Blank Widget App Reviews

by Garbs1703

It’s my fault. I paid the $3.99 thinking it would unlock more widgets, but it’s only a few extra and they’re all the 4x4 blocks; no medium or large versions. Also, BlankWidgetApp still throws apps at me and tries to get me to pay for the “upgrade” despite having already wasted my money on it.

by Teagan Bauer

I followed the instructions. Took a screenshot of my blank homescreen on light mode AND dark mode. Didn’t crop the pictures or edit them whatsoever. When I try to add them to BlankWidgetApp however, a message pops up and it tells me to please select a screenshot the right size. What do I do??? I have an iPhone 13.

by _Gnome_Chompski_

Seems like a really cool idea but when you try to upload a screenshot of your 12 mini home screen, it says it's the wrong size (followed directions perfectly)

by Tmape

Extremely rude of the developer to force us to delete all our widgets and redo them for their “2.0” version. Clearly not thinking about the customer’s experience, and yes I am a “pro” user who paid. Extremely disappointed — I do not have backups of the text I entered onto the widgets, so how am I supposed to redo them? Just scrape it together inaccurately from memory? EXTREMELY disappointed.

by TimmandCrystal

On 16.3 and try and screen shot by swiping left and no longer gives blank screen but goes to app drawer?

Is there a fix?

by Applehappi

I spent 3.99 and it isn’t doing anything. I keep getting “small blank” in the widget section, where I need to add. I have deleted and re-added BlankWidgetApp multiple times. Need help!

by ..D.Will

Ive been using BlankWidgetApp for a while. Paid for the full version. It works when it wants too. I finally got it working how I wanted as far as the correct size and positioning of the “transparent” background & made sure I didn’t change wallpapers so I could avoid setting it up again. And yes I follow the instructions verbatim. I just upgraded phones, and now when I set the screenshot for my widgets, it by default makes the picture so much bigger. Deleted and reinstalled, took a million screenshots of my Home Screen, nothing works.

by TheGekkoState

Can’t even select a theme. Followed the tutorial and nothing is clickable. App is completely useless.

by Pete5694

I followed the instructions exactly and it said that my screenshot was not the right size.

by Danny.P.

Everything is also behind a pay wall.

by SamiSatan

Some times it doesn’t work properly.
It has many bugs without any action regarding solving issues. I can not set blank wallpaper.

by Beebobeebobo

BlankWidgetApp is fine except you if you use the weather widget, you have to manually enter your location as you move. There is no way to allow location services access. Who wants to have to go into BlankWidgetApp and change the location every time you change locations?

by Jsjshdjdj Sjsjjdj

i have different home screens set up for different tomes and i use blank apps including this one. at first, when it would change to BlankWidgetApp it would take forever to show the picture. and now, it seems like you updated it and now the pictures dont line up! i even updated the screenshot and it still didnt work! FIX IT!

by Angry Angry Angry

Would like to see way more customization come to this. It’s pretty basic.

And sometimes the weather option widget just changes from the actual city name to “my location” and then changes back. It’s weird.

by Porkweasel

Since the latest update the background doesn’t match the widgets. It’s noticeably off. Hopefully fixed soon.

by SorinLee

It has so much potential. With just a one time purchase it’s worth it to invest in it now. Currently my issues with BlankWidgetApp are that the background seems to be showing in the wrong place so it doesn’t appear transparent. The only other downside is the lack of large widgets and there’s no widget that connects to your iPhones reminders. Other than that the UI needs to be made more simple, with clear tabs marked with each type of widget (this is mostly a note to the developers as I am a game designer myself. I wish yall all of the luck and I will update my rating as you add more and fix bugs <3 )

by JoshuaThery

Other apps allow you to change what happens when you click a widget. BlankWidgetApp takes you back into the blank widget app, which is useless and annoying.

by Calix2000

I purchased BlankWidgetApp and love it. Except when there’s an iOS yearly update, it takes forever for the developer to address the problems.

I’m using iPhone 11 and nothing lines up. Went as far as resetting my phone and not changing a single setting. And still doesn’t line up.

