# Locket - Photo Widgets — Photos On Your Homescreen

> Home screen widgets for displaying personal photos with intelligent face focus. (iPhone/iPad app by John Davis.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locket-photo-widgets/id1531581706 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [John Davis](https://appshunter.io/developer/383417302)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: $0.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 23 App Store ratings · 13 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-07-08
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locket-photo-widgets/id1531581706/reviews.md

## What is Locket?

Simple widgets to decorate your home screen with your photos.

- Open the App and grant full photo permission.
- Add the widget to your homescreen. 
- In Jiggle Mode, tap on the widget to configure. 

Uses Apple's on-device machine learning on supported devices to focus on faces. This is particularly helpful on preventing face-cropping on the rectangular shaped widgets. 
- Supported on iPhone XS and newer and iPads released in 2018 and newer.

## Key features

- Home screen photo widgets
- On-device face detection
- Prevents face cropping
- Easy widget configuration
- Supports newer iPhones and iPads

## Recent user reviews (10 of 13)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locket-photo-widgets/id1531581706/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Touching a photo doesn’t open it

*2022-05-09*

Wanted an app for my grandmas iPad to cheer her up with family photos while she’s in nursing home. But of course, she’ll touch a photo she likes, to try to make it bigger. This app does fine until you touch a photo. Instead of making it bigger, or showing the album with the photo centered, it just takes you to this app’s settings, with a bunch of complicated settings my grandma doesn’t need to see. But you can get to this app’s settings via it’s dedicated icon, so touching a photo shouldn’t also take you to settings. Whoever wrote this app clearly didn’t think of grandma’s in nursing homes who can’t see and just want to make the picture bigger. Bummer. Instantly uninstalled, and my $1 lost.

**Developer response:** Yeah, as far as I know it’s not possible to link straight to a photo in the photos app. I wish there was! 

Please, file a return request with Apple! Get the money back if you don’t like it, seriously.

### 1/5 — Low res

*2021-11-29*

Shows photos in very low resolution (presumably ones that are backed up in iCloud but not saved locally) - should trigger a download in full read, it looks pretty bad rn

**Developer response:** For memory pressure reasons, photos can not be loaded at @3x resolutions, so that can cause some perceived blurriness. Widgets are limited to 30MB of RAM and photos blow through that fast.

The app only requests high quality versions when requesting them from the photos framework, so iCloud photos _should_ be downloaded in full. (In fact this is how I primarily use the app too)

It could be the the facial recognition algorithm. Perhaps it’s cropping too closely around faces. That could result in some blur. I’ll take another look at that. 

Feel free to reach out via the contact email if you have any more questions.

If you create a “custom locket” inside the app it will use higher resolution imagery because it is lest constrained by RAM.

### 5/5 — 2 photo widget for albums

*2020-10-03*

My only complaint is that you can’t have the album title shown. Would like to see a disable/enable option for that if it’s possible. Even in spite of that.. 5 stars!

### 5/5 — Works great

*2020-10-01*

Works exactly as expected, but I would like the option to switch photos every 30 seconds or something like that.

### 4/5 — Great app, just not working right

*2020-09-25*

I really appreciate this app but for some reason none of the locket styles are working for me except for the large one so I thought I’d write a review to let you know.

### 3/5 — Needs Some Work

*2020-09-22, version 1.1.3*

The premise of this app is exactly what I was looking for, but it's pretty buggy. The large widgets don't work at all and neither do the times 30 minutes and above. Also, pictures aren't centered or resized properly, which makes some of the images look pretty bad. I get that widgets are new and they'll be buggy for awhile- when these issues are fixed- I'll update my review.

### 3/5 — Was perfect until the latest update

*2020-09-21*

This app was perfect until the latest update. Now all of my photos are not focusing properly on the subjects and are being cut off because of the on device machine learning. Also would like to see the lower rotation times brought back so photos can change every couple minutes rather than having to wait 5 minutes. No longer works on iPad either.

### 5/5 — Great!

*2020-09-21*

Great widget app. This is what I am looking for. Supports album per widget!

### 1/5 — Confused

*2020-09-21*

How am I supposed to change the photos? It doesn’t seem to have that option.

### 5/5 — Best Locket App

*2020-09-20*

This is the best locket app in the market. Easy and simple to use, just like the developer’s other great apps.

## Frequently asked questions about Locket

### What is Locket?

Locket is a paid application that allows you to add photo widgets to your iPhone and iPad home screens. It uses on-device machine learning to intelligently focus on faces within your photos, preventing them from being cropped out of the rectangular widget.

### How much does Locket cost?

Locket is a paid app with a one-time purchase price of $0.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions required to use its features.

### What devices are compatible with Locket?

Locket is supported on iPhone XS and newer, and iPads released in 2018 and newer. It is also compatible with iPod Touch.

### Does Locket have ads?

No, Locket does not contain advertisements. As a paid application, it offers an ad-free experience for users.

### How often is Locket updated?

The latest version of Locket, 1.9.0, was released on September 23, 2024. The app is updated regularly to improve performance and add new features.

### What is the age rating for Locket?

Locket has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for users of all ages. The app's functionality is straightforward and does not contain mature content.

### How do I add a Locket widget?

After opening the app and granting photo permissions, you can add the widget to your home screen. Once in Jiggle Mode, tap on the widget to configure it with your desired photos.

### What makes Locket's face focus special?

Locket utilizes Apple's on-device machine learning to focus on faces. This technology is particularly useful for preventing faces from being awkwardly cropped in the rectangular widget format.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9.0 — 2024-09-23

- Adds dark mode icon
- Fixes RandomPhoto and RecentPhotos widgets on iPhone 16 hardware. 
- Removes face-centering on non-custom lockets. It causes too much memory-pressure uncertainty as Apple releases new hardware.

### 1.8.2 — 2023-09-24

Disables face cropping on new phone models due to memory-pressure induced widget crashes. I will keep an eye on this.

### 1.8.0 — 2022-10-09

Evens up the card heights on iPad and Mac. 
Recompiles against the latest and greatest frameworks for more flavor.

### 1.7 — 2022-05-30

Attempts to reduce image blurriness. Memory Pressure may be higher. 

Please get in touch if you have problems.

### 1.6 — 2022-03-24

Updates title fonts to be rounded. 
Rebuilds with latest frameworks.

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All apps by John Davis: https://appshunter.io/developer/383417302

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