Comparison

WidgeTunes vs Sound Widgets

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable music widgets
  • Playlist and album integration
  • Multiple widget profiles
  • Widget layout editor
  • Grid and list layouts
  • Background color customization
  • Grayscale artwork option
Features
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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

About

Sound Widgets

Features
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Sound Widgets puts your favourite songs or your own audio snippets right on your Home Screen. Create personal widgets with songs from Apple Music, shared Spotify tracks or short recordings of your own. Tap the widget to play: Apple Music songs start in the background exactly where you set them. Spotify widgets open the track in the Spotify app. Recordings launch a player inside Sound Widgets. FEATURES • Widgets in three sizes: small, medium and large • Apple Music integration with search by title or artist • Import Spotify tracks via the Share menu • Record audio in the app or import via Share (e.g. Voice Memos, Files) • Photo from your library or album cover as the widget image • Set the start time with a slider for Apple Music — playback begins right there • Share songs from Apple Music, Apple Music Classical or Spotify to Sound Widgets • No account, no cloud — all data stays locally on your device NOTES • Apple Music requires an Apple Music subscription. • Spotify widgets open the Spotify app (Spotify must be installed). PRIVACY The app collects no usage data, contains no advertising and shares no data with third parties. Photos and recordings are stored exclusively on your device. Free and ad-free. You can support development voluntarily via the Tip Jar — thank you!

Screenshots

WidgeTunes4 screens
Sound Widgets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WidgeTunes at every 2 weeks against Sound Widgets's every 5 weeks. WidgeTunes also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. WidgeTunes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Sound Widgets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgeTunes ships an update every 2 weeks, Sound Widgets every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WidgeTunes versus Sound Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgeTunesSound Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (68 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgios TrigonakisPeter Knapp

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"
Show 9 more
  • 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

Sound Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WidgeTunes

Subscriptions2
  • Full Access$0.991 Month
  • Full Access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • WidgeTunes Pro$12.99
3 purchases

Sound Widgets

One-time3
  • Kleiner Tipp$0.99
  • Mittlerer Tipp$1.99
  • Großer Tipp$2.99

Questions

Is WidgeTunes free?
WidgeTunes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sound Widgets free?
Sound Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WidgeTunes or Sound Widgets have ads?
Neither WidgeTunes nor Sound Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgeTunes or Sound Widgets?
WidgeTunes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sound Widgets every 5 weeks. Most recently, WidgeTunes was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sound Widgets on October 14, 2026.

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