Photo Widget + Calendar Widget vs Widgets 27
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!
Widgets 27
Transform your lock screen into a dynamic hub with custom widgets. Add app shortcuts, contacts, photos, and health tracking directly to your lock screen. Personalize your device with a built-in wallpaper editor and a vast collection of exclusive wallpapers.
- App Shortcuts Widget
- Contacts Widget
- Photo Widget
- Health Widget
- Wallpaper Editor
- Exclusive Wallpaper Collection
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Turn your lock screen into a powerhouse media station with Widgets 27! Keep your most-used apps close by with the App Shortcuts Widget. Create a custom contact list on your lock screen with the Contacts Widget. Personalize your lock screen with images from your library via the Photo Widget. Keep track of your daily physical activities and sports achievements with the Health Widget. Create unique lock screen wallpapers using a handy, user-friendly Wallpaper Editor. Download tons of exclusive lock screen wallpapers from a vast Wallpaper Collection. Widgets 27 allows you to personalize your lock screen as easy as one-two-three. Give it a try - customize your lock screen as much as you like! PLEASE NOTE: Widgets 27 requires access to the Health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps and exercise data and show them as widgets on your Lock Screen. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/scelcunovairina/Privacy-Policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/scelcunovairina/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Photo Widget + Calendar Widget at weekly against Widgets 27's every 2 months. Widgets 27's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 Widgets 27 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Widgets 27 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's written reviews are positive against 41% of Widgets 27's.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget ships an update weekly, Widgets 27 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Widget + Calendar Widget | Widgets 27 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | 40.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 1.3K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WayDC | Irina Scelcunova |
Customer experience
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Widgets 27
User reviews
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Customizable widgets
- 🎨 Variety of design options
- 💡 Potential for more widget types
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widgets not updating correctly
- 🔋 Battery widget not accurate
- 🤔 Limited free options
- 🤯 Confusing instructions
Widgets 27
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient app
- 💡 Excellent and very good
- 💡 Wallpaper feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't save changes
- 🐛 Background doesn't remove
- 🐛 Dynamic island doesn't work
- 🐛 Time widget goes past 24 hours
- 🐛 Not all widgets work
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
Widgets 27
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
- Calendar widget keeps disappearing
Requested features
2 requests- Allow adding widgets
- Ability to type own quote
In-app purchases
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
- Premium Forever$3.99
Widgets 27
- Vip for week3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Vip for one year$19.991 Year
Questions
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