WidgetBucket vs Lock Screen 27
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WidgetBucket
Personalize your device's home screen with a wide variety of pre-made and customizable widgets. Add elements like clocks, calendars, fitness trackers, and reminders to create a unique and functional layout.
- Extensive widget gallery
- Customizable widget appearance
- Date & Time widgets
- Fitness tracking widgets
- Countdown and reminder widgets
- Contact shortcuts
- Analog clock designs
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WidgetBucket provides you the ability to add premade widgets or customize them to create the perfect home screen for you! With many custom widgets that you can choose from you can add beautiful and useful widgets that will make your device much more personalized! ∙ WIDGETS GALLERY ∙ Choose custom widgets from a large gallery of premade widgets, with many beautiful and useful elements such as Date & Time Widget, Fitness: Steps & Distance, Countdown Widget, Reminders, Photos, Analog Clocks, Calendars and much more! ∙ CUSTOMIZE WIDGETS ∙ You can also customize and personalize many aspects of the widget such as the background color or background photo, colors of the texts, fonts, styles and much more in order to create the best widgets experience for you! ∙ WIDGETS TYPES ∙ ∙∙ Photos - Select photos from your gallery to show on your home screen! ∙∙ Date - Shows the current date in many beautiful styles and designs ∙∙ Time - Shows the current time in a perfect and beautiful way on your home screen! ∙∙ Progress - Shows the progress of the day / week / month / year and also for any custom event that you want! ∙∙ Fitness - Shows today’s steps count and distance in a widget on your home screen! ∙∙ Contacts - Allows quick call to your favorite contacts directly from you home screen! ∙∙ Countdown - Presents the days left until an event to always remember you favorite events! ∙∙ Reminders - Never forget your reminders and show them with amazing design! ∙∙ Analog Clocks - Show the current time in an analog way with multiple styles! ∙∙ Calendar - Show the current date on a calendar view! ∙∙ QR - Scan and show QR codes directly from your home screen! There are so much to explore and create using WidgetBucket so don't waste your time and try it today! * If you choose to use Fitness Widgets, these widgets integrates with Apple Health app. This data is used to display information about your steps count and activity. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.algotwist.com/widgetbucket/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use
Lock Screen 27
Personalize your device's lock screen with custom text, emojis, app shortcuts, and contact links. Access your favorite websites and apps directly from your lock screen. Choose from a variety of icon packs and wallpapers to create a unique look.
- Custom text and emoji
- Website and app shortcuts
- Contact shortcuts
- Icon packs
- Wallpapers
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Lock Screen 27 lets you personalize your lock screen like never before. There are no limits to customizing your Lock Screen! Here’s a glimpse: ● Custom Text & Emoji ● Website & app shortcuts ● Contacts ● Icons Pack ● Wallpapers Subscription: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. 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 at the rate of the selected plan. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase. You can cancel your subscription or free trial in the iTunes settings at least 24-hours before the end of the free trial period. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. Subscription options: Week Price: $ 2.99 Annual: $19.99 Privacy Policy: https://appchi.org/privacy-policy Terms: https://appchi.org/terms-of-use Support : support@appchi.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WidgetBucket at none against Lock Screen 27's shown. WidgetBucket also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Lock Screen 27's advantage is ratings volume (7.8K vs 19). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. WidgetBucket sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Lock Screen 27 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WidgetBucket holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen 27 has 7.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of WidgetBucket's written reviews are positive against 71% of Lock Screen 27's.
WidgetBucket ships an update weekly, Lock Screen 27 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidgetBucket | Lock Screen 27 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better | 4.5 (7.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 7.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AlgoTwist Ltd | Appchi LLC |
Customer experience
WidgetBucket
Lock Screen 27
Bugs and requests
WidgetBucket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lock Screen 27
Reported bugs
5 issues- Widgets not working
- Shortcuts not functioning properly
- Wallpaper selection issues
- Blank icons
- Transition issues when opening shortcuts
Requested features
5 requests- More aesthetic wallpapers
- Shortcut widgets
- Custom app icons for widgets
- Larger text size
- More than 2 apps per Lock Screen
In-app purchases
WidgetBucket
- Best Premium Widgets3 Days trial$1.991 Month
Lock Screen 27
- Widget & Aesthetic Wallpapers7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- One Year Access$29.991 Year
Questions
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