Comparison

Aesthetic vs LockWidget

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Aesthetic

Transform your iPhone's home screen with custom icons, widgets, and wallpapers. Explore diverse themes or create your own unique designs with AI-powered tools. Personalize your device to match any style or mood.

Highlights
  • Icon customization
  • Widget library
  • Wallpaper collection
  • Theme creation
  • AI wallpaper generation
Features
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Transform Your iPhone Aesthetic with Aesthetic App Say goodbye to the default look of your iPhone and explore a world of customization with Aesthetic App! Discover countless widgets, wallpapers, and themes designed to elevate your home screen with a cohesive and stylish aesthetic. Whether you're into minimal, vintage, artistic, or seasonal vibes—there’s a category for every mood. With Aesthetic App, you can fully personalize your iPhone experience. Browse a rich and constantly updated collection, or unleash your creativity by designing your own widgets and themes. Want a unique background? Generate stunning, AI-powered wallpapers tailored to your taste in seconds. Main app features include: - Icon Customization: Easily change your app icons with a vast collection of pre-made packs in trendy colors and styles. Every icon set is designed with aesthetics and usability in mind. - Widget Library: Choose from a wide range of widget categories—clocks, calendars, photos, quotes, health stats, and more. Each widget is customizable and perfectly matched to your chosen theme. - Wallpaper Collection: Access a rich library of dynamic and static wallpapers crafted by expert designers. Plus, use AI tools to create one-of-a-kind wallpapers just for you. - Theme Creation: Build your own personalized themes from scratch—mix and match wallpapers, icons, and widgets to create the perfect look for your home screen. - AI Creation: Generate wallpapers and avatars using simple text prompts, powered by our advanced AI technology. Aesthetic App supports all devices running iOS 14 and above. If you choose to include health-related widgets, Aesthetic can sync with the Health app to display your daily activity, step count, and more. Subscribe to access premium app features. Subscription details are as follows: - Length: Monthly, Yearly - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account within 24 hours before the end of the current period - When canceling a subscription, your access will remain 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, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

LockWidget

Personalize your device's lock screen with a wide variety of customizable widgets and HD wallpapers. Add dynamic elements like weather, photos, health trackers, and even interactive pixel pets. Create unique themes and launch apps directly from your lock screen.

Highlights
  • Customizable lock screen widgets
  • Weather and health tracking widgets
  • Interactive pixel pet widgets
  • Couple widgets for anniversaries
  • Live GIF widgets
  • App launcher widgets
  • HD lock screen wallpapers
Features
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Fancy new widgets on the Lock Screen? LockWidget provides a vast collection of lock screen widgets: weather, lock launcher, contact launcher, quotes, health, photos, clock, time, calendar, moon phase, countdown, year process and more. You can custom redirect URL, edit fonts, change theme styles and even background opacity to fine-tune them in line with your preference. # Pixel Pet Widgets: Get a pixel pet on your lock screen. You can feed & play with your pet. # Widgets for Friends: Set a widget on both of your and friend's on the lock screen. Confirm the days to go to the next anniversary, and count up the days you've been together. # All Widgets You Need Are Here: - Battery percentage on lock screen. - Couple Widget on lock screen. Send secret notes your partner's lock screen, share status, and say "I miss you" with each other. - Weather on lock screen. - Live Widgets: set GIFs with dynamic effect on lock screen. - Photos Widget on lock screen: including bit-icons, emoji icons, pixel art, emoticons, stylish symbols and more... - App Launcher: quick launch your favorite Games and Apps on lock screen without redirecting. - Quotes on lock screen: personalize your text on lock screen with tons of fancy fonts. - Countdown on lock screen: countdown Christmas, birthday and your customized big days. - Calendar on lock screen: Moon Phase and Lunar Calendar - To-do-list - Health widgets: Steps, Sleep and Kcal tracker on lock screen. - World clock on lock screen. # HD Lock Screen Wallpapers: - High-quality wallpapers for both iPhone and iPad devices - All wallpapers perfectly fit Depth Effect - Unique 4K wallpapers with multiple styles LockWidget also provide well-designed home screen widgets, themes, app icon changer and useful tools. Come and customize your own home screen and lock screen aesthetic with LockWidget Now! More surprises waiting for you to explore... Notes: LockWidget optionally integrates with Apple Health. This data is used to display your step and activity if you select one of those widget types. Permission for LockWidget to access this data is controlled through the Apple Health app. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account after purchase. Subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Subscription types and prices remain the same. If you do not want to automatically renew your subscription, be sure to cancel your subscription at least 24-hours before it expires. After purchase, you can manually turn off auto-renewal in iTunes/Apple ID Settings Manager. Term of use: https://d1swygfq48i87z.cloudfront.net/term.html Privacy Policy: https://d1swygfq48i87z.cloudfront.net/privacy-1.html

Screenshots

Aesthetic4 screens
LockWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aesthetic at 14.0 against LockWidget's 16.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Aesthetic sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and LockWidget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Aesthetic against 4.5 for LockWidget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46K and 28K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Aesthetic's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aesthetic ships an update every 4 weeks, LockWidget fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Aesthetic versus LockWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAestheticLockWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (46K ratings) — better4.5 (28K ratings)
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews — better55.9% of reviews
Number of ratings46K — better28K
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
Best chart rank#84 — better#189
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB339 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAesthetic Apps & Widgets srlSoCloud Technology Co., Limited

Customer experience

Aesthetic

All ratings45,676 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews2,348 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative31.8%

LockWidget

All ratings27,572 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews673 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral11.9%
Negative32.2%

User reviews

Aesthetic

From 46K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Customizable widgets and wallpapers
  • ✨ Aesthetic and pleasing designs
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 💰 Most features require premium subscription
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs with downloading content
  • 🤔 Limited free options

LockWidget

From 28K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Lots of customization options
  • 👍 Cute and fun widgets
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Variety of wallpapers

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Most features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Widgets not working properly
  • 🐛 Inaccurate battery/weather widgets
  • 🐛 Confusing setup process

Bugs and requests

Aesthetic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Downloading issues causing app to crash or freeze
  • Incompatibility with certain device models
  • Syncing problems with home screen changes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free widgets and wallpapers
  • Ability to search and filter content
  • Faster and more seamless installation process

LockWidget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not appearing on lock screen
  • Freezing/crashing issues
  • Redirecting issues when trying to use widgets

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free widget options
  • Ability to customize widget placements
  • Improve widget stability and accuracy
  • Add more nature/minimalist wallpaper options

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Aesthetic

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Weekly Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$4.997 Days
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Yearly premium$9.991 Year
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium$24.991 Year
4 purchases

LockWidget

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99

Questions

Is Aesthetic free?
Aesthetic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockWidget free?
LockWidget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aesthetic or LockWidget?
Aesthetic is rated higher. Aesthetic averages 4.5 out of 5 from 46K ratings, while LockWidget averages 4.5 from 28K ratings.
Do Aesthetic or LockWidget have ads?
Both Aesthetic and LockWidget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Aesthetic or LockWidget?
Aesthetic ships an update every 4 weeks, and LockWidget fortnightly. Most recently, Aesthetic was updated on November 6, 2026 and LockWidget on November 6, 2026.
Which is more popular, Aesthetic or LockWidget?
Aesthetic currently peaks at #84 in the App Store charts, and LockWidget at #189. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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