My Widgets vs Widget Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Widgets
Personalize your device's Home screen and Today view with custom widgets. Display your calendar, photos, horoscopes, notes, and more. Access your information and actions from anywhere on your device.
- Home screen customization
- Today view widgets
- Calendar widget
- Photo widget
- Note widget
- Decision widget
- World clocks
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Add various widgets for your different needs. You can, for instance, add a calendar that will display the current month and the busy days. You can add your favorite photos of your beloved family and friends. You can add your horoscope, a photo of the day (from the internet), some audio notes, some world clocks and more... The application contains some free widgets like the Note widget allowing you to quickly view and edit some text notes and reminders and the Decision widget allowing you to randomly choose one item among several choices. Each other widget type can be tried and can be unlocked separately. You can also unlock all the current and future widget types at once, if you are a widget addict ! Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: 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).
Widget Box
Create and customize your own widgets for your home screen. Share your designs with friends and download widgets created by others to personalize your device.
- DIY custom widgets
- Personalize home screen
- Customize background photo/color
- Add time, date, calendar functions
- Share DIY widgets
- Download shared widgets
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Widget Box lets you DIY widgets and personalize your home screen, and you can share your own widgets or download widgets shared by others. With Widget Box, you can DIY your own widgets, including: - Customize the widget’s background photo or color. - Add time、date、calendar (.etc) functions in widget. - Share your DIY widgets to your friends. - Download any widgets from your friends. GET it right now, and just enjoy it. Terms of Use: https://widget-share.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/privacy.txt
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My Widgets at 3.9 against Widget Box's 2.0. My Widgets also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (413 vs 1). Widget Box's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. My Widgets sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Widget Box sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
My Widgets holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Widgets has 413 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
My Widgets ships an update every 5 weeks, Widget Box weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Widgets | Widget Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (413 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 413 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | FortuneCan Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
My Widgets
Widget Box
Bugs and requests
My Widgets
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not showing up properly
- App crashes after updates
- Purchased widgets not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Add more free widget options
- Improve widget placement on home screen
- Provide better instructions and tutorials
Widget Box
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My Widgets
- Calendar Widget$0.99
- Count Widget$0.99
- Horoscope Widget$0.99
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- Photo Widget$0.99
- Photo of the Day Widget$0.99
- Joke of the Day Widget$0.99
- Quote of the Day Widget$0.99
- Audio Note Widget$0.99
- Clock Widget$0.99
- Date Countdown Widget$0.99
- All Widgets$4.99
Widget Box
- Widget Box VIP$1.991 Month
