Widget Station vs Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Station
Enhance your device's home screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Choose from calendar, time, and image-based designs to add both functionality and aesthetic appeal.
- 20+ built-in widgets
- Calendar widget
- Time & Color widget
- Time & Image widget
- Customizable widget selection
- Home screen beautification
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Bring awesome widgets to your home screen Widget Station includes 20+ built-in widgets, shown in 3 forms: * Calendar Widget This is the Widget that displays the calendar date. Minimalistic design but extremely beautiful, giving you full information while making your home screen more interesting and beautiful. * Time & Color Widget This is a widget that displays the time, in beautiful and elegant colors. * Time & Image Widget There is also another form of date and time widget, but you will be admired by the beautifully selected images You will be free to choose the widget you love Let's beautify your home screen with Widget Station
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Personalize your home and lock screens with thousands of pre-made widgets or create your own unique designs. Customize with icons, wallpapers, and various data displays like weather, calendar, and health.
- Thousands of pre-built widgets
- Powerful widget design tools
- Customizable icons and wallpapers
- Home and iOS 16 lock screen widgets
- Weather, Calendar, and Health widgets
- Animated GIFs and Charts
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From the team behind WatchMaker, the world’s largest watch face community, widgetopia gives you everything you need to make your Home Screen and Lock Screen feel like your own. 100,000+ WIDGETS Explore a huge library of widgets created by our community, with new designs added every day. Find clocks, weather, calendars, photos, fitness, quotes, anime, aesthetic designs and much more. MAKE IT YOURS Found something you like? Remix it. Or start from scratch and design your own with powerful tools for layers, fonts, colours, gradients, charts, formulas and live data. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Weather — current, hourly and daily • Calendars and agendas • Photos and animated GIFs • Steps, Activity rings and heart rate with Apple Health • Battery, time, date and analog or digital clocks • Countdowns, moon phases, progress bars and charts • 70+ widget themes • Transparent widgets • 5,000+ icons and complete icon packs • Wallpapers for Home Screen and Lock Screen • Custom JSON endpoints and JavaScript expressions • Import and share widgets FREE TO USE widgetopia is free to use, including the full design tools. Some widgets are marked PLUS. You can unlock them individually by watching a short video, or unlock everything with widgetopia+ and remove ads. widgetopia+ • Weekly: $3.99 USD • Yearly: $19.99 USD Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings. Prices may vary by country and are charged in your local currency. Requires iOS 18 or later. Privacy Policy: https://widgetopia.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://widgetopia.io/terms OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS widgetopia only asks for access when a widget needs it: • Location — weather for where you are • Calendar — show your events on widgets • Apple Health — steps, Activity rings and heart rate on widgets you choose • Photos — save wallpapers to your library • Notifications — new widgets and tips
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia at 4.5 against Widget Station's 3.3. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia also leads on ratings volume (8.7K vs 6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Widget Station's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Widget Station asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.7K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Widget Station's written reviews are positive against 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Widget Station ships an update every 2 months, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Station | Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (8.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 61.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cao Tran | Watch Faces & Widgets |
Customer experience
Widget Station
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Bugs and requests
Widget Station
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widgets not refreshing properly
- Time/weather/battery info not updating
- Widgets appearing blurry on home screen
- Crashes/freezes when using the app
Requested features
6 requests- More free widget options
- Ability to remove Widgetopia branding
- Better tutorial/guidance
- Faster widget updates
- More font/icon options
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- Ability to launch apps from widgets
In-app purchases
Widget Station
No in-app purchases
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
- widgetopia+3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- widgetopia+ (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$5.99
Questions
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