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Want an Android Home Screen that shows the information you need and looks the way you want? These widget makers let you choose what goes in a widget and change how it looks, from the photos to the colors and fonts.
A widget puts a small view from an app directly on your Home Screen. You can use it to see the date, check the weather, or display a photo without opening the full app. The picks below focus on apps that let you design or style a widget yourself.
WidgetClub lets you build an Android Home Screen around the things you actually use. The Medium record-player widget shows what’s playing and gives you playback controls for supported music apps. It requires Android 12 or later and WidgetClub Premium. Allow notification access to show track details. You can also put your own clips in a retro video frame or use a circular battery widget that changes your character’s expression as the charge level changes.
Pair your widgets with a wallpaper and matching app icons, or start with a coordinated Home Screen theme.
Widget Lab offers different widget styles, including photo frames you can fill with your own pictures. Try it if you want a decorative photo widget or something playful alongside the usual clock and calendar.
This is the app listed as Widgets OS 17 in the Japanese guide, now shown as Widgets OS 18 – Color Widgets. It offers iPhone inspired widgets for Android, with colors you can pick to suit your wallpaper.
Widgeet's clocks and calendars come in a range of colors and frames. It also has device information widgets, which are useful if you like seeing stats such as storage at a glance.
Try iScreen for a wide selection of designs, including animated widgets. You can choose colors and backgrounds for many of its styles.
Top Widgets has panels that group several kinds of information together, including its X-Panel designs. Its small widgets are useful if you're working with a crowded screen. Customize the background with a color or image where the design allows.
Widgets Art offers panels, battery indicators, clocks, calendars, and weather widgets. Choose a design and add your own picture where the widget offers a custom background.
If you want a widget that looks good next to your wallpaper and icons, start with a WidgetClub template. Pick the information you'd like to see, then change the colors or artwork. You can give one widget a personal touch or use matching designs across your Home Screen.
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Representative Director & CEO Saeko Usami
After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University, I worked as an editor in the news media division of an internet portal company and, from the early days of mobile apps, engaged in product development and marketing for iPhone and Android applications. I founded Liume Inc. in June 2021 and released an app in September 2021 that lets users stylishly customize their smartphone home and lock screens with widgets, wallpapers, and icons. Our iPhone and Android apps have surpassed 9 million total downloads. I have been an iPhone user for over 15 years.