WidgeTunes vs MusicWidget for Spotify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WidgeTunes
Create custom music widgets for your home screen, displaying favorite playlists or albums. Personalize layouts, colors, and artwork for a unique music access experience. Supports multiple widgets and various sizes for extensive music library integration.
- Customizable music widgets
- Playlist and album integration
- Multiple widget profiles
- Widget layout editor
- Grid and list layouts
- Background color customization
- Grayscale artwork option
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Your favorite albums and playlists, right on your Home Screen. Tap a cover and your music starts playing. No app to open, no searching. WidgeTunes 3 is rebuilt from the ground up, with a brand-new way to flip through your music. NEW: COVER FLOW Flip through your albums right from the widget. Tap the sides to browse, tap the cover in the middle to play. SMART MIX Pick an artist or a genre and WidgeTunes fills your widget with random albums, reshuffled on a schedule you choose. There is always something new to play. A WIDGET FOR EVERY MOOD Build as many widgets as you like: Morning Mix, Workout, Late Night. Add playlists, albums or songs to each one and place them anywhere on your Home Screen, in small, medium and large sizes. MAKE IT YOURS • Grid, list or Cover Flow layouts • Round or square covers, or names only • Your own photo for any album, playlist or song • Custom background colors • Black and white artwork • Spacing, padding and rounded corners • A live preview that shows every change as you make it ONE TAP. MUSIC PLAYS. Your widgets play straight from your Music library. Turn on Shuffle in Settings to mix things up. ADD FROM ANYWHERE Browse your playlists and albums in the redesigned Music tab, and long press any of them to add it to a widget. WIDGETUNES PRO Unlimited widgets, Smart Mix, Cover Flow and the full appearance editor are part of WidgeTunes Pro, available as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. If you bought WidgeTunes before subscriptions were introduced, your features are included. If they don't show up, tap Restore Purchases. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.gtrigonakis.com/privacy-policy
MusicWidget for Spotify
Control your music playback directly from your Home Screen with customizable widgets. Access your favorite artists, songs, and trending music without opening the app. Enjoy a seamless listening experience with support for popular music services.
- Home screen music widgets
- Control playback without opening app
- Supports Spotify and Apple Music
- View favorite artists and songs
- Access trending music charts
- Easy to use interface
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MusicWidget adds Widgets for listening to music now to your Home Screen. Add the player of your choice works with Spotify, Apple Music. Control your music from the Home Screen, it is not necessary to access the App. Check the position of your favorite artists and songs, access the songs most listened to worldwide, or country. MusicWidget is a very powerful App but focused on making it easy for you to use, just download and add the Widgets to your Home Screen. Questions? If you have any questions, or run into any trouble, please contact us. We would love to help you out. If you choose to purchase Premium Membership, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Prices are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. If you don’t choose to purchase Premium membership, you can simply continue using MusicWidget for free. Support: https://www.facebook.com/MusicWidget Terms: https://ivanoroz.co/musicwidget-terms Privacy policy: https://ivanoroz.co/musicwidget-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WidgeTunes at 62% against MusicWidget for Spotify's 7%. WidgeTunes also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). MusicWidget for Spotify's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. WidgeTunes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MusicWidget for Spotify sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WidgeTunes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidgeTunes has 68 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of WidgeTunes's written reviews are positive against 7% of MusicWidget for Spotify's.
WidgeTunes ships an update every 2 weeks, MusicWidget for Spotify every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidgeTunes | MusicWidget for Spotify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (68 ratings) — better | 1.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.0% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Georgios Trigonakis | Ivan Orozco |
Customer experience
WidgeTunes
MusicWidget for Spotify
Bugs and requests
WidgeTunes
Reported bugs
14 issues- Shuffle not working
- Large widgets show blank
- App lost audio controls in v2.0
- Usage is difficult to understand
- App seems broken, "unable to load"
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- Widget shows up then goes blank
- "Unable to load" messages
- App crashes when scrolling to show more
- Widget constantly blinks on and off
- App doesn't work after Apple Music update (8.4)
- Doesn't appear in notification center
- Freezes or crashes
- Large widgets are blank
- Shuffle doesn't work correctly
Requested features
14 requests- Sync widgets via cloud
- Add photo backgrounds for widgets
- Transparent background option for widgets
- Favorite artists option
- Manual and artist search function
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- Option to play playlist on shuffle from widget
- Favorite a single song
- List all albums in one go
- Support for Spotify streaming
- Option to view local music only
- iPad support
- Show all favorites button
- Add 'songs' as a selection option
- Add shuffle function
MusicWidget for Spotify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WidgeTunes
- Full Access$0.991 Month
- Full Access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- WidgeTunes Pro$12.99
MusicWidget for Spotify
- MusicWidget Monthly$2.991 Month
- MusicWidget Yearly$10.991 Year
- MusicWidget Lifetime$3.99
Questions
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