Comparison

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia vs blocked.

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

Personalize your phone's home and lock screens with a vast library of customizable widgets. Design your own from scratch or remix existing ones with powerful tools. Access a wide range of widgets including clocks, weather, calendars, photos, and fitness trackers.

Highlights
  • Extensive widget library with daily additions
  • Powerful design tools for custom widgets
  • Home and Lock Screen widget support
  • Integration with Apple Health data
  • Customizable themes and icon packs
  • Import and share widget designs
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 • Made for iPhone Duo: open it flat for a wider layout with a side rail 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

blocked.

This app enforces focus by requiring physical actions to unlock blocked applications. Choose from NFC tags, QR codes, or location-based unlocking to create friction and break distracting habits. Build consistency with streaks and scheduled blocking.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps via Screen Time
  • Unlock with NFC tags
  • Unlock with QR codes
  • Location-based unlocking
  • Recurring blocking schedules
  • Focus streak tracking
  • Export data as CSV
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If you keep disabling app blockers, you're not the problem. The blocker is. Most focus apps are only a few taps away from being turned off. blocked. changes that by requiring a real-world action before blocked apps can be accessed again. Choose the method that works best for you. NFC Assign an NFC tag as your unlock key. Keep it across the room, in another building, or anywhere that creates enough friction to break the habit. QR Code Generate a QR code and scan it whenever you want to unlock. Simple and free. Location Leave a chosen location and your selected apps become unavailable. They stay blocked until you return. blocked. is designed around a simple idea: make distractions harder to reach. No complicated setup. No productivity gimmicks. No expensive subscriptions. Build consistency with streaks, scheduled blocking, and an unlock process that requires more than a tap on a screen. Features • Block distracting apps using Apple's Screen Time framework • Unlock with NFC tags (not supported on iPad) • Unlock with QR codes • Unlock based on location • Create recurring schedules • Track focus streaks • Emergency unblocks for when you really need them • Emergency unblocks refresh every 2 weeks • Export data as CSV • Support for light, dark, and system themes A blocker should be hard to bypass. That's the point.

Screenshots

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens
blocked.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia at Free against blocked.'s $4.99. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia also leads on ratings volume (8.7K vs 4) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). blocked.'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download; blocked. costs $4.99 up front. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. blocked. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

blocked. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia has 8.7K ratings behind it against 4, 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 blocked.'s.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia versus blocked.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock + Home Widgets widgetopiablocked.
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (8.7K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.7K — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatch Faces & WidgetsEnoch Kim

Customer experience

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

All ratings8,672 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews513 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative30.0%

blocked.

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 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

blocked.

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
None

blocked.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is blocked. free?
blocked. costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or blocked.?
blocked. is rated higher. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.7K ratings, while blocked. averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia or blocked. have ads?
Neither Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia nor blocked. shows ads.

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