WordPress theme comparison
Crio vs Pencil
At a glance
- Crio has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Pencil.
- On a typical day, Crio is downloaded about 9 times, Pencil about 1.
- Pencil is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 5 reviews, against 4.2 from 5 reviews.
- Crio was updated more recently: Aug 19, 2026, against Sep 13, 2024 for Pencil.
- Pencil has been around longer: since 2016, against 2019 for Crio.
Line by line
Crio leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Grid layout themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
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- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
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- Top Three columns themes
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- Top Two columns themes
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