# carplayscreen.com > carplayscreen.com is a site by N5 Labs about the Apple CarPlay screen on iPhone: what iOS 26 and iOS 27 let you change on the CarPlay dashboard, how to do it, and how the CarPlay widget apps compare. N5 Labs makes one of those apps, Car Play Widgets: Dashboard, and says so on every page. Rival apps are described from their public US App Store listings and were not tested. The site is not affiliated with Apple Inc. carplayscreen.com is an independent site about the CarPlay screen, published by N5 Labs. N5 Labs makes the iPhone app Car Play Widgets: Dashboard (App Store ID 6785215625). The site is not affiliated with Apple Inc. ## Pages - [Home](https://carplayscreen.com): What you can and cannot change on the CarPlay screen, the app N5 Labs makes, and every guide and comparison. - [CarPlay Widget Apps Compared by Use Case (2026)](https://carplayscreen.com/best/carplay-widget-apps-2026): Nine CarPlay widget apps compared for car artwork, personal photos, clocks, countdowns, lyrics and sounds. Listing facts, pricing and N5 Labs ownership disclosed. Content path: /best/carplay-widget-apps-2026; type: best; language: en; updated 2026-10-07. - [Free CarPlay Widget Apps: What Is Actually Free (2026)](https://carplayscreen.com/best/free-carplay-widget-apps-2026): What nine CarPlay widget apps say is free on their US App Store listings, with every in-app purchase and price as listed. All nine are free downloads; one listing says what is free. Content path: /best/free-carplay-widget-apps-2026; type: best; language: en; updated 2026-10-07. - [myCar Alternatives: CarPlay Widget Apps Compared (2026)](https://carplayscreen.com/compare/mycar-alternatives-2026): Compare myCar and eight alternatives by documented features: car artwork, personal photos, countdowns, lyrics, sounds and purchase options. Content path: /compare/mycar-alternatives-2026; type: compare; language: en; updated 2026-10-07. - [Car Play Widgets vs CARFACE: Widgets, Lyrics and Sounds](https://carplayscreen.com/compare/car-play-widgets-vs-carface): What the two US App Store listings say about widgets, synced lyrics, sounds, iOS requirements, ratings and prices. Content path: /compare/car-play-widgets-vs-carface; type: compare; language: en; updated 2026-10-06. - [How to Customize CarPlay: Dashboard Settings (iOS 26 and iOS 27)](https://carplayscreen.com/guides/customize-carplay-dashboard-2026): What Apple lets you change on CarPlay and where each setting is: widgets and widget stacks, wallpaper, appearance, icon order, Live Activities and sounds through Shortcuts. With what changed in iOS 27. Content path: /guides/customize-carplay-dashboard-2026; type: guide; language: en; updated 2026-10-07. - [How to Get a Clock or Countdown Widget on CarPlay](https://carplayscreen.com/guides/carplay-clock-countdown-widget-2026): Put a clock or a countdown to a date on the CarPlay dashboard: what Apple offers on its own, then a custom clock or countdown widget, step by step. Content path: /guides/carplay-clock-countdown-widget-2026; type: guide; language: en; updated 2026-10-06. - [CarPlay Photo Widget: Put a Picture of Your Car on the Screen](https://carplayscreen.com/guides/put-your-car-photo-on-carplay-2026): CarPlay wallpaper is chosen from Apple's available options, so a photo of your car goes in a photo widget. What Apple allows and how to build the widget from your photo. Content path: /guides/put-your-car-photo-on-carplay-2026; type: guide; language: en; updated 2026-10-06. - [How to Add Widgets to CarPlay (iOS 26 and iOS 27)](https://carplayscreen.com/guides/how-to-add-widgets-to-carplay-2026): The exact Settings path for adding small iPhone widgets to the CarPlay dashboard, which widgets can be added, how they differ from Home Screen widgets, and how to add a custom car widget. Content path: /guides/how-to-add-widgets-to-carplay-2026; type: guide; language: en; updated 2026-10-14. - [CarPlay Startup Sound: How to Play a Custom Sound on Connect](https://carplayscreen.com/guides/carplay-connect-sound-shortcut-2026): Set up an Apple Shortcuts automation that plays your own startup sound when the iPhone connects to CarPlay, and another when it disconnects, on iOS 26 and on iOS 27. Content path: /guides/carplay-connect-sound-shortcut-2026; type: guide; language: en; updated 2026-10-06. - [Widgets Not Showing Up in CarPlay? 7 Checks](https://carplayscreen.com/guides/carplay-widgets-not-showing-2026): Why a widget is missing from CarPlay on iOS 26 or iOS 27: the iOS version, the widget settings for your car, your display, stacks and app naming. Content path: /guides/carplay-widgets-not-showing-2026; type: guide; language: en; updated 2026-10-07. ## About this site - [About carplayscreen.com](https://carplayscreen.com/about): carplayscreen.com is an independent site about the Apple CarPlay screen, published by N5 Labs, the maker of the iPhone app Car Play Widgets: Dashboard. Who runs it and how to reach us. Updated 2026-10-06. - [Editorial policy and methodology](https://carplayscreen.com/editorial-policy): How carplayscreen.com reads facts from Apple's documentation and from public US App Store listings, what it does not test, how its dates work, and the disclosure that its publisher makes one of the apps. Updated 2026-10-07. - [CarPlay glossary](https://carplayscreen.com/glossary): 20 CarPlay terms a driver meets on iPhone with iOS 26 and iOS 27, each defined in one or two sentences with a link to its source. Updated 2026-10-06. - [Changelog](https://carplayscreen.com/changelog): Dated changes to carplayscreen.com and to the facts it prints: new pages, App Store listings read again and Apple pages read again. Updated 2026-10-14. - [N5 Labs](https://carplayscreen.com/authors/n5-labs): N5 Labs is the independent iOS app studio that publishes carplayscreen.com and makes the iPhone app Car Play Widgets: Dashboard. Where to verify it and how to reach it. Updated 2026-10-06. - [Feed](https://carplayscreen.com/feed.xml): Atom feed of the guides and comparisons, with the day each one last changed. ## The app N5 Labs makes - Car Play Widgets: Dashboard: Car Play Widgets: Dashboard is an iPhone app made by N5 Labs. You design small widgets on the phone, such as a picture of your car model, a photo, a clock, a countdown or a text card. iOS 26 or later, including iOS 27, can show them on the CarPlay dashboard as well as on the Home Screen. The app also supplies sounds that Apple Shortcuts can play when CarPlay connects or disconnects. Browsing and customizing are free. Saving a widget requires Pro, a weekly or yearly subscription. On the iPhone the app is listed as Car Widgets. Apple ID: 6785215625; version 1.5; requires iOS 17.0 or later; CarPlay widgets need iOS 26 or later; US Apple listing last checked 2026-10-11. - App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6785215625?pt=127902978&ct=cps-llms&mt=8 - Official app page (on n5labs.io): https://n5labs.io/apps/car-play-widgets - Support (on n5labs.io): https://n5labs.io/apps/car-play-widgets/support ## Publisher - N5 Labs, an independent iOS app studio: https://n5labs.io - Privacy: https://n5labs.io/privacy - Terms: https://n5labs.io/terms ## Contact - support@n5labs.io