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Color Widgets

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Color Widgets offers extensive customization for phone aesthetics with many free options, but a recent update has made icon application more complicated and many desirable features are locked behind a paid 'Pro' subscription.

4.6★ lifetime (518,178) Free + in-app purchases since 2020 by Digital Charms, Inc. updated 2.9 mo ago recent negative 23% 100 reviews across 2 regions
Premium Content Icon Application Difficulty Variety & Aesthetics Ease of Use (Widgets) Widget Functionality Issues
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recent reviews across 2 regions, vs the 4.6★ lifetime average

Color Widgets is a popular utility app for customizing phone aesthetics, offering a wide selection of free widgets, app icons, and themes. While many users praise its ease of use and variety, recent updates have introduced complexities in applying custom icons and a significant portion of desirable content requires a premium subscription.

What users like

  • Offers a wide variety of free widgets, app icons, and themes for aesthetic customizationR1R4R5R7
  • Generally easy to use for creating and applying widgetsR11R13R31R64
  • Minimal or no ads for free contentR1R12R14R50

What users complain about

  • Many desirable icons, wallpapers, and features are locked behind a 'Pro' subscriptionR3R5R10R16
  • Recent updates have made applying app icons more complicated and time-consuming, often requiring manual setup via ShortcutsR18R68R80R86
  • Users report issues with widgets not appearing or working correctly on their home screenR2R15R26R47
  • Some users find the app confusing and hard to navigate, especially after updatesR37R61R66R70
  • Limited selection of icons for certain apps or specific aesthetic preferencesR9R20R46R59

Latest update · v8.2.1

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

We're back with new features and bug fixes to make the best device customization experience! If you're enjoying Color Widgets, please consider leaving a review.

Recurring themes

Premium Content negative
Many users express frustration that a significant portion of desirable content, including specific colors, icons, and wallpapers, is locked behind a paid 'Pro' subscription, limiting free customization options.R3R5R10R16
Icon Application Difficulty negative
A recurring complaint is that recent updates have made applying custom app icons significantly more difficult and time-consuming, often requiring manual setup through the Shortcuts app, which users find frustrating and less efficient than previous methods. The developer's notes mention 'new features and bug fixes' but do not address this specific change, which users perceive as a downgrade.R18R23R68R80
Widget Functionality Issues negative
Several users report problems with widgets not appearing on their home screen, not working after being set, or not displaying the chosen colors or designs correctly.R2R15R26R47
Ease of Use (Widgets) positive
Despite some issues, many users find the app easy to use for creating and applying widgets, praising its straightforward interface.R11R13R31R64
Variety & Aesthetics positive
Users frequently commend the app for its wide selection of free backgrounds, widgets, and app icons, allowing for extensive aesthetic customization and making their phones look 'aesthetic' or 'special'.R1R4R5R7

Who it's for

This app is for users who want to extensively customize their phone's aesthetic with widgets, themes, and app icons and are willing to either navigate a more complex icon application process or pay for premium features R1R5. It is not for users who expect all customization options to be free, desire a simple one-click icon application process, or are easily frustrated by technical steps R86.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew negative (23% 1-star), primarily due to the increased difficulty in applying icons and the prevalence of premium content. This contrasts with the high lifetime rating, suggesting a recent decline in user satisfaction, particularly concerning the icon application process post-update.

