Cute Widgets for iPhone: Ideas and Apps to Get Them

To get cute widgets on iPhone, install a widget app, design or pick the widget inside the app, then add it from the Home Screen widget gallery. iOS doesn’t include cute styles of its own, but you can tint your existing widgets pink or pastel for free in the Customize menu.

How to add a cute widget

1. Open the widget app and create or choose the design you want.
2. Touch and hold an empty area of the Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget.
3. Search for the app, swipe to the size you want and tap Add Widget.
4. If the app has several designs, touch and hold the new widget, tap Edit Widget and choose yours.

These steps follow Apple’s iOS 27 widget guide ↗. Labels may differ slightly on older versions.

Cute widget ideas

• Pastel photo widgets: Widgetsmith ↗ shows your photos in widgets, and Color Widgets ↗ has thousands of ready-made designs plus matching icon packs and wallpapers, according to their listings. Use photos of your pet, flowers or a soft color.
• A pet that lives on your screen: Mochi Pets ↗ and Pixel Pals ↗ keep a small pixel-art animal in a widget. Our virtual pet widget comparison covers more.
• Fish in a little tank: a small aquarium widget adds slow movement to a pastel page. More on this below.
• Widgets for couples and friends: Locket ↗ shows photos your friends send right on your Home Screen. Widgetable ↗ lets you raise a virtual pet together.
• Pink everything: tint all icons and widgets one color (see the last section).

Free cute widgets

Widgetsmith, Color Widgets, Mochi Pets, Pixel Pals, Locket and Widgetable are all free to download, and most sell extra designs or features. Check each listing before you spend time on a layout.

Aquarium Widgets ↗ is our app. You build your own aquariums, add fish from themed packs and look after them by feeding and cleaning, and you can place a clock or month calendar behind the fish. It is free to download, but putting an aquarium on the Home Screen requires the premium upgrade, sold as a subscription or a one-time purchase.

Make them match

To make Apple’s own widgets match, touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit, then Customize, choose Tinted and pick a pink or lilac with the sliders or the eyedropper, as in Apple’s customization guide ↗. Apple’s WidgetKit guidance ↗ says tinting turns most widget images white, so keep Default if your cute look depends on photos or colorful pets.

A simple layout works best: one large cute widget at the top, two small ones below it and a pastel wallpaper. For seasonal versions, see our Christmas widget ideas and these cozy Home Screen setups.