Comparison

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs WidgetBucket

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 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.

About

WidgetBucket

Personalize your device's home screen with a wide variety of pre-made and customizable widgets. Add elements like clocks, calendars, fitness trackers, and reminders to create a unique and functional layout.

Highlights
  • Extensive widget gallery
  • Customizable widget appearance
  • Date & Time widgets
  • Fitness tracking widgets
  • Countdown and reminder widgets
  • Contact shortcuts
  • Analog clock designs
Features
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WidgetBucket provides you the ability to add premade widgets or customize them to create the perfect home screen for you! With many custom widgets that you can choose from you can add beautiful and useful widgets that will make your device much more personalized! ∙ WIDGETS GALLERY ∙ Choose custom widgets from a large gallery of premade widgets, with many beautiful and useful elements such as Date & Time Widget, Fitness: Steps & Distance, Countdown Widget, Reminders, Photos, Analog Clocks, Calendars and much more! ∙ CUSTOMIZE WIDGETS ∙ You can also customize and personalize many aspects of the widget such as the background color or background photo, colors of the texts, fonts, styles and much more in order to create the best widgets experience for you! ∙ WIDGETS TYPES ∙ ∙∙ Photos - Select photos from your gallery to show on your home screen! ∙∙ Date - Shows the current date in many beautiful styles and designs ∙∙ Time - Shows the current time in a perfect and beautiful way on your home screen! ∙∙ Progress - Shows the progress of the day / week / month / year and also for any custom event that you want! ∙∙ Fitness - Shows today’s steps count and distance in a widget on your home screen! ∙∙ Contacts - Allows quick call to your favorite contacts directly from you home screen! ∙∙ Countdown - Presents the days left until an event to always remember you favorite events! ∙∙ Reminders - Never forget your reminders and show them with amazing design! ∙∙ Analog Clocks - Show the current time in an analog way with multiple styles! ∙∙ Calendar - Show the current date on a calendar view! ∙∙ QR - Scan and show QR codes directly from your home screen! There are so much to explore and create using WidgetBucket so don't waste your time and try it today! * If you choose to use Fitness Widgets, these widgets integrates with Apple Health app. This data is used to display information about your steps count and activity. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.algotwist.com/widgetbucket/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use

Screenshots

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens
WidgetBucket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WidgetBucket at 100% against Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's 61%. WidgetBucket also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's advantage is ratings volume (8.6K vs 19). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 WidgetBucket sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WidgetBucket holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.6K ratings behind it against 19, 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 100% of WidgetBucket's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 2 months, WidgetBucket weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia versus WidgetBucket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock + Home Widgets widgetopiaWidgetBucket
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.6K ratings)4.8 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.6K — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatch Faces & WidgetsAlgoTwist Ltd

Customer experience

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

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

WidgetBucket

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

WidgetBucket

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

WidgetBucket

Subscriptions1
  • Best Premium Widgets3 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetBucket free?
WidgetBucket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or WidgetBucket?
WidgetBucket is rated higher. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings, while WidgetBucket averages 4.8 from 19 ratings.
Do Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or WidgetBucket have ads?
Neither Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia nor WidgetBucket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or WidgetBucket?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 2 months, and WidgetBucket weekly. Most recently, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia was updated on September 28, 2026 and WidgetBucket on August 26, 2026.

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