3minders vs Widget Notes Home Lock Screen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3minders
This app places your three most important reminders directly on your lock screen, ensuring you never miss crucial tasks. Personalize your experience with stunning wallpapers and elegant fonts to stay focused on what matters most.
- Three prominent lock screen reminders
- Customizable wallpapers from Unsplash
- Hand-selected font options
- Daily self-reflection prompts
- Personalized user experience
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You probably tried lots of different apps to make you remember to do something really important. But you keep just ignoring and dismissing all of notifications and reminders. Now you have 3 reminders on your lock screen. Right in your face. Always with you. So go ahead. Think about what’s really significant for you. Make just three most important notes and remind yourself daily right from your lock screen. Explore amazing photos provided by Unsplash and set them as wallpapers. Personalize experience with beautiful hand selected fonts. Don’t wait and start a journey within yourself!
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen
Create and customize widgets for your home screen to display notes and photos. Personalize backgrounds, fonts, and set reminders with repeated notifications. Enjoy unlimited widgets and dark mode support.
- Unlimited home screen widgets
- Photo and background color options
- Customizable fonts
- Notes sharing and sorting
- Repeated notification reminders
- Dark mode support
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It's a notes & photos app compatible with iOS14 home screen widgets. All features are completely free to use. - Unlimited widgets on the home screen (all sizes supported) - Background settings: photo / background color (gradation) - Font settings: color / size / weight / position - Share / copy / sort notes - Reminders (with repeated notifications) - Dark mode - Free & no additional charge URL scheme: widgetnotes://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Notes Home Lock Screen at none against 3minders's 1. Widget Notes Home Lock Screen also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (113 vs 8). 3minders's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, update cadence 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. 3minders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widget Notes Home Lock Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Notes Home Lock Screen has 113 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of 3minders's written reviews are positive against 71% of Widget Notes Home Lock Screen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
3minders ships an update every 6 weeks, Widget Notes Home Lock Screen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3minders | Widget Notes Home Lock Screen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (113 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 113 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Moscaliuc | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
3minders
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen
In-app purchases
3minders
- Premium Version$3.99
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen
No in-app purchases
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