Comparison

Lock Screen Widgets App vs Color Widgets Instant

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

Color Widgets Instant

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast collection of pre-designed widgets for weather, time, calendar, photos, and more. Easily apply existing designs or create your own unique widgets with extensive customization options for fonts, colors, and backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Pre-made widget designs
  • Custom widget creation
  • Font customization
  • Theme and color selection
  • Photo widgets
  • Multiple widget types
Features
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Color Widgets Instant contains a large set of good pre-made designs for weather, forecast, count-down, time, date, battery, calendar, photo collection, quotes and more. You can immediately use the design in second or better yet, make your own. This app provides powerful customization tools to make widgets on your Home Screen unique: - Design your favorite widget with many widget types available - Customize Font with hundreds amazing fonts - Freely re-select theme color and background color - Put your photo to widget Color Widgets Instant regularly update new pre-made widgets, enriching your choices day by day. With Color Widgets Instant, there is no limit to customize your home screen Subscription plans: • 3 days free trial then monthly subscription • Or buy lifetime one time and use forever • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of service: https://sites.google.com/view/green-app/term-of-use Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/green-app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Lock Screen Widgets App4 screens
Color Widgets Instant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color Widgets Instant at 81% against Lock Screen Widgets App's 29%. Color Widgets Instant also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Lock Screen Widgets App's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 250). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Lock Screen Widgets App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Color Widgets Instant sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Color Widgets Instant holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 250 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Lock Screen Widgets App's written reviews are positive against 81% of Color Widgets Instant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock Screen Widgets App ships an update every 3 weeks, Color Widgets Instant every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lock Screen Widgets App versus Color Widgets Instant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen Widgets AppColor Widgets Instant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1K ratings)4.6 (250 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews80.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better250
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYahor KamisarukBui Van Phuoc

Customer experience

Lock Screen Widgets App

All ratings1,049 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

Color Widgets Instant

All ratings250 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral13.4%
Negative6.0%

User reviews

Lock Screen Widgets App

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ❤️ Beautiful
  • 💕 Nice

Room to improve

  • 🤑 Paid features
  • 🕰️ Not customizable enough
  • 🐌 Slow performance

Color Widgets Instant

From 250 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and easy to use
  • 🎨 Great customization options for home screen
  • 💰 Free app with valuable features
  • ✨ Cute and visually appealing designs
  • 🎯 Works well and reliable functionality

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and stops working
  • ❌ Limited widget selection and choices
  • 💸 Expensive premium features and upgrades
  • 🔌 Background app settings difficult to manage
  • 📱 Widget display issues and glitches

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

Color Widgets Instant

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App stops working after reinstallation
  • Widget temperature and data not displaying
  • Plus button not appearing in jiggle mode on iPad
  • Only one widget showing instead of multiple created
  • Widgets turning black after updates
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  • Pedometer widget keeps resetting
  • Image cropping showing unwanted online content
  • White borders appearing on uploaded images

Requested features

8 requests
  • More widget design schemes and choices
  • Apple Watch app compatibility
  • NFL and sports-themed widget options
  • Easier photo album selection interface
  • Image resizing and adjustment within widget editor
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  • Better image cropping control
  • Multiple widgets display on home screen
  • Improved widget preview functionality

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
2 purchases

Color Widgets Instant

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium Version3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Version$6.99

Questions

Is Lock Screen Widgets App free?
Lock Screen Widgets App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Widgets Instant free?
Color Widgets Instant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lock Screen Widgets App or Color Widgets Instant?
Color Widgets Instant is rated higher. Lock Screen Widgets App averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Color Widgets Instant averages 4.6 from 250 ratings.
Do Lock Screen Widgets App or Color Widgets Instant have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Widgets App nor Color Widgets Instant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lock Screen Widgets App or Color Widgets Instant?
Lock Screen Widgets App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Color Widgets Instant every 4 days. Most recently, Lock Screen Widgets App was updated on October 21, 2026 and Color Widgets Instant on October 13, 2026.

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