage custom looks
  • In-app guide for easy setup
  • Free starter designs
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Your time. Your look. Make the clock on your iPhone or iPad a design statement. Dialshade brings together over 350 analog, digital and hybrid clock designs, from liquid chrome and dark metal to painterly textures, sculptural shapes and typographic statements. MADE FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Small and Medium widgets for different layouts. • Collections including Chrome, Statements, Paint, Sculptural, Iced and Noir. • Depending on the design, adjust accent colors, material brightness, date, seconds and 12/24-hour time. • Keep your favorites and save your own named looks. • Give each widget a different saved look. • Open an individual clock inside the app. EASY TO SET UP Choose a design, customize it and save your look. Add a Dialshade widget to your Home Screen, then select your saved look. An in-app guide walks you through the steps. START FOR FREE Five designs are free to use. Dialshade Pro unlocks the complete catalog through a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time purchase. Prices and any available trial offers are shown before purchase. No separate account required. Your favorites and saved looks stay locally on your device. No ads in the app. PLEASE NOTE Available options vary by design. iOS and iPadOS manage widget updates and system appearance; seconds displays may be limited by system and power-saving settings. Requires an iPhone running iOS 18 or later, or an iPad running iPadOS 18 or later. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. A one-time purchase does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Privacy: https://dialshade.com/en/privacy/ Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://dialshade.com/en/support/

Screenshots

WidgetBlocks3 screens
Dialshade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WidgetBlocks at every 3 days against Dialshade's every 2 weeks. WidgetBlocks also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 and Dialshade sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WidgetBlocks against 5.0 for Dialshade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetBlocks ships an update every 3 days, Dialshade every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
WidgetBlocks versus Dialshade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetBlocksDialshade
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB272 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoah NovakValentin Spoeth

Customer experience

WidgetBlocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dialshade

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
3 purchases

Dialshade

Subscriptions2
  • Dialshade Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Dialshade Pro Annual$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dialshade Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is WidgetBlocks free?
WidgetBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dialshade free?
Dialshade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WidgetBlocks or Dialshade?
WidgetBlocks and Dialshade are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do WidgetBlocks or Dialshade have ads?
Neither WidgetBlocks nor Dialshade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgetBlocks or Dialshade?
WidgetBlocks ships an update every 3 days, and Dialshade every 2 weeks. Most recently, WidgetBlocks was updated on November 10, 2026 and Dialshade on November 6, 2026.

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