Lock Screen Widgets App vs LockInNote
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
LockInNote
Quickly jot down notes directly on your home screen or lock screen widgets. Customize the appearance of your notes with various font and design options. Sync across devices using iCloud and link to other apps with URL schemes.
- Widget note-taking
- Customizable font and design
- iCloud sync
- URL scheme actions
- Share sheets
- Multi-platform support
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Memo note app specialized for widgets. When you want to take a memo, you can write it out right away on the widgets, and you can easily check the memo on the widgets anytime! The design of the memo note on the widgets can be flexibly customized, so it can be used for various purposes. - Tap the widget to immediately edit the memo note. - Font "size", "design", "color", and "weight" can be adjusted. - You can also select the alignment of multiple lines, the display pattern when no text is entered, and more. - Sync notes between devices by iCloud - You can set any "URL scheme action" to link with other apps.(iOS, iPadOS, macOS) - Share sheets allow you to easily share text to other applications.(iOS, iPadOS) Multi platform support iPhone: Home screen, Lock screen, StandBy(iOS 17) iPad: Home screen, Lock screen(iPadOS 17) Mac: Notification center, Desktop(macOS 14) Apple Watch: Complication, Smart Stack(watchOS 10)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LockInNote at 5.0 against Lock Screen Widgets App's 4.4. LockInNote also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and device support (4 vs 2). Lock Screen Widgets App's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 LockInNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LockInNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen Widgets App has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lock Screen Widgets App ships an update every 3 weeks, LockInNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Screen Widgets App | LockInNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 302 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yahor Kamisaruk | Ryo Yamashita |
Customer experience
Lock Screen Widgets App
LockInNote
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
LockInNote
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
LockInNote
- AD Free (iOS, macOS)$0.99
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