Lock Screen Widgets App vs Custom Widget Maker for iPhone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable widgets
- Date and time display
- Calendar integration
- Battery percentage
- Colorful backgrounds
- Easy to use
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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
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone
Easily create personalized widgets for your iPhone's Home Screen. Customize fonts, colors, and backgrounds to make your device unique. Express yourself and enjoy a brighter, more personal phone experience.
- Create custom widgets
- Modify fonts
- Change colors
- Set background pictures
- Easy Home Screen setup
- Personalize phone appearance
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Make your own widgets in a fun and easy way. Personalize your phone and make it look different. Be happy. Be bright. Be you! Widget Maker allows you to set up your own widget and run it on the Home Screen in seconds. Customize each widget. You can freely create widgets in which you can modify fonts, colors, and background pictures. I love hearing your ideas and feedback. Feel free to contact me at mail@aplekhanov.com in case you have any problems or suggestions. The app depends on ratings and reviews to succeed. Your feedback will help others find great creative experiences – and will help me build this app better. I would really appreciate that. More widgets will be added in the future for free. Download and create your own widgets now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Custom Widget Maker for iPhone at free with in-app purchases against Lock Screen Widgets App's subscription. Custom Widget Maker for iPhone also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Lock Screen Widgets App's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Lock Screen Widgets App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Custom Widget Maker for iPhone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen Widgets App has 1.1K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Screen Widgets App | Custom Widget Maker for iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 302 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yahor Kamisaruk | Alexey Plekhanov |
Customer experience
Lock Screen Widgets App
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone
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
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock Screen Widgets App
- 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
Custom Widget Maker for iPhone
- Widget Maker Pro Customizer 14$0.99
Questions
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