Comparison

Widget Notes Home Lock Screen vs Widgets Flow

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

Head to head
About

Widget Notes Home Lock Screen

Create and customize widgets for your home screen to display notes and photos. Personalize backgrounds, fonts, and set reminders with repeated notifications. Enjoy unlimited widgets and dark mode support.

Highlights
  • Unlimited home screen widgets
  • Photo and background color options
  • Customizable fonts
  • Notes sharing and sorting
  • Repeated notification reminders
  • Dark mode support
Features
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It's a notes & photos app compatible with iOS14 home screen widgets. All features are completely free to use. - Unlimited widgets on the home screen (all sizes supported) - Background settings: photo / background color (gradation) - Font settings: color / size / weight / position - Share / copy / sort notes - Reminders (with repeated notifications) - Dark mode - Free & no additional charge URL scheme: widgetnotes://

About

Widgets Flow

Personalize your phone's home and lock screens with a wide variety of customizable widgets and dynamic island options. Add photos, weather, shortcuts, animations, and more to create a unique look for your device.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Dynamic Island customization
  • Customizable widget backgrounds
  • Daily wallpaper updