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Themes: Widget, Icons Packs 15
Downloadable iPhone themes with icons, wallpapers and widgets, installed through Apple's Shortcuts app.
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- Developer
- Cardiio, Inc.
- Score
- 4.5
- Downloads
- 10K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 4+
- Version
- 1.6.14
- Price
- Free
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About this app
Each theme in Themes: Widget, Icons Packs 15 bundles hand-made icons with matching wallpapers and built-in widgets. It's designed for people on iOS 14 or later who want a coordinated look and don't mind a bit of setup. You choose a theme, download its resources, and then follow a step-by-step guide in the app to install the icons. That process goes through Apple's Shortcuts app, and the developer is upfront that the icons don't replace the real app icons; each one is a custom shortcut that opens the app in question. Widgets and wallpapers are applied in the usual ways. Access to all themes and widgets requires a monthly subscription, listed at 9.99 US dollars a month, which can be cancelled at any time.
Themes: Widget, Icons Packs 15: the full guide
What the app is
Hand-made icons, paired with wallpapers and widgets that match them, delivered as themes you download one at a time. Cardiio's app is for iPhone owners running iOS 14 upward who'd like a coordinated home screen and accept that putting it together takes a few minutes of following instructions.
The developer is candid that icons are installed through Apple's Shortcuts app and that each one is a shortcut which opens the real app, not a replacement icon. Full access to themes and widgets is a monthly subscription, priced in the listing at 9.99 US dollars.
How it works day to day
You pick a theme, download its resources, and work through the step-by-step guide. Each icon becomes a shortcut on the home screen, which means a brief Shortcuts animation when you tap one, a known quirk of this method. Wallpapers go on through the usual settings, and the widgets are added like any other.
The first theme takes the longest. After that the routine is familiar and a swap takes a quarter of an hour. Most people settle on one look for a while, so it's an occasional app rather than a daily one.
Why people look for it
A matched set. Icons, wallpaper and widgets designed together look better than pieces gathered from three sources, and the hand-made claim suggests more care than mass-generated packs. The honesty about Shortcuts is itself a reason some people choose it, since they'd rather know the limits up front than find out after paying. The Tools listing makes it easy to find.
Look and feel
Five screenshots are on the page and should show both a finished home screen and the installation guide, the two things worth checking. Because the themes are built as sets, expect a consistent palette within each, and because the install is manual, expect instruction screens to be a large part of the interface. The listing doesn't describe any particular visual style.
