Comparison

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget vs Photo 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

Photo Widget

Quickly call your favorite contacts directly from your home screen with custom photos. Personalize your phone's display with functional widgets for one-tap calling.

Highlights
  • Speed dial favorite contacts
  • Customize home screen
  • One-click calling
  • Add custom photos
  • Easy setup and use
Features
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Caller Widget is the perfect app for speed-dialing your favorites directly from your home screen! All you need is to choose your favorite contacts, assign a picture from your gallery, and find the best place on your home screen for beautiful and functional widgets. Then, call your favorite people in one click. Caller Widget is such an easy and perfect app to personalize your home phone. Here are the main features: - SPEED DIAL your favorite contacts - CUSTOMIZE your home screen - EASILY set it up and use Enjoy!

Screenshots

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget4 screens
Photo Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photo Widget at none against Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's 6. Photo Widget also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 55%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Photo Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Photo Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 323 and 421 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's written reviews are positive against 78% of Photo Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Photo Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget versus Photo Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockscreen & Homescreen WidgetPhoto Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (323 ratings) — better4.4 (421 ratings)
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews78.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings323421 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB204 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp Toro25 Degrees Apps LLC

Customer experience

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

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

Photo Widget

All ratings421 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative12.6%

Bugs and requests

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Photo Widget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not appearing on home screen after setup
  • App crashing or freezing when accessing certain sections
  • Repeated prompts to rate the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add mini-games or activities to earn rewards
  • Improve widget downloading and placement functionality
  • Provide more color and theme options

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
None

Photo Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget free?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Widget free?
Photo Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Photo Widget?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is rated higher. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget averages 4.5 out of 5 from 323 ratings, while Photo Widget averages 4.4 from 421 ratings.
Do Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Photo Widget have ads?
Both Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget and Photo Widget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Photo Widget?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and Photo Widget fortnightly. Most recently, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget was updated on October 13, 2026 and Photo Widget on October 3, 2026.

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