Comparison

Widget Maker vs Lock Screen Widgets Live

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

Head to head
About

Widget Maker

Personalize your phone's home screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Add quick access to contacts, display photos, track steps, or get daily inspiration. Make your device unique with custom backgrounds, colors, and fonts.

Highlights
  • Photo slideshow widget
  • Quick contact widget
  • Step counter widget
  • Daily quote widget
  • Sticky note widget
  • Analog clock widget
  • Customizable backgrounds, colors, and fonts
Features
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Extrtra Widget - Personalize your Phone! App provide many useful widget to help you access phone features faster & make your phone more differences! • Photos Widget: Pick images from your photo library & make slideshow on Home Screen • Quick Contact Widget: Add contacts to home screen, just tap to call/message/email them! • Step Counter Widget: Show your daily activity & make you a better health • Daily Quote Widget: Inspire your day with great quote! • Battery Widget, Flashlight Widget & more useful utilities will available soon! #NEW WIDGETS: • Sticky Note: remind you important things • Analog Clock: various clock styles for your phone! App allow you to change background images, colors, fonts of all widgets, you can choose what you like, make your phone difference! Let download Extra Widget! App will have more useful features in next update!

About

Lock Screen Widgets Live

Enhance your lock screen with customizable widgets. Track steps with a pedometer, view your calendar at a glance, and launch your favorite apps directly from your lock screen. Personalize your device for quick access to essential information and tools.

Highlights
  • Pedometer with steps, objective, and distance
  • Mini calendar with today highlighted
  • Direct app launching from lock screen
  • Live Activity support for app dock
  • Customizable lock screen widgets
Features
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Keep favorite apps and everyday information within reach. Build a Lock Screen that works for you with app shortcuts, a calendar, a pedometer and an event countdown. App Launcher — your favorites together • Collect favorite apps and tap to open them. • Touch and hold icons to reorder them, or remove apps you no longer need. • Browse the catalog or search the App Store. Set up personal launchers with a named Apple Shortcut or a supported app URL. App Dock — up to 10 apps on your Lock Screen • Show app shortcuts as a Live Activity, with Dynamic Island access on supported iPhones. • Show or hide app names, choose grayscale icons and adjust padding. • Choose system, translucent or solid backgrounds and adjust background opacity. • Reorder or remove apps in either the Launcher or App Dock preview. Tap Update App Dock to apply changes to your running Dock. • Save different app lists, orders and appearances as Dock profiles. Create, duplicate, rename and switch profiles for different parts of your day. • Apply Standard, Minimal, Monochrome or Spacious design presets, then fine-tune the appearance. System controls — quicker access on iOS 18 or later • Add controls to open App Dock settings, start or update your selected Dock, or apply a saved profile. • Use them in Control Center, supported Lock Screen controls or the Action button on supported iPhones. • Controls open this app to apply changes; unlocking may be required. Lock Screen launcher widgets • Add circular or rectangular app shortcuts. • On iOS 17 or later, choose a default app from inside the app, or select a different app for each widget in the Lock Screen editor. • On iOS 16, use the existing individual app shortcut widgets. Calendar — today and the weeks around it • See today's weekday and date in a circular widget. • Choose 3 or 4 rows for the rectangular calendar. • Pick the row containing today to show more of the past or upcoming weeks. • Settings save automatically, with a preview as you make changes. Pedometer — follow your daily movement • Check steps, progress toward your goal and distance. • Set a daily step goal and choose kilometers or miles. • Refresh in the app and check the last update time. On iOS 17 or later, you can also tap the pedometer widget to refresh. Countdown — keep important dates in sight • Save an event name and date, then see the days remaining or elapsed in a widget. • Use it for anniversaries, trips or other dates you want to remember. Illustrated help, inside the app Find visual instructions for adding widgets and using each feature. Search the guides even offline. The app supports 12 languages. Good to know • Steps require Motion & Fitness permission. iOS controls when widgets refresh automatically. • App Store search does not identify installed apps. Launch support varies by app, and opening may pass through this app or Shortcuts. • A Dock session can stay active for up to 8 hours and remain on the Lock Screen for up to 4 more hours. It may end sooner. Optional renewal works while this app is open; start the Dock again if it ends.

Screenshots

Widget Maker4 screens
Lock Screen Widgets Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lock Screen Widgets Live at 4.8 against Widget Maker's 3.9. Lock Screen Widgets Live also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%) and ratings volume (146 vs 14). Widget Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.1). On price, update cadence, 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 Screen Widgets Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Widget Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lock Screen Widgets Live holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen Widgets Live has 146 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Widget Maker's written reviews are positive against 85% of Lock Screen Widgets Live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Maker ships an update every 11 days, Lock Screen Widgets Live every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Widget Maker versus Lock Screen Widgets Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget MakerLock Screen Widgets Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.8 (146 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews84.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14146 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTran Dinh HungMonocraft

Customer experience

Widget Maker

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Lock Screen Widgets Live

All ratings146 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.1%

In-app purchases

None

Widget Maker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lock Screen Widgets Live

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Widget Maker free?
Widget Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lock Screen Widgets Live free?
Lock Screen Widgets Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Maker or Lock Screen Widgets Live?
Lock Screen Widgets Live is rated higher. Widget Maker averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Lock Screen Widgets Live averages 4.8 from 146 ratings.
Do Widget Maker or Lock Screen Widgets Live have ads?
Neither Widget Maker nor Lock Screen Widgets Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Maker or Lock Screen Widgets Live?
Widget Maker ships an update every 11 days, and Lock Screen Widgets Live every 2 weeks. Most recently, Widget Maker was updated on October 8, 2026 and Lock Screen Widgets Live on October 12, 2026.

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