Comparison

Lock Screen Widgets App vs Icon Widget

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Widgets App

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with vibrant, informative widgets. Easily add customizable date, time, calendar, and battery percentage displays with colorful backgrounds. Transform your device into a visually appealing and functional dashboard.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Date and time display
  • Calendar integration
  • Battery percentage
  • Colorful backgrounds
  • Easy to use
Features
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Widget Themes helps you set up color widgets with just a few clicks! It’s really easy to use and change widgets. Your home screen will be amazing and informative like never before! Add any date, time, calendar and battery percentage widgets with colorful and well-designed backgrounds.
 The app contains the following subscription options: - 1 year membership costs from $29.99.
 - 1 week membership costs from $7.99 after 3 days free trial.
 - The price is for US customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. - 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 the free trial will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://pastimeapps.com/privacy
 Terms of Use: https://pastimeapps.com/terms

About

Icon Widget

Personalize your device with custom icons, widgets, and wallpapers. Choose from a wide variety of aesthetic themes to create a unique and stylish home screen. Easily change app icons and names to match your desired look.

Highlights
  • Customizable app icons
  • Widget creation for iOS 16
  • Minimalist and themed wallpapers
  • App name customization
  • Multiple aesthetic theme packs
  • Shortcut-based icon changing
Features
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Widgets, icon & wallpapers ● Widget for iOS 16: weather widgets, calendar widgets, Clock widgets, HD photos widgets... ● Icon changer: asthetic icons pack & change icon free for home screen ● Minimalist wallpapers: simple style wallpapers for lock screen Themes we include: ● Minimalist Style (Minimalist White, Minimalist Black, Light Luxury, Coffee Time…) ● Dark Style (Cyberpunk, Space Light, Speed Car, In Space…) ● Charm of Color (Neon Light, Surfer, Neo Style, Purple Paradise…) ● Movies & Stars (Slutherin, Storm Trooper, Laker, Gundam…) ● Art Aesthetics(Misty Forest, Nude Aesthetic, Porcelain Art, Infrared Ray…) ● Happy Holiday (Colorful 2021, Merry Christmas, Golden 2021…) Detailed Features Introduction ● Change app icon as needed, customize the icon pack to make you satisfied. ● Replace icons at once to avoid the trouble of repeated operations. ● Change the app name to make your home screen more personalized! ● Theme matching reference to easily create a colorful iPhone home screen. Still worried about the bad-looking icons?Your widgets are not special enough? A perfect theme package can help you solve the problem! Theme Pack is an app rich in various styles of theme packs, each theme contains dozens of beautiful icons, Widgets and wallpapers. They are all well-designed and matched, of course, you can also play your own style freely. At the same time, you can also change the name of the application at will! Make your mobile desktop full of personality! Please note! This app change app icon by creating a shortcut, please do not delete the main body of the app!

Screenshots

Lock Screen Widgets App4 screens
Icon Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lock Screen Widgets App at 4.4 against Icon Widget's 2.0. Lock Screen Widgets App also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 20). Icon Widget's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, review sentiment, 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 Screen Widgets App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Icon Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lock Screen Widgets App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen Widgets App has 1.1K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Lock Screen Widgets App's written reviews are positive against 22% of Icon Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock Screen Widgets App ships an update every 3 weeks, Icon Widget every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lock Screen Widgets App versus Icon Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen Widgets AppIcon Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.1K ratings) — better2.0 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB135 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperYahor Kamisaruk岳明 陈

Customer experience

Lock Screen Widgets App

All ratings1,050 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

Icon Widget

All ratings20 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Lock Screen Widgets App

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Time widget stuck on old time
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow changing font and colors
  • Add 12-hour time format

Icon Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lock Screen Widgets App

Subscriptions4
  • Widget Gallery - Premium$4.997 Days
  • Premium Color Widgets3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Widget Themes - Premium 2$7.997 Days
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  • Widget Themes - Premium$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Icon Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Icon Theme Premium Weekly$2.497 Days
  • Icon Theme Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Enjoy All Themes$9.99
  • Premium-lifetime$11.99

Questions

Is Lock Screen Widgets App free?
Lock Screen Widgets App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Icon Widget free?
Icon Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lock Screen Widgets App or Icon Widget?
Lock Screen Widgets App is rated higher. Lock Screen Widgets App averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Icon Widget averages 2.0 from 20 ratings.
Do Lock Screen Widgets App or Icon Widget have ads?
Icon Widget shows ads; Lock Screen Widgets App does not.
Which is updated more often, Lock Screen Widgets App or Icon Widget?
Lock Screen Widgets App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Icon Widget every 10 days. Most recently, Lock Screen Widgets App was updated on September 15, 2026 and Icon Widget on September 12, 2026.

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