Comparison

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs Pixel 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

Pixel Widget

Personalize your device's home screen with a variety of customizable options. Add unique pixel icons, wallpapers, and widgets to express your style. Launch your favorite apps directly from custom widgets.

Highlights
  • Customized pixel icons
  • Customized wallpapers
  • Customized photo & colored widgets
  • Customized application launcher
  • Transparent widgets
  • Unlockable pro features
Features
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# Pixel Widget Customize your home screen with lots of fun. # Features - Customized with pixel icons - Customized wallpapers - Customized photo & colored widget - Customized application launcher - Transparent widget # Pro Version Features - Unlock limitation with more than 5 cards - Unlimited wallpaper - Unlimited category - Unlock more features in future # Subscriptions Pro Version Subscriptions: - Pro Version - Monthly ( 1 month, $ 1.99, auto-Renewable subscription) - Pro Version - Annual ( 1 year, $ 14.99, auto-renewable subscription) Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account once you confirm your purchase. Your iTunes account will be charged again when your subscription automatically renews at the end of your current subscription period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Apple ID Account Settings any time after purchase. Terms & Conditions: https://woo-interactive.com/privacy/pixelwidgetterms.html Privacy Policy: https://woo-interactive.com/privacy/pixelwidget.html # Lifetime Purchase Pro Version Lifetime: - Pro Version - Lifetime (lifetime, $ 29.99) Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account once you confirm your purchase. Terms & Conditions: https://woo-interactive.com/privacy/pixelwidgetterms.html Privacy Policy: https://woo-interactive.com/privacy/pixelwidget.html # Feedback Any feedback and recommendation please kindly click Email icon in about page.

Screenshots

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens
Pixel Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia and Pixel Widget both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Pixel Widget's written reviews are positive against 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's. Pixel Widget also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's advantage is ratings volume (8.7K vs 7). On price, rating, 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

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 and Pixel Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia against 4.4 for Pixel Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's written reviews are positive against 86% of Pixel Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Widget every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia versus Pixel Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock + Home Widgets widgetopiaPixel Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.7K ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews86.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.7K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatch Faces & Widgets涛 吴

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%

Pixel Widget

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%

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

Pixel 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
3 purchases

Pixel Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Version - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Version - Annual$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version - Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Widget free?
Pixel Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Pixel Widget?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is rated higher. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.7K ratings, while Pixel Widget averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Pixel Widget have ads?
Neither Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia nor Pixel Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Pixel Widget?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pixel Widget every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia was updated on October 20, 2026 and Pixel Widget on October 15, 2026.

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