Comparison

Simple Photo Widget + vs Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Simple Photo Widget +

Personalize your iPhone's home screen by displaying your favorite photos in customizable widgets. Add unlimited images, set refresh intervals, and enjoy a clean interface with dark mode support for an attractive and dynamic display.

Highlights
  • Home screen photo widgets
  • Unlimited photo support
  • Customizable refresh intervals
  • Plain and simple UI
  • High-quality images
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Photo Widgetsmith helps you to display your favorite photos anywhere in your home screen. Add unlimited photos to your widget, set a refresh interval for your photos, your iPhone Home screen can never be more attractive. With Photo Widgetsmill, you can get: - Plain and Simple User Interface, saving you lots of time. - High quality images, giving you best quality ever. - Dark mode support, well fitting for your home screens. - Unlimited photos support, for your limitlessly impressive photos Download now and Enjoy your FREE Photo Widget.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Simple Photo Widget +4 screens
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Photo Widget + at none against Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's 4. Simple Photo Widget + also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 61%). Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's advantage is ratings volume (8.6K vs 288). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Simple 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 — 4.4 for Simple Photo Widget + against 4.5 for Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.6K ratings behind it against 288, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Simple Photo Widget +'s written reviews are positive against 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Photo Widget + ships an update every 3 days, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Photo Widget + versus Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Photo Widget +Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (288 ratings)4.5 (8.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better61.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2888.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhoenix Mobile Technology LLCWatch Faces & Widgets

Customer experience

Simple Photo Widget +

All ratings288 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

All ratings8,607 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews510 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative30.0%

Bugs and requests

Simple Photo Widget +

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

None

Simple Photo Widget +

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

Subscriptions3
  • widgetopia VIP3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • widgetopia VIP (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Simple Photo Widget + free?
Simple Photo Widget + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Photo Widget + or Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is rated higher. Simple Photo Widget + averages 4.4 out of 5 from 288 ratings, while Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 from 8.6K ratings.
Do Simple Photo Widget + or Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia have ads?
Neither Simple Photo Widget + nor Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Photo Widget + or Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia?
Simple Photo Widget + ships an update every 3 days, and Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia every 2 months. Most recently, Simple Photo Widget + was updated on September 17, 2026 and Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia on September 24, 2026.

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