Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget vs Next Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Next Widget
Create and customize your own widgets for your home screen. Choose from hundreds of pre-built designs or design your own with various art, backgrounds, and colors. New widgets are added weekly.
- Create custom widgets
- Customize prebuilt widgets
- Weekly widget updates
- 500+ prebuilt widget options
- Widget library
- Analog and digital clocks
- Daily quotes and love counters
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◆ Make your own widgets, just the way you like.◆ You can find your favorite Widgets and Customize their art, background image, background color, etc or Create your widget with a wide range of options in Next Widget. also, you can have your own widget library and add them to your home screen. *****We add new widgets every week***** ◆ Main features: * Theme and widget packs (Weekly update) * Chose between 500+ prebuilt widgets (Weekly update) * Customize prebuilt widgets * Create your own widget ◆ Widget types: * Analog clock (60+ Styles) * Digital Clock (12 Styles) * Daily Quotes * Love day counter * Calendar * Countdown * Photo * Notes ◆ Upcoming widgets: * Weather * Social * Music * Sport * Tools ◆ Steps: 1- Choose your widget art between 500+ fantastic widgets 2- Customize your widget background color,image,text,etc. 3- Add your widget to your home screen ----------------------------- ►Notes: 〉Next Widget includes an optional premium subscription. This is offered on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription your payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. 〉Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription in the iTunes settings at least 24- hours before the end of the free trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. 〉Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. 〉Please note: If have any problem with your widgets display after updates, please re-save them. 〉Please note: Please Report to us all translation or functionality problems through the Instagram support page. (link is inside the app) 〉You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by canceling your subscription through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Next Widget at 89% against Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's 55%. Next Widget also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's advantage is ratings volume (323 vs 68). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Next Widget sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Next Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 323 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's written reviews are positive against 89% of Next Widget's.
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Next Widget every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget | Next Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (323 ratings) | 4.7 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 323 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Toro | Mehdi Khajeh Pour |
Customer experience
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget
Next Widget
Bugs and requests
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Next Widget
Reported bugs
4 issues- Next wallpaper shows 'image not found'
- App crashes when scrolling
- Free trial charged immediately
- Time widget not keeping proper time (resolved)
Requested features
4 requests- More free options
- Fix scrolling bug
- More widget variety
- Improve free trial transparency
In-app purchases
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget
- PRO Widgets$3.99
- PRO Widgets2 variants$5.99
- PRO Widgets2 variants$7.99
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- PRO Widgets$11.99
Next Widget
- Three months3 Days trial$4.993 Months
- One month$4.991 Month
- Six months$7.996 Months
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- One year promotion$7.991 Year
- One year$19.991 Year
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