Comparison

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget vs Custom Widgets

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

Personalize your iPhone's Home and Lock Screens with inspiring quote widgets and practical tools. Access contacts, websites, time, and date at a glance. Customize with your own photos and fonts for a unique look.

Highlights
  • Inspirational quotes widgets
  • Contact widgets for quick access
  • Link widgets for favorite websites
  • Time and Date widgets
  • Customizable text and backgrounds
  • Personalize with own photos and fonts
Features
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Keep up with the latest trends and give your iPhone a whole new look with beautiful quotes widgets. Turn your Home Screen and Lock Screen into a daily source of inspiration with carefully selected quotes you'll actually want to read. Choose from hundreds of inspirational quotes widgets across popular categories like book quotes, romantic quotes, self-love quotes, motivational quotes, productivity quotes and more. Whether you want encouragement, calm, or a little spark of romance, WIDGET helps you start and end your day with words that matter. Designed for the latest iOS 26, WIDGET lets you personalize your iPhone exactly to your mood, style, and mindset. And that's not all. Alongside quotes widgets, you will find here also practical time, date, contact and link widgets that make your phone even more useful at a glance! WIDGET app allows you to add: LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS 1. Quotes widget – inspiration at every glance Choose from 10 different quote categories, including book quotes, romantic quotes, self-love quotes, motivational quotes, and more. Enjoy hundreds of aesthetic quotes designed to be read, felt, and remembered. 2. Contact widgets – quick access to people you care about Call or text your favorite contacts with a single tap. Choose the look of your contact widget. Add a phone number for calls, messages, or FaceTime. 3. Link widgets – instant access to your favorite websites Add a link to any website directly on your lock screen. Choose an icon from thousands of available options. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Widgets can be rearranged using tap & hold gestures and resized to fit your Home Screen layout. Each widget is available in three sizes for the best look of your screen. 1. Quotes widgets - Show inspirational quotes from various categories to motivate, uplift, or calm your mind throughout the day. - Customize the text color to perfectly match your style. 2. Time & Date widgets - Choose from a wide range of theme colors and background styles. - Work with 1,500+ fonts and 1M+ stock photos. - Upload your own photos and use them as widget backgrounds. - Make each widget unique with custom fonts and colors. LIFETIME LICENSE A one-time purchase of a lifetime license grants access to all features with no additional fees. ------- Thank you for choosing WIDGET. Let us know how much you enjoy making your Home Screen and Lock Screen stand out from the crowd — and feel free to leave a review on the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://legal.apptoro.support/hc/en-us/articles/4417829814289 Terms of Service: https://legal.apptoro.support/hc/en-us/articles/4417715945233

About

Custom Widgets

Transform your device's home screen with custom-designed widgets. Easily create stylish and personalized widgets with various customization options. Make your home screen stand out and reflect your unique style.

Highlights
  • Home screen customization
  • Design and create own widgets
  • Change backgrounds, colors, fonts
  • Easy widget setup with instructions
  • Stylish and fancy widget designs
Features
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Personalize your home screen like never before. New iOS14 widgets will make your home screen stylish and fancy. Just a perfect way to show your style. CUSTOMIZE your home screen with new stylish widgets. DESIGN & CREATE your own widgets. Change backgrounds, colors, fonts, etc. SETUP WIDGETS with ease with a detailed instruction. The app offers 3-day free trial with full access to widgets with no interruptions or ads. If you choose to subscribe, you will be charged a subscription fee according to your country. The subscription fee will be shown in the app before you complete the payment. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Terms of Service: https://gmrd.net/widgets/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://gmrd.net/widgets/privacy_policy.html Subscription Terms: https://gmrd.net/widgets/subscription_terms.html Contact us: support@gmrd.net

Screenshots

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget4 screens
Custom Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Custom Widgets at none against Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's shown. Custom Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 22%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Custom Widgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget against 4.4 for Custom Widgets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 323 and 131 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's written reviews are positive against 22% of Custom Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Custom Widgets every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget versus Custom Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockscreen & Homescreen WidgetCustom Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (323 ratings) — better4.4 (131 ratings)
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings323 — better131
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp ToroGMRD Apps Limited

Customer experience

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

All ratings323 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive55.3%
Neutral7.9%
Negative36.8%

Custom Widgets

All ratings131 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

One-time4
  • PRO Widgets$3.99
  • PRO Widgets2 variants$5.99
  • PRO Widgets2 variants$7.99
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  • PRO Widgets$11.99
4 purchases

Custom Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Widgets Pro3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Widgets Pro$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Widgets Pro$9.99
  • Widgets Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget free?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Widgets free?
Custom Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Custom Widgets?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is rated higher. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget averages 4.5 out of 5 from 323 ratings, while Custom Widgets averages 4.4 from 131 ratings.
Do Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Custom Widgets have ads?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget shows ads; Custom Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Custom Widgets?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and Custom Widgets every 4 days. Most recently, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget was updated on October 13, 2026 and Custom Widgets on October 17, 2026.

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