Comparison

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget vs Cape

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

Cape

This app helps you regain focus by pausing excessive app usage and restoring access later. It's designed to reduce distractions, curb impulsive app openings, and promote healthier digital habits, especially for those with attention challenges.

Highlights
  • Set daily screen time limits
  • Schedule app breaks
  • Customize pause screen
  • On-demand access control
  • Automate access with zones and schedules
  • Receive notifications and reports
Features
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If you find yourself spending too much time on social media, short-form videos, or games, Cape can help you stay focused by pausing excess app usage and restoring access at the right time. By adding gentle pauses and clear boundaries, Cape helps reduce distraction, curb impulsive app openings, and support healthier digital habits -— especially for people who struggle with attention or ADHD-related challenges. What you can do with Cape: - Set daily screen time limits: Apps pause automatically when you reach your limit. - Take a Break: Cape pauses apps after extended usage and resumes them automatically once your break ends. - Customize the Pause Screen with a personal message, countdown, and usage summary, shown when you open paused apps to help you stay mindful. - Use On-demand Access and Delayed Resume to reduce impulsive app openings. - Automate with Allow Zones & Block Zones, schedules, and Shortcuts to control access automatically. - Stay informed with notifications and reports. With Cape, pausing excess screen time becomes automatic, intentional, and easy. Contact developer team: root@getcape.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getcape.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget4 screens
Cape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cape at none against Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's shown. Cape also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 322) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Cape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. 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 4.6 for Cape. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cape has 15K ratings behind it against 322, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget's written reviews are positive against 58% of Cape's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, Cape every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget versus Cape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockscreen & Homescreen WidgetCape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (322 ratings)4.6 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews58.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32215K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp ToroAir Matters Network Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

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

Cape

All ratings15,349 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews426 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral10.8%
Negative31.2%

Bugs and requests

Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cape

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App freezes on password screen
  • Widgets not working after update
  • Restoring shortcut doesn't work
  • Apps not disappearing properly
  • Hiding apps doesn't always work
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  • Cloak app not working on iPad Pro
  • Apps reappearing in recently added
  • Cloak app getting stuck on startup

Requested features

9 requests
  • More functional incognito note app
  • Unlimited app groups
  • Free incognito passcode option
  • Ability to hide battery statistics
  • Option to hide the Cloak app itself
Show 4 more
  • Wider cloaking options (full screen)
  • Danger zone to auto-hide all apps
  • Option to change Cloak app name/icon
  • Ability to restore apps to original folders

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

Cape

Subscriptions1
  • Cape Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cape Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget free?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cape free?
Cape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Cape?
Cape is rated higher. Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget averages 4.5 out of 5 from 322 ratings, while Cape averages 4.6 from 15K ratings.
Do Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Cape have ads?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget shows ads; Cape does not.
Which is updated more often, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget or Cape?
Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cape every 3 weeks. Most recently, Lockscreen & Homescreen Widget was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cape on October 28, 2026.

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