Comparison

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs Themes

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

Themes

Personalize your mobile device with custom app icons, aesthetic themes, and widgets. Easily change your Home Screen's look and feel with a variety of options and new content added daily. Create your unique style with icon packs and matching wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Custom app icons
  • Aesthetic themes
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Icon packs
  • Custom wallpapers
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• Upgrade your Home Screen – set custom app icons, themes and widgets! • Aesthetic themes to impress your friends • 100+ apps supported • Lock Screen widgets customizer • Set app icons in one tap • Variety of cool widgets and wallpapers • Create your own style with icon packs • Wallpapers that fit themes style Themely is the only way to totally customize Home screen look and feel. Set custom app icons, widgets and wallpapers. We add new content every day – stay tuned! Need more icons and themes? Or want us to create some special app icon for you? Ping us on support@themely.cc Terms of Use: https://themely.cc/terms Privacy Policy: https://themely.cc/privacy

Screenshots

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens
Themes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia and Themes both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's written reviews are positive against 19% of Themes's. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8.7K vs 2.1K). Themes's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

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 Themes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 4.5 for Themes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.7K and 2.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's written reviews are positive against 19% of Themes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, Themes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia versus Themes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock + Home Widgets widgetopiaThemes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.7K ratings) — better4.5 (2.1K ratings)
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews — better18.8% of reviews
Number of ratings8.7K — better2.1K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatch Faces & Widgets42Taps

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%

Themes

All ratings2,103 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews282 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative77.0%

User reviews

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

From 8.7K App Store ratings

What 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

Themes

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 🚀 Quick installation
  • 💡 Customization options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🔒 Security concerns
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔋 Drains battery

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

Themes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Infinite loading issues
  • Duplicate app icons
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free themes and icons
  • Batch icon installation
  • Undo/revert functionality

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
10 purchases

Themes

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
  • Full Access Membership$4.997 Days
  • Full Access Membership3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Yearly Membership$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Membership3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Access$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • Unlock Widget/Icon Pack$1.99
  • Full Lifetime Access$9.99
  • Fancy Widgets Themes & Icon$11.99
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  • Full Access$19.99

Questions

Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Themes free?
Themes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Themes?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is rated higher. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.7K ratings, while Themes averages 4.5 from 2.1K ratings.
Do Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Themes have ads?
Themes shows ads; Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia does not.
Which is updated more often, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or Themes?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 3 weeks, and Themes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia was updated on October 20, 2026 and Themes on October 17, 2026.

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