Comparison

Photo Widget vs Comic Faces Camera

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

Head to head
About

Photo Widget

Display your favorite photos directly on your device's home screen and today view. Customize widgets with up to six images, view them in full screen, and organize them into lists for quick access. Supports dark mode and allows unlimited widget creation.

Highlights
  • iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets
  • Customizable Today View widgets
  • Display 1-6 photos per widget
  • Fullscreen photo viewing
  • Unlimited widget creation
  • Organize widgets into lists
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, with a simple top to bottom swipe, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Photo widget allows to view one or more photos from the photo library of your device. This is the quickest access to the favorite photos of your beloved family and friends. Add from 1 to 6 photos in each widget, in order to maximize the available space. Those photos can be viewed in fullscreen by touching them. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

About

Comic Faces Camera

Easily alter facial expressions in photos to create comic or corrected images. Transform photos for entertainment or practical use, like improving profile pictures. Save and share your edited creations.

Highlights
  • Face recognition from photos
  • Automatic comic face transformation
  • Random expression generator
  • Manual editing of facial features
  • Corrective editing for photos
  • Save and share edited images
Features
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〓 Face recognition from photos 〓 You can easily change facial expressions. With random button, face changes variously! By using the tool, you can edit it as you want! - Practical app ... editing of face expression - LOL laugh app ... Real time comic faces 【As entertainment】 Let's take a photo of faces and transform them automaticaly into a comic faces. It is lol. Members of the workplace, classmates, family members can get excited. The random generation button will change the face from one to the next. [Practical use] You can correct the shape and inclination of the eyes and mouth. You can change expressionless expression into plenty of pleasure. You can correct face photo of resume, driver's license, SNS, etc. to make it better. 【Become this look】 Angry face, crying face, laughing face, sad face, embarrassing face, tired face, stupid face ... You can save edited photos in the camera roll and share them. I hope that your destiny will go to the better one by changing the face of your picture. Furthermore, I hope that you can dissipate the stress by comic faces.

Screenshots

Photo Widget4 screens
Comic Faces Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Photo Widget at free against Comic Faces Camera's paid. Photo Widget also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (301 vs 3). Comic Faces Camera's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 36%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Photo Widget costs $0.99 and Comic Faces Camera $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photo Widget holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Widget has 301 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Photo Widget's written reviews are positive against 50% of Comic Faces Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Widget ships an update every 2 months, Comic Faces Camera every 29 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photo Widget versus Comic Faces Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto WidgetComic Faces Camera
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating3.9 (301 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews36.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings301 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninMasanori Katsuta

Customer experience

Photo Widget

All ratings298 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative23.2%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral12.0%
Negative51.8%

Comic Faces Camera

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

Photo Widget

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Widget doesn't appear in widget menu when adding to home screen
  • Black screen display issues
  • Photos disappear after several days of use
  • Large widget displays as black box
  • Multiple widgets show identical images
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  • App crashes or fails to load photos
  • Blurry or low-quality image rendering
  • Widget not compatible with iOS versions below 14 (not clearly labeled)
  • Only allows adding one photo despite claims of multiple
  • App doesn't show up when searching widget menu

Requested features

10 requests
  • Photo shuffle/slideshow capability
  • Image resizing options
  • Named photo arrays for easier widget selection
  • Share functionality when tapping photos
  • Swipe through photos in widget sets
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  • Pin lock security for app
  • GIF support for animated displays
  • Home screen widget support (not just Today view)
  • Better image quality and resolution
  • Improved watermark design or removal option

Comic Faces Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Photo Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Comic Faces Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Widget free?
Photo Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comic Faces Camera free?
Comic Faces Camera costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Photo Widget or Comic Faces Camera?
Photo Widget is rated higher. Photo Widget averages 3.9 out of 5 from 301 ratings, while Comic Faces Camera averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Photo Widget or Comic Faces Camera have ads?
Neither Photo Widget nor Comic Faces Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Widget or Comic Faces Camera?
Photo Widget ships an update every 2 months, and Comic Faces Camera every 29 months. Most recently, Photo Widget was updated on November 6, 2026 and Comic Faces Camera on November 6, 2026.

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