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.
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.
- Home screen photo widgets
- Unlimited photo support
- Customizable refresh intervals
- Plain and simple UI
- High-quality images
- Dark mode support
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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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Simple Photo Widget + | Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (288 ratings) | 4.5 (8.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 61.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 288 | 8.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | 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 | 5 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phoenix Mobile Technology LLC | Watch Faces & Widgets |
Customer experience
Simple Photo Widget +
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
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
Simple Photo Widget +
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
Is Simple Photo Widget + free?
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