3minders vs Lock Widget
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!
Lock Widget
Create and manage to-do lists, notes, and reminders directly on your iOS 16 lock screen. Customize fonts and add badges to your widgets for quick access to your tasks and shopping lists.
- Lock screen widget support
- To-do list functionality
- Notes and reminders
- Rich font customization
- Badge support
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It's a lock screen widget notes app for iOS16. It can also be used as a to-do list or shopping list. Please try it. - Supports all types of lock screen widgets - Rich font customization - Notes, reminders, badges... and so on...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 3minders at 4.3 against Lock Widget's 2.0. 3minders also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). Lock Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price 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. Lock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
3minders holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3minders has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
3minders ships an update every 6 weeks, Lock Widget every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3minders | Lock Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| 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
Lock Widget
In-app purchases
3minders
- Premium Version$3.99
Lock Widget
No in-app purchases
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