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5 best customization apps for Android!

Gboard or SwiftKey
Price : Free

Gboard and SwiftKey are arguably the two best keyboard apps on Android. They both feature extensive theming, decent features, gesture typing, and a variety of other features. The experience is a little different between the two. Gboard is a little simpler with more mainstream features while SwiftKey is a little more power user friendly. In any case, you use your keyboard a ton and you can make both of these look basically however you want to. This is a good place to start if customization is your goal. Both apps are entirely free with no advertising. SwiftKey used to charge for themes, but not anymore.

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KWGT
Price : Free / $4.99

KWGT is a custom widget app. It lets you create your own widgets that look how you want. It can make widgets for a variety of things. That includes weather, calendar, clock, actionable buttons, RSS, music controls, and more. This is excellent for deep levels of customization. You can make widgets that fit your wallpaper and theme as needed. The full version is required for all of the features, of course. UCCW and Zooper Widget are older custom widget apps. They may not work as well, but they are also there. This one is for the hardcore like most of the customization apps on this list.

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