I didn’t exactly set out to remodel my Android home screen. I just wanted a nicer clock, and then one download turned into three, and before I knew it, I’d wandered straight into an app that lets you rethink the whole layout.

That app was KWGT (listed on the Play Store as KWGT Kustom Widget Maker), and it’s a powerful way to truly personalize your Android home screen. What should’ve been a five-minute tweak snowballed into a full-blown dashboard redesign—and it was so worth my time.

OS

Android

Price model

Free (in-app purchases available)

Create your perfect home screen with KWGT Kustom Widget Maker. Build fully personalized widgets that show exactly the info you want, right where you want it.

Getting started with KWGT

Let’s add your first widget

Before you dive into all the fun customization, you need to install KWGT and get it ready to go. Grab it from the Google Play Store, install it, and open the app. The welcome screen gives you a quick heads-up that nothing really happens until you place a widget on your home screen.

To do this, long-press on any empty spot on your home screen until the customization menu appears. Tap the Widgets option, then scroll until you find Kustom Widget in the list. This menu also houses any other Android widgets you may have downloaded; for now, we’re focusing on KWGT. You will see several size options, including 1×1, 2×2, 2×4, and 4×1. These indicate how much grid space the widget will occupy.

For your very first widget, a 2×2 or 2×4 size is usually the sweet spot. It gives you enough breathing room to display something useful without crowding your screen. Drag your chosen size onto your home screen and drop it wherever you want it to live. Once it is sitting there, tap the widget to launch the KWGT editor.

Skip the design stress and steal some style

KWGT includes a Base Pack with twenty-two sample widgets that show off just how far you can push KWGT. You get everything from super-simple text clocks to layered creations with weather data, battery details, and full system statistics. To poke around, open the main menu, tap Load Preset, then choose the Base Pack to see what’s inside.

A few presets really stood out to me that I really like:

• TextClock: A clean, minimalist time-and-date layout that highlights KWGT’s text formatting tools.
• Series: A circular design that displays the date, day, and week progress in a stylish arc.
• MicroTraveller: A compact widget that bundles time, date, and location details, making it ideal for world-clock setups.

Using a preset is easy. Tap the one you want, and it opens right in the editor. You can save it as it is or tear it apart and customize every detail, which I’ll get into shortly.

Because one pack is never enough

While the Base Pack is a great way to get your feet wet, the real fun begins once you start digging into the huge collection of free and paid widget packs. Inside KWGT, you can tap “Discover new packs” and get several free and paid widget packs available on the Play Store.

A few free packs I really enjoy and think you should explore are:

• M Exclusive KWGT and Evolve KWGT: Both offer clean, modern layouts that work well with minimalist home screens.
• Koda for Kustom: One of the most popular collections, with more than 90 polished widgets covering time, date, weather, battery, and storage in elegant designs.
• Blended KWGT and Gift KWGT: Great choices if you prefer colorful or playful designs that make your widgets pop.

Once you find a pack you like, tap Install. After it’s added to your device, it will appear under “Installed packs” in KWGT, providing you with access to all its widgets. Most packs include dozens of presets, making it easy to mix and match elements to build a cohesive home screen.

Your imagination is the only limit (seriously)

Building a widget starts by tapping the + Create button on the KWGT home page, which opens a full WYSIWYG editor—a blank canvas where your widget comes to life. Sorry if that acronym makes your brain pause for a second; it simply means What You See Is What You Get.

The editor interface features a toolbar on the right side, which includes essential tools such as snap-to-grid for precise positioning, alignment controls, a lock to prevent accidental edits, layer management for organizing stacked objects, an animation preview, and access to advanced settings. At the bottom, five tabs control different aspects of your widget: Items (lists all objects), Background (sets colors or transparency), Layer (manages positioning), Globals (universal variables), and Flows (animations).

To add elements, tap the plus (+) button in the top-right corner. This opens a menu of building blocks:

KWGT’s real strength lies in its formulas, which are small snippets of dynamic code that pull live data directly from your device. Whenever you add a Text element, you’ll see a Formula Editor field waiting for you, and beneath it is an Examples section, where you’ll find a whole buffet of formula categories: Date Format, Battery info, Current weather, Weather forecast, Music info, System info—pretty much anything your phone knows, KWGT can surface. Each category is packed with ready-made formulas. For example, $df(hh:mm)$ will spit out the current time, $bi(level)$ gives you your battery percentage, and $wi(temp)$ pulls in the weather temperature. While you are at it, you can also chain formulas together, sprinkle in conditional logic, and format everything exactly how you want.

Once you find what you need, tap the checkmark in the top-right corner to drop the result into the editing interface. Here you’ll find multiple tabs that let you fine-tune every detail. These tabs include:

• Text: Configure the displayed content, such as font family, type, size, alignment, etc.
• Paint: Adjust colors, style, and filter.
• FX: Apply visual effects like blur, gradient, and shadow
• Position: Control placement and alignment
• Touch: Assign actions like launching apps or toggling settings when tapped

To be upfront, KWGT can initially feel intimidating. It is not one of those apps you master in ten minutes. You will definitely poke around, mess things up, delete and redo elements, and spend time adjusting designs until they work. But that’s exactly what makes it so compelling. Once you understand the fundamentals, you can create widgets that feel entirely your own and genuinely cannot be replicated anywhere else.

With KWGT, your home screen will never be the same again

The Android customization crowd has rallied around KWGT for a reason. Its depth gives people room to create wildly personal designs, and the community behind it is genuinely generous. One of the reasons many people use Reddit every day is its supportive and diverse communities, and the Kustom subreddit, in particular, is a prime example. It is filled with thousands of experienced designers who regularly share tips, techniques, and problem-solving hacks with anyone still finding their footing. Whenever you get stuck trying to format weather data or build a clean circular progress bar, chances are someone there has already cracked the puzzle and is happy to walk you through it.