The developer is good at replying the first 2-3 times then goes dark and doesn’t say anything. I’m beginning to give up on BlankWidgetApp and developer

by Joshua-B.

Other apps allow you to change what happens when you click a widget. BlankWidgetApp takes you back into the blank widget app, which is useless and annoying.

by Npa

After several “wrong size” error messages, I deleted BlankWidgetApp . May not be iOS17 compatible.

by Personal Whatnot

Recently downloaded, after following the tutorial BlankWidgetApp doesn’t let me set backgrounds. The screen is utterly unresponsive when I try to tap to do so.

by Alien Invaders 2

If it worked on my 12 mini I’d give it 5 stars.
3 Stars for a great idea.

by Cynicallyme

i had BlankWidgetApp for a couple months and it was really good, until today, now the widgets are out of sync and there’s no way to fix it.

by BTRates

You’d get so much more activity if even 2 other things were free.
Great app though!!

by Amos A.moe15 😂

It a good app but the thing I don’t like is where u can only add it to the top u can’t do it in the middle or bottom if updated and made it possible to put anywhere that would be great

by Jennifreee

I love these widgets, especially the flip clock! A few weeks ago I had emailed to inquire about a change that had been made to large widgets, and got a kind & detailed response back. By the next update, they had added back that feature & more. Highly recommend! 😊

by Olivolk

I didn’t want anything fancy or pay a subscription and BlankWidgetApp was perfect. Worked right away and for just a couple bucks you get all the options. Although they’re limited, they’re clean and fill out my phone just how I wanted.

by Szechuan_Steve

BlankWidgetApp is great for spacing out your app icons and widgets for home screens. It’s nice to have something work as intended for free, and have a lifetime, rather than subscription, purchase option for bonus features. BlankWidgetApp does not have lock screen widgets, unfortunately.

To Developer: make it clearer that BlankWidgetApp doesn’t support Lock Screen widgets, thanks!

by Shady Heikal

I like BlankWidgetApp a lot and would like to thank the team behind it for their quick response

by Matthcoo

With apples limited capabilities around transparency… this gives an alternative solution. Recently updated for the new iphone.

by DJSlam

Edit: Turns out, this was a strange occurance that was fixed by rebooting my phone. I don’t know why that was necessary, but not the developer’s fault. BlankWidgetApp is useful as it can be given Apple’s widget-size minimum of 2x2 (a 1x4 would be great!)

Original Review Follows:

I followed BlankWidgetApp’s instructions to add a blank widget, until what I saw no longer matched what they were showing. There was no widget for BlankWidgetApp in the widget drawer when trying to add, and I suspect it’s because I didn’t pay to unlock all the blank widgets. I’ll correct this review if I’m wrong.

by Pepijn_00

I tried some other apps before this one all had to pay for. Which alle had problems were my wallpaper didn’t look flush and it just didn’t look good. BlankWidgetApp was completely free and worked amazingly I did on a iPhone 13 don’t know if it matters but definitely recommending to friends. Great job developers 10/10 work

by Spin Dragon

I wanted some space to see my wallpaper more frequently and that’s what I got. I figured I’d take advantage of the $5 upgrade and see what all it offers, the additional widgets are pretty nice overall.

My only true criticism is I’d like to have a clock option with a second hand like the actual widget (the real one blurs the background). That and if possible maybe add a stroke effect to text to make it easier to read on things like the weather displays.

by G-only1

Does what it is supposed to do

by Sand2summit

Does exactly what is sets out to do. Flawless execution on iPhone 14Pro with iOS 17.2

by Wirledpeace

i never leave reviews, but I’ve had this particular app for at least a year now maybe two, and I thought it was deserving of one.
i’ve tried so many of these kinds of apps to get the look I wanted on my home screen. they have never asked me for a review that I can remember of and there are no ads. everything I actually want to use is free. every now and then there’s a little bug but nothing that’s not fixed by going into BlankWidgetApp . I hope they only continue to be so user-friendly.

by Drm236

Great way to create blank spaces for custom widget layouts! Coming from Android, this is an incredible tool to get my iPhone Home Screen just the way I want it. Great app! Also a HUGE plus that this is free without ads!

by Tøm Choo

Very very good