Comparison

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget vs Story Widget

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

Story Widget

Create highly customizable date widgets for your device. Adjust size, color, background images, and fonts to perfectly match your aesthetic. Offers free content with optional premium subscription plans.

Highlights
  • Customizable date widget size and color
  • Background image from photos or Unsplash
  • 30+ built-in fonts
  • Adjustable text color
  • Weekly and monthly premium subscriptions
Features
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Story Widget is a highly customizable date widget. It can be adjusted precisely to best fit your desired appearance. - Create custom date widget of nearly any size and color - Change background image using your Photos or Unsplash - Pick from 30+ built-in fonts - Change text color - More features to come... If you’re having fun playing around with widgets, you should definitely check out Story Widget Along with completely free content, the app has the following subscription options for premium content: - Weekly with a 3-day free trial period; - Monthly without trial period; Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Free trial subscription is automatically renewed unless cancelled 24 hours before the renewal - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
 - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JFFapps/StoryWidget/master/PrivacyPolicy Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JFFapps/StoryWidget/master/TermOfUse

Screenshots

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget4 screens
Story Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Story Widget at none against Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's shown. Story Widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's advantage is ratings volume (322 vs 6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Story Widget sells 2 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

Story Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget has 322 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Story Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget versus Story Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockscreen & Homescreen WidgetStory Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (322 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings322 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp ToroKseniya Adamchyk

Customer experience

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

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

Story Widget

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

Story Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly premium$12.991 Month

Questions

Is Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget free?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Story Widget free?
Story Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Story Widget?
Story Widget is rated higher. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget averages 4.5 out of 5 from 322 ratings, while Story Widget averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Story Widget have ads?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget shows ads; Story Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Story Widget?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and Story Widget weekly. Most recently, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget was updated on October 21, 2026 and Story Widget on October 20, 2026.

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