Superbars Pro vs LockWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Superbars Pro
Personalize your iPhone's appearance by creating custom wallpapers. Add unique overlays behind your status bar, icons, and Dock for a stunning new look. Easily convert your own photos into personalized backgrounds.
- Create over 10 million unique wallpapers
- Add custom overlays to status bar, icons, and Dock
- Choose from 300+ colors and patterns
- Use 20 custom wallpapers or your own photos
- Convert any photo to wallpaper
- Save created images to Photos
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We support Ukraine Tired of the boring status bar, icons, and Dock on your iPhone? With Superbars you can create over a 10,000,000 different backgrounds or wallpapers on your own! Superbars adds custom overlays to your iPhone's or iPod's wallpaper, displaying them directly behind the status bar, icons, and Dock. Look at the app screenshots to see the stunning effect. Your friends will be amazed at the new look of your Home and Lock screens! You can choose from more than 300 different colors and patterns for the bars, wallpapers and icon frames, as well as 20 custom wallpapers, and the app's simple design makes it a breeze to convert any of your photos to wallpaper and add the effect. All newly created images are saved automatically in Photos. ***Superbars does not change the color of the iOS status bar or Dock. Instead, it creates wallpapers with colored or patterned overlays in the same positions as the status bar and Dock. We’re constantly improving Superbars, and we value our users’ opinions. If you want to send us your feedback or you have a problem with the app, please contact us via our support page before submitting a review to the App Store. Thank you.
LockWidget
Personalize your device's lock screen with a wide variety of customizable widgets and HD wallpapers. Add dynamic elements like weather, photos, health trackers, and even interactive pixel pets. Create unique themes and launch apps directly from your lock screen.
- Customizable lock screen widgets
- Weather and health tracking widgets
- Interactive pixel pet widgets
- Couple widgets for anniversaries
- Live GIF widgets
- App launcher widgets
- HD lock screen wallpapers
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Fancy new widgets on the Lock Screen? LockWidget provides a vast collection of lock screen widgets: weather, lock launcher, contact launcher, quotes, health, photos, clock, time, calendar, moon phase, countdown, year process and more. You can custom redirect URL, edit fonts, change theme styles and even background opacity to fine-tune them in line with your preference. # Pixel Pet Widgets: Get a pixel pet on your lock screen. You can feed & play with your pet. # Widgets for Friends: Set a widget on both of your and friend's on the lock screen. Confirm the days to go to the next anniversary, and count up the days you've been together. # All Widgets You Need Are Here: - Battery percentage on lock screen. - Couple Widget on lock screen. Send secret notes your partner's lock screen, share status, and say "I miss you" with each other. - Weather on lock screen. - Live Widgets: set GIFs with dynamic effect on lock screen. - Photos Widget on lock screen: including bit-icons, emoji icons, pixel art, emoticons, stylish symbols and more... - App Launcher: quick launch your favorite Games and Apps on lock screen without redirecting. - Quotes on lock screen: personalize your text on lock screen with tons of fancy fonts. - Countdown on lock screen: countdown Christmas, birthday and your customized big days. - Calendar on lock screen: Moon Phase and Lunar Calendar - To-do-list - Health widgets: Steps, Sleep and Kcal tracker on lock screen. - World clock on lock screen. # HD Lock Screen Wallpapers: - High-quality wallpapers for both iPhone and iPad devices - All wallpapers perfectly fit Depth Effect - Unique 4K wallpapers with multiple styles LockWidget also provide well-designed home screen widgets, themes, app icon changer and useful tools. Come and customize your own home screen and lock screen aesthetic with LockWidget Now! More surprises waiting for you to explore... Notes: LockWidget optionally integrates with Apple Health. This data is used to display your step and activity if you select one of those widget types. Permission for LockWidget to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account after purchase. Subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Subscription types and prices remain the same. If you do not want to automatically renew your subscription, be sure to cancel your subscription at least 24-hours before it expires. After purchase, you can manually turn off auto-renewal in iTunes/Apple ID Settings Manager. Term of use: https://d1swygfq48i87z.cloudfront.net/term.html Privacy Policy: https://d1swygfq48i87z.cloudfront.net/privacy-1.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Superbars Pro at free with in-app purchases against LockWidget's subscription. Superbars Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown). LockWidget's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 83) and review sentiment (56% vs 33%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Superbars Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LockWidget sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LockWidget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockWidget has 28K ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Superbars Pro's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's.
Superbars Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, LockWidget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Superbars Pro | LockWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (83 ratings) | 4.5 (28K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 | 28K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | — | #183 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 339 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AMAXIM APPS, INC | SoCloud Technology Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Superbars Pro
LockWidget
Bugs and requests
Superbars Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
LockWidget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not appearing on lock screen
- Freezing/crashing issues
- Redirecting issues when trying to use widgets
Requested features
4 requests- More free widget options
- Ability to customize widget placements
- Improve widget stability and accuracy
- Add more nature/minimalist wallpaper options
In-app purchases
Superbars Pro
- Superbars Premium$4.99
LockWidget
- Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
- Weekly Christmas$4.997 Days
- Monthly Plan$6.991 Month
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- Yearly1 Year trial$14.991 Year
- Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$12.99
- Lifetime Plan$29.99
Questions
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