Comparison

Photo Widget vs Image2TextConverter

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

Image2TextConverter

Features
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The Converter App converts media (images, videos, and documents) to text and text to media. It also guards media in an internal app gallery. All images, videos, and documents are protected by a password (the password is optional and it can be empty). You can send text instead of images and videos on some flights, where sending and receiving text is for free but sending and receiving media involves an extra cost. If you want to send an image (or a video) as text, first you convert it to text using this app and then send generated text by WhatsApp. If you received a text and want to convert it to a media, you just copy the text and paste it into the Converter App in order to get the media. You can save any video or image that you don't want to be seen in your normal unprotected phone gallery to a password protected Converter App private gallery. - Click on "Load Media File" to load an image, a video or a document from your device. - Click on "Convert" to either convert from text (previously copied to the Clipboard) or convert loaded media to text and copy its contents to the Clipboard. - Click on "My Gallery" to see all the images, videos, and documents in the app private gallery. To save a media file to a private gallery, click on a Save icon on its top right. You can also backup media (one file or multiple files, or all of the albums) to a text file and then either send this file to a friend or restore it later. Since all of the images in the file can be password protected, this is a very safe way of sending images, videos and documents.

Screenshots

Photo Widget4 screens
Image2TextConverter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Image2TextConverter at Free against Photo Widget's $0.99. Image2TextConverter also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

Image2TextConverter is free to download; Photo Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Widget ships an update every 2 months, Image2TextConverter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Photo Widget versus Image2TextConverter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto WidgetImage2TextConverter
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (298 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings298 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB188 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninVassili Kaplan

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

Image2TextConverter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Photo Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Image2TextConverter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Widget free?
Photo Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image2TextConverter free?
Image2TextConverter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Widget or Image2TextConverter have ads?
Neither Photo Widget nor Image2TextConverter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Widget or Image2TextConverter?
Photo Widget ships an update every 2 months, and Image2TextConverter every 5 days. Most recently, Photo Widget was updated on September 21, 2026 and Image2TextConverter on May 17, 2026.

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