They have completely different functionality and can fulfill any purpose. Rainmeter skins are variants of gadgets (widgets) that fit on the desktop. But not only in their work, but also in the skins. Rainmeter can be used on almost any version of the operating system.
It opens up access to a huge number of functions and higher on the head of standard gadgets for Windows 7. Long before the advent of Windows 10/11, Rainmeter was one of the most popular programs among customizers.
But users are not used to losing something good and therefore actively use analogues. Standard gadgets have unconditionally left modern versions of Windows OC.
