Comparison

My Widgets vs Quirky Drawer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Home screen customization
  • Today view widgets
  • Calendar widget
  • Photo widget
  • Note widget
  • Decision widget
  • World clocks
Features
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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).

About

Quirky Drawer

Features
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Give the little things a place of their own. A thought worth keeping, something to do later, a useful link, a password you need to put away: tuck it into Quirky Drawer. This small, hand-drawn cabinet brings a little paper texture and a few wonderfully wonky animals to everyday notes. Pull out a drawer and find what you need • Keep notes, to-dos, links and passwords on individual cards. • Rename your available drawers and choose their colors. • See folder titles when you open a drawer, or search to find a card quickly. • No account required. Your notes and collection are stored on this device. A little lock for passwords Choose a passphrase to encrypt the records in your password drawer. You can also enable Face ID or Touch ID to unlock it. Ordinary notes, to-dos and links are not covered by the password drawer's encryption. Keep your passphrase safe: the developer cannot recover it for you. Quirky Drawer is a place to keep information by hand. It does not offer automatic cross-device sync or website autofill. Meet six wonderfully odd pals A cat, rabbit, dog, duck, bear and sloth wander around your cabinet. Tap them to see their little reactions, or visit their character pages to play. A free capsule every day Collect each animal in three looks: snoozing, cuddling a snack, and heading out for a slightly confused stroll. There are eighteen regular collectibles, plus two secret characters found only in capsules. Tap to claim twenty welcome tickets. Open the app on seven, fourteen and thirty consecutive days to unlock gifts of seven, fourteen and thirty tickets. Each gift can be claimed once, and you choose when to claim it. Tickets come only from free gifts; there are no paid tickets. Duplicates are possible. Regular collectibles have a combined 99% chance; the two secret collectibles share a 1% chance. Start with two drawers Download for free and use drawer slots 5 and 8. You can switch slot 8 to the password drawer. Search, manual backups, animal interactions and capsules are included. One optional purchase unlocks all twelve drawers, with no subscription. Your local price is shown in the App Store. Keep a backup of your own Export a backup file to a location you choose and restore from it when needed. Password records remain encrypted in the backup; ordinary cards are readable. Keep both your backup and your passphrase safe. Choose Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese or Korean in the app's settings. Your own writing and custom drawer names stay in the language you wrote them in.

Screenshots

My Widgets4 screens
Quirky Drawer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: My Widgets at 12.0 against Quirky Drawer's 17.0. 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

Both are free to download. My Widgets sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Quirky Drawer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
My Widgets versus Quirky Drawer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy WidgetsQuirky Drawer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (414 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings414 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB27 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperFrancis BonninCHUNHAO TSENG

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

Quirky Drawer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

My Widgets

One-time10
  • Calendar Widget$0.99
  • Count Widget$0.99
  • Horoscope Widget$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
  • All Widgets$4.99
1 purchases

Quirky Drawer

One-time1
  • Open the whole cabinet$0.99

Questions

Is My Widgets free?
My Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quirky Drawer free?
Quirky Drawer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Widgets or Quirky Drawer have ads?
Neither My Widgets nor Quirky Drawer shows ads.

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