Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs Widget Custom HomeScreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 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
Widget Custom HomeScreen
Personalize your iPhone or iPad with custom themes, icons, and widgets. Transform your home screen with aesthetic wallpapers and unique styles. Integrates with the Health app for fitness tracking widgets.
- Customizable widgets (small, medium, large)
- Icon packs for custom shortcuts
- Themed colors, fonts, and styles
- 500+ 4K & HD Live wallpapers
- Health app integration for fitness widgets
- Step-by-step guides for setup
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Make your iPhone or iPad look exactly the way you want it. Widget Custom HomeScreen is the all-in-one personalization app for iPhone and iPad — with 5,000+ icons, 500+ themes, animated widgets, full Lock Screen customization, and a library of 500+ 4K live wallpapers. Whether your style is minimal and clean, bold and colorful, or aesthetic and moody, you'll find a theme that feels like you. - WHAT'S INSIDE Widgets • Animated & static widgets — small, medium, and large • Lock Screen widgets (iOS 16 and above) • Health widgets — step count, move ring, exercise & stand from Apple Health Icons & Themes • 5,000+ custom icons, applied through the native iOS Shortcuts app • 500+ complete themes — each includes matching icons, wallpapers & widgets • Icon styles that complement iOS 26's Default, Dark, Tinted & Clear modes Wallpapers • 500+ 4K & HD live wallpapers • Aesthetic collections updated regularly - HOW IT WORKS Browse themes, tap one you love, and follow the simple step-by-step setup guide. Your Home Screen and Lock Screen transform in minutes. Icons work through iOS Shortcuts — no jailbreak or third-party tools required. - HEALTH & FITNESS WIDGETS Connect Widget Custom HomeScreen to Apple Health to show your daily step count, move ring, exercise minutes, and stand progress directly on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Compatible with all iPhones and iPads running iOS 14 or later. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS • Monthly: $9.99/month — includes a 3-day free trial • Yearly: $29.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation and renews automatically. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings at least 24 hours before the next renewal date. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when upgrading to a paid plan. Privacy Policy: https://widgetsapp.net/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://widgetsapp.net/terms-of-use.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Have a feature request or need help? We'd love to hear from you: https://support.widgetsapp.net/support/tickets/new
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia at freemium against Widget Custom HomeScreen's subscription. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 26%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Widget Custom HomeScreen's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Widget Custom HomeScreen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.6K and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's written reviews are positive against 26% of Widget Custom HomeScreen's.
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, Widget Custom HomeScreen monthly. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia | Widget Custom HomeScreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8.6K ratings) — better | 4.1 (2.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews — better | 26.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.6K — better | 2.8K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Watch Faces & Widgets | GREEN DYGITAL CONSULTING LLP |
Customer experience
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Widget Custom HomeScreen
User reviews
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
From 8.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Customizable widgets
- 🎨 Wide selection of widgets
- 💡 Ability to create own widgets
- 🎨 Lots of customization options
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 💰 Subscription/premium content
- 🐛 Widgets not updating correctly
- 🐛 Inaccurate time/weather/battery info
- 🐛 Blurry/distorted widgets on home screen
- 🔍 Difficult to find/use certain features
Widget Custom HomeScreen
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Customizable widgets
- 👍 Aesthetic options
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for most features
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🤔 Limited free options
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
Widget Custom HomeScreen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not saving properly
- App icons not working as expected
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- More free widget options
- Improved organization and search
- Halloween and Christmas themed widgets
In-app purchases
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
- widgetopia+3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- widgetopia+ (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$5.99
Widget Custom HomeScreen
- Widget CustomHomeScreen:weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Widget Custom HomeScreen: PRO3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Widget$29.991 Year
- Buy any one theme or icon pack$4.99
- Limited Time Special Offer$9.99
- Widget App Lifetime Offer$19.99
Questions
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