Photo Widget + Calendar Widget vs Widgetly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Create personalized widgets for your device's home screen. Easily design and add custom widgets to enhance your device's functionality and appearance. Future widget additions will be provided at no extra cost.
- Create custom widgets
- Add widgets to home screen
- Personalize device appearance
- Future widget updates free
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Widget allows you to add custom widgets to your home screen and lock screen. More widgets will be added in the future for free. Download and create your own widgets now!
Widgetly
Personalize your device's home screen with custom widgets and app icons. Create photo, time, step count, and Dribbble widgets, plus design unique app icons to match your style. Integrates with HealthKit for health data display.
- Customizable widgets (photo, time, steps)
- Custom app icon creation
- HealthKit integration for step count
- Dribbble inspiration widget
- Home screen theming for iOS
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Make your iPhone and iPad feel like yours with customizable Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Browse polished, ready-to-use designs, save one in a tap, or personalize every detail. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT WIDGET Explore a gallery filled with distinctive clocks, calendars, photos, countdowns, quotes, colors, and activity designs. Each design is presented in the formats where it works best, so you can choose with confidence. Add a design exactly as it appears or customize it before saving. MAKE IT YOURS Depending on the design, you can personalize: • Fonts and typography • Background, text, and accent colors • Clock and date formats • Quotes and custom text • Countdown titles and dates • Photos and visual styles • Health and activity presentation HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Create beautiful widgets for the Home Screen, including: • Clocks and calendars • Photo widgets • Quotes and custom text • Event countdowns • Step count • Resting heart rate • Solid color widgets • Design inspiration Different ideas need different amounts of space. Widgetly only offers the sizes appropriate for each design, helping every widget remain readable and balanced. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Browse a separate collection designed specifically for the Lock Screen. Choose from Inline, Circular, and Rectangular designs for: • Date and time • Countdowns • Step count • Resting heart rate These are purpose-built compositions—not Home Screen designs squeezed into a smaller space. YOUR DESIGNS, ORGANIZED Save gallery designs with one tap and find them in My Widgets. Widgetly automatically gives each new widget a useful name, and you can rename or customize it whenever you want. HEALTH DATA AND PRIVACY Step Count and Resting Heart Rate widgets use HealthKit. Widgetly requests access only when you choose a Health design and only reads the data needed for that widget. Your Health data remains private and is used to display your widgets. FREE AND PRO The free version lets you save up to two widgets. Widgetly Pro is an optional one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks unlimited saved widgets, premium designs, and premium customization options. No subscription is required. HOW TO ADD A HOME SCREEN WIDGET 1. Choose a design from the Gallery. 2. Add it immediately or customize it. 3. Long-press your Home Screen and add Widgetly from the widget gallery. 4. Long-press the new widget, choose Edit Widget, and select your saved design. HOW TO ADD A LOCK SCREEN WIDGET 1. Save a design from the Lock Screen section of the Gallery. 2. Long-press your Lock Screen and choose Customize. 3. Select the widget area and add Widgetly. 4. Choose the saved Lock Screen design you want to display. Build a screen that looks and feels like you. We can’t wait to see what you create.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Widgetly at daily against Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's weekly. Widgetly also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 40) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Photo Widget + Calendar Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Widgetly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Widget + Calendar Widget has 2.1K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's written reviews are positive against 30% of Widgetly's.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget ships an update weekly, Widgetly daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Photo Widget + Calendar Widget | Widgetly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) — better | 4.1 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WayDC | Talkabout Design LLC |
Customer experience
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Widgetly
Bugs and requests
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not showing up on home screen
- Calendar widget displaying incorrect dates
- Clock widget not updating in real-time
Requested features
4 requests- More widget types (weather, health, etc.)
- Ability to rename widgets
- Better instructions and tutorials
- Improved time/date accuracy
Widgetly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
- Premium Forever$3.99
Widgetly
- Widgetly: Unlock Full App$1.99
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