Lock Screen Widgets App vs DIY Widgets
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
DIY Widgets
Personalize your device's home screen with a wide array of stylish widgets, themes, and fonts. Create your own custom widgets or choose from a vast library of pre-designed options to make your phone unique.
- Customizable widgets
- Widget editor
- Themed keyboards
- Stylish fonts
- Charging animations
- Photo widgets
- Countdown widgets
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DIY Widgets allows you to freely add stylish widgets and customize the home screen! We got cool widgets, themes, keyboards, fonts and charging animations that are really beautiful! DIY Widgets makes adding aesthetic and handy widgets to your home screen easy. Choose from stunning predesigned widgets or, better yet, create your own with the easy-to-use widget editor. Browse dozens of widget types like photo, countdown, date and battery, weather, quotes, and many more. Information about the auto-renewal of subscription: - 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 period. - If you want to continue the service, your subscription should be continued. - 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– 1-year subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 29.99 - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - There are 3 packages including: 1 week, 1 month and 1 year with the weekly package and year allowing a 3-day trial period. Once it expires, your subscription will automatically renew. The following subscription plans are available (price may vary depending on location): – 1-week subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 4.99 – 1-month subscription – US$ 9.99 – 1-year subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 29.99 - You can cancel your subscription via this URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p_BKxIiZDDxmgZTVKVmTdtaMetof5cjzFJ0L7xeLfiM/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://mobile-smart-growth.web.app/ Privacy Policy: https://mobile-smart-growth.web.app/
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Verdict
Lock Screen Widgets App and DIY Widgets both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 29% of Lock Screen Widgets App's written reviews are positive against 8% of DIY Widgets's. Lock Screen Widgets App also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 170). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 DIY Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Lock Screen Widgets App against 4.3 for DIY Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen Widgets App has 1.1K ratings behind it against 170, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Lock Screen Widgets App's written reviews are positive against 8% of DIY Widgets's.
Lock Screen Widgets App ships an update every 3 weeks, DIY Widgets every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Screen Widgets App | DIY Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (170 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 170 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 302 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yahor Kamisaruk | Mobile Smart Growth |
Customer experience
Lock Screen Widgets App
DIY Widgets
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
DIY Widgets
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
DIY Widgets
- Color Widgets VIP3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Widgets Lock Screen Premium1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription for VIP3 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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