Comparison

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs Photos Collage Widget

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

Head to head
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 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

About

Photos Collage Widget

Create custom photo collages directly on your home screen. Select up to nine photos, choose from various layouts, and set a refresh interval to display your favorite memories. Personalize your device's look with ease.

Highlights
  • Create photo collages in a widget
  • Support up to 9 photos
  • Multiple collage layouts
  • Select photos from album
  • Set photo refresh interval
  • Customizable home screen
Features
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Photo Collage Widget helps you collage your favorite photos in a widget, custom your home screen & it’s free. Support up to 9 photos for collage, choose the suitable widget size, edit and view the pictures you have selected! Easily used in a few simple steps: - Select the photos from the album. You can choose up to 9 photos! - Edit the photo collage. We offer many different layouts - Show your memorable pictures on the Home Screen. - Adjust interval to refresh all your photos at the time you want. Photo Collage Widget is a home screen widget that only works with iOS14. Terms & Conditions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LP95q1SvfIUKg5gz7PkRVwv90hppY8mu8wpp9cEkA6w Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YW2_tkXtlTKmCqLvGQ4xg-BDnWIEg-oghV4qNH5ARyQ

Screenshots

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens
Photos Collage Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photos Collage Widget at none against Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's 4. Photos Collage Widget also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8.7K vs 28). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Photos Collage Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photos Collage Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.7K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's written reviews are positive against 93% of Photos Collage Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, Photos Collage Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia versus Photos Collage Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock + Home Widgets widgetopiaPhotos Collage Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.7K ratings)4.7 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.7K — better28
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatch Faces & WidgetsFan Technology Limited

Customer experience

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

All ratings8,649 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews513 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative30.0%

Photos Collage Widget

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%

Bugs and 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

Photos Collage Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

Subscriptions3
  • widgetopia+3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • widgetopia+ (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$5.99
None

Photos Collage Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photos Collage Widget free?
Photos Collage Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Photos Collage Widget?
Photos Collage Widget is rated higher. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.7K ratings, while Photos Collage Widget averages 4.7 from 28 ratings.
Do Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Photos Collage Widget have ads?
Photos Collage Widget shows ads; Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia does not.
Which is updated more often, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Photos Collage Widget?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, and Photos Collage Widget fortnightly. Most recently, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia was updated on October 27, 2026 and Photos Collage Widget on October 24, 2026.

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