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 largest watchface design community in the world - get ready to make your home screen unique with widgetopia! THOUSANDS OF WIDGETS There are 100,000+ pre-built widgets which you can use right away! CREATE YOUR OWN WIDGET With widgetopia, you can use our powerful design tools to make your own designs and display any data you need. - 100,000+ widgets, more each day! - 5,000+ icons to make your iPhone look neat and stylish! - 100+ wallpapers for your home / lock screen! - Home and iOS 16 lock screen widgets! - Install the whole icon pack at once! - Over 70 widget themes! - Full designer tools - Weather Widget (current, hourly, daily) - Calendar Widget - Health Widget - Photo Widget - Battery Widget - Reminders Widget - Time & date - Digital clock - Analog clock including seconds - 100,000 Watch Hands + Backgrounds - Steps - Charts - Countdowns - Javascript expressions - Moon phase - Activity rings - Progress bars - Import widgets - Themeable Widgets - Transparent Widgets - Custom JSON Endpoints - Animated GIFs - Much more coming soon! REMIX EXISTING WIDGETS You can remix any widget you like and customize to your heart's content! Requires iOS 14+ PRICING AND TERMS Free version allows use of all widgets excluding those with weather data, including full design tools. Upgrade to the VIP version to unlock all widgets, get regular content updates and remove ads! – 1 week subscription price starts at $3.99 USD/week – 12 months subscription price starts at $19.99 USD/year - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable The prices above are in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country. Privacy Policy: https://widgetopia.io/privacy/wm Terms of Use: https://widgetopia.io/terms/wm Requested access: Photos - use your own photos in your widget Notification - access to receive notifications about updates, new content, app news Calendar - display calendar data on widgets Bluetooth - display Bluetooth status on widgets Health - widgetopia optionally integrates with Apple Health. This data is used to display your step count and activity if you select one of those widget types. Permission for widgetopia to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app.
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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 (8.6K vs 6). Widget Station's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
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 8.6K 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Station | Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (8.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 61.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 42 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 VIP3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- widgetopia VIP (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$5.99
Questions
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