Frequently asked

Is Color Widgets completely free to use?
No, while Color Widgets offers a wide range of free widgets, app icons, and themes, many desirable or 'cute' options, wallpapers, and specific features are locked behind a paid 'Pro' subscription R3R5R10.
How easy is it to apply custom app icons?
Recent updates have made applying custom app icons more complicated and time-consuming, often requiring users to manually set them up individually through the Shortcuts app, which many find frustrating compared to previous methods R18R68R80R86.
Do widgets always appear correctly on the home screen?
Some users report issues with widgets not appearing on their home screen, not working, or not displaying the chosen colors or designs correctly even after following the steps R2R15R26R47.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] 5/5 · GB Incredible app!: This app has a ton of free app icon packs, widgets, themes and more! There are no adds and I love this app so much. It made my phone so aesthetic 🎀❤️
  2. [R4] 5/5 · GB Ten out of ten: Amazing app free widgets to customise and a wide selection of any theme
  3. [R5] 4/5 · GB 4.5: Color Widgets is a super cool app for people who love to make their phone seem SPECIAL. There are a bunch of free backgrounds, widgets and app icons. Overall I have enjoyed using this app but there are 2 major cons! 1. I think that you. Should be able to create your own app icons and use them for FREE. Having to install the pro version in order to install custom app icons is very annoying. Be
  4. [R7] 5/5 · GB Wonderful: It is so fun add makes ur screen loook amazing it’s free. And have to get. Do have to sign in so perfect
  5. [R11] 5/5 · GB Nice: Very easy to use
  6. [R13] 5/5 · GB Amazing: I love how easy is to make a widget. They are so cute you can get inspiration from other people and you can also choose how much access they have to your photos which I personally love so yeah five stars
  7. [R31] 5/5 · GB good app: I like this app easy to use perfectly made and no problems!! 100% recommend!
  8. [R64] 5/5 · AU Color widgets: I like it a lot because it is very easy to use
  9. [R12] 5/5 · GB 5 STARS!!!: It’s so easy and I love how there’s no adds except form when you downloading something but I just HAVE to give it five stars and no I’m not a bot it’s just a safe name I came up with to keep me safe online!
  10. [R14] 5/5 · GB It lives up to its potential: It is everything the had lives up to you barely ever get ads unless you want something that is premium you don’t just have to pay for premium to get it. You just have to watch one ad but apart from that everything is no ads and I thought this app. Was poo but then it showed me that I needed to download a completely free app called shortcut to change all my apps to loo
  11. [R50] 4/5 · GB Very satisfied: I love this app but, it has color widgets pro in which you have to pay so you can’t get some features unless you get pro. There is no adds meaning you can use it fast although, it says error when ever I try and make a profile. I suggest this app for anyone who wants a quick easy way to make widgets.
  12. [R3] 3/5 · GB Not amazing: It’s okay but why is it premium for all the cute pastels blue colours that’s so annoying
  13. [R10] 1/5 · GB Icons: You have to pay for toy story icons
  14. [R16] 4/5 · GB .: It’s a really good app but it’s hard when you really want something but it’s in the pro but they also have really good widgets for you to try
  15. [R18] 3/5 · GB I Like the app but ..: I Like this app its great but when I was changing my app cover it told me that I had to do it individually when last time it just downloaded them all for me . It took a a lot of time lol but other than that it’s great
  16. [R68] 3/5 · AU Icons need to be easier: Hi, love the app yet when setting the icons it is so time consuming and I wish it could be easier and faster
  17. [R80] 5/5 · AU It’s really good but…: I have had an amazing experience going over the themes but one problem… Surely there’s another way to add app icons, I have tried doing it and it’s gone wrong a couple of times. So I am not trying it again, using the app is so annoying, making the bookmark is useless. The theme selection is up to standard and really enjoy it but please, please try find another way to do t
  18. [R86] 4/5 · AU Use to be a 5 star but now a 3.5: To be honest, the new update has absolutely made my life much harder with renaming them, before this update, u were able to download from the actual app and just do the rest straight from there and it would take like 2-3 mins, but now we have to go to shortcuts, and design, and do it all ourselves, pls change it back to the original version!! ☹️🩷
  19. [R2] 1/5 · GB Do not get: Doesn’t let you do it
  20. [R15] 2/5 · GB Color widgets: This app is not working for me because I tried to have a different colour of the white and it doesn’t work. It’s decided to not appear on my phone. I tried everything. It doesn’t work. You need to upgrade this app or I need to find something else.
  21. [R26] 4/5 · GB Good app but one thing..: There’s lots of widgets and wallpapers to chose from but I was trying to change the colour of the writing and board ,of one of my widgets but even though in the app it looked like it had colour it,didn’t in the home screen.
  22. [R47] 5/5 · GB One annoying problem: I love this app I could just say the only reason I don’t like it is because whenever I try to get the widget on my home screen it doesn’t work so can you like do something to help me Love Jasneet
  23. [R37] 4/5 · GB Widgets: This is a good app however it can be confusing and hard but once you get use to it then it’s a 4.5 as I would rather it have more widgets to use and experiment with.
  24. [R61] 1/5 · AU To complicated: I do not know how to use this app it is so complicated
  25. [R66] 2/5 · AU very confusing and it tells you to do smth and it doesn’t workkkk: confusing
  26. [R70] 1/5 · AU My Review: It is to confusing to many adds and I just don’t like it needs more way to tell you how to do stuff.
  27. [R9] 4/5 · GB Really Good But The Icons…: So I had fun making widgets and all but the icons for apps are easy but it doesn’t have every single app of mines. It’s fine I just used it for Roblox but if you could make more that would be amazing! I just can’t say all of them because there’s a lot but one is JusTalk/JusTalk Kids.Thank you!
  28. [R20] 1/5 · GB Hate it: I don’t like bc it does have brown icons definitely 1 star
  29. [R46] 1/5 · GB Icon queen: It's good but I can't find any good icons
  30. [R59] 4/5 · AU Please add this!:: PLEASE ADD HASTUNE MIKU STUFF!, and when you search something that you like nothing pops up, but this apps still good just take my comment about my two things : )
  31. [R23] 5/5 · GB Great app: Great app, all I ask if you could add more futures like custom battery levels and the app icons can be hard to install

Synthesized from 100 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store