Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs Firefly
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 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.
Firefly
Personalize your iPhone's charging screen with a wide variety of animated themes and sounds. Customize your experience with flexible settings and enjoy a unique visual display while your device powers up.
- Set charging animations
- Multiple animation themes
- Customizable animation sounds
- Flexible settings
- Detailed setup guide
- Personalized charging experience
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This is the best app to get a new look for your iPhone’s screen while it is charged. There are plenty of high quality hot & trendy icon & screen charging animations that can be customized to create your unique charging experience! Main Features: - Set charging animation: Hundreds of high quality animations - Multiple animation themes: Hot, Trending, Anime, Cartoon, Abstract,... - Flexible settings: Support setting animation sound, progress icon display, battery information, etc… You can easily customize your charging screen in your own style! - Convenient and smooth setting experience with detailed guide How to use: - Overlay permission required according to the tutorial to display animation - Choose your favorite theme and charging animation - Customize your animation with flexible setting functions - Plug your phone into the charger and enjoy unique charging experiences! - You can register a premium account with all the features of app without ads - 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. - Links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q5QQ0p7ARSV51n9XFWZI8MVErZd04Cd8NcvNJsGuvfM - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. From now on, when charging iPhones, your screen will be more attractive than ever with various personalized animations! Just install the Master charging animations app and if you like it, please rate 5 stars to support us. Thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia at 61% against Firefly's 0%. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Firefly's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Firefly sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.6K ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of Firefly's.
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia ships an update every 2 months, Firefly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia | Firefly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8.6K ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Watch Faces & Widgets | Mai Pham Thi Ngoc |
Customer experience
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Firefly
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
Firefly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
- widgetopia VIP3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- widgetopia VIP (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$5.99
Firefly
- Battery Access Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Weekly Sub Firefly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Monthly Sub Firefly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Battery Access Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Yearly Sub Firefly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
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