Comparison

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget vs DateTimeWidget

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

DateTimeWidget

Display the current date and time prominently on your iOS home screen with a customizable widget. Adjust text size, color, and font to match your preferences for easy readability.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Date and time display
  • Adjustable text size
  • Customizable font
  • Color options
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The DateTimeWidget displays date and time in a widget that can be added to your home screen on your iOS device. It is a useful widget if you want to see the date and time in larger text on your screen. The color, size of text and font can all be adjusted in the settings for the widget.

Screenshots

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget4 screens
DateTimeWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget at 4.5 against DateTimeWidget's 2.4. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). DateTimeWidget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. DateTimeWidget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget has 323 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's written reviews are positive against 33% of DateTimeWidget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, DateTimeWidget every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget versus DateTimeWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockscreen & Homescreen WidgetDateTimeWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (323 ratings) — better2.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings323 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp ToroRiver Rock Logic

Customer experience

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

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

DateTimeWidget

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

DateTimeWidget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget free?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DateTimeWidget free?
DateTimeWidget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or DateTimeWidget?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is rated higher. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget averages 4.5 out of 5 from 323 ratings, while DateTimeWidget averages 2.4 from 8 ratings.
Do Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or DateTimeWidget have ads?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget shows ads; DateTimeWidget does not.
Which is updated more often, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or DateTimeWidget?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and DateTimeWidget every 6 months. Most recently, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget was updated on October 13, 2026 and DateTimeWidget on October 1, 2026.

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