Comparison

Colorful Widget vs LockWidget

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

Head to head
About

Colorful Widget

Personalize your phone's Home and Lock Screens with a vast array of widgets, themes, app icons, and wallpapers. Create unique layouts with extra-large vertical widgets and customize your experience with curated designs and dynamic elements.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets for Home and Lock Screens
  • Curated theme sets with coordinated designs
  • App icon customization
  • Depth-effect and animated wallpapers
  • Dynamic Island effects
  • CarPlay personalization options
  • HealthKit data syncing for step tracking
Features
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Make your Home Screen uniquely yours. Colorful Widget brings together widgets, themes, app icons, wallpapers, Lock Screen designs, and Dynamic Island experiences, giving you one place to personalize your phone from the Home Screen to the Lock Screen. # Featured in the App Store in multiple regions # [iPhone Duo: Full Dual-Screen Support] Optimized for iPhone Duo, wallpapers and widgets adapt seamlessly across both screens, delivering a more cohesive and personalized visual experience. [OS 27: A Bigger Home Screen, More Ways to Make It Yours] Designed for the new OS 27 experience, extra-large vertical widgets open up more room for content and creative layouts. CarPlay adds new personalization options, extending your favorite style across more Apple experiences. Extra-Large Vertical Widgets: Designed for the new widget size in OS 27, with support for more content and layout options to make your Home Screen richer and more expressive. CarPlay Personalization: Add personalized widgets and custom welcome messages. In-car live TV is available only while parked and depends on vehicle, system, and platform support. [Curated Themes: Create Your Home Screen Style in One Tap] Over 300 professional designers have crafted complete theme sets with coordinated colors, layouts, app icons, widgets, and wallpapers. Choose from Instagram-inspired, minimalist, girly, starry-sky, astronaut, and many other styles. Explore depth-effect wallpapers, Liquid Glass themes, custom animated covers, and a wide range of static and animated Lock Screen wallpapers to keep your screens in sync. [Everyday Information Without Opening the App] Weather, calendars, to-do lists, countdowns, digital clocks, and flip clocks keep your schedule and important dates on your Home Screen. With your permission, the health steps widget can periodically sync HealthKit data so you can check steps, calories, and walking distance at a glance. Cat Battery, X-Panel, and other dashboard widgets bring storage, battery, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and screen brightness into one view. Interactive to-do and task widgets let you take quick actions from the Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy. [From the Lock Screen to Dynamic Island] Use Lock Screen shortcuts, animated wallpapers, and charging animations to give every wake-up a different mood. Dynamic Island effects, StandBy widgets, and Control Center customization keep useful information and personal style within easy reach. [Bring Favorite Photos and Fan Energy to Your Home Screen] Upload photos to create Home Screen widgets, app icons, and custom themes. Journal-style borders, film strips, movie-frame layouts, and animated Polaroid or fan photo-card templates help you create a personal fan-themed Home Screen and Lock Screen. Download Colorful Widget now. Start with one widget you love and begin your Home Screen makeover. Detail Guides: Quick setup guidance helps you personalize your phone. *Your free trial subscription will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period *You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. 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 Privacy Policy: http://global.download.sharpmobi.com/resources/com.sm.widget/html/PrivacyPolicy.html Terms of Use: http://global.download.sharpmobi.com/resources/com.sm.widget/html/TermsOfUse.html If you have more ideas or comments, please contact us: colorfulwidget@163.com Follow us: - TikTok: colorful widget - Instagram: colorful.widget - X (Twitter): colorful widget

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

Colorful Widget4 screens
LockWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Colorful Widget at free with in-app purchases against LockWidget's subscription. Colorful Widget also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). 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. Colorful Widget sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month 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

Colorful Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 28K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Colorful Widget's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorful Widget ships an update every 5 days, LockWidget fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Colorful Widget versus LockWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorful WidgetLockWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better4.5 (28K ratings)
Positive reviews63.3% of reviews — better55.9% of reviews
Number of ratings11K28K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size559 MB339 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangzhou ZHIFENG Information Technology Co.,Ltd.SoCloud Technology Co., Limited

Customer experience

Colorful Widget

All ratings10,597 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews537 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative28.3%

LockWidget

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

User reviews

Colorful Widget

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Cute and aesthetic design
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of free themes and widgets

Room to improve

  • 🌐 Lack of English language support
  • 💲 Paid features required for full functionality
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches reported

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

Colorful Widget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not displaying correctly
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Issues with wallpaper/theme changes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add English language option
  • Improve widget customization
  • Provide tutorial videos in multiple languages

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

Colorful Widget

Subscriptions8
  • All features - month1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • 组件主题壁纸会员-月度1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Super member - monthly member7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • Colorful Widget超级会员-月度$1.991 Month
  • All functions - week$3.997 Days
  • 桌面主题 - 年度会员$3.991 Year
  • Super member - annual member$19.991 Year
  • Super member - annual member7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Permanent member$29.99
  • Permanent member$49.99
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 Colorful Widget free?
Colorful Widget 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, Colorful Widget or LockWidget?
Colorful Widget is rated higher. Colorful Widget averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while LockWidget averages 4.5 from 28K ratings.
Do Colorful Widget or LockWidget have ads?
Both Colorful Widget and LockWidget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Colorful Widget or LockWidget?
Colorful Widget ships an update every 5 days, and LockWidget fortnightly. Most recently, Colorful Widget was updated on November 11, 2026 and LockWidget on November 11, 2026.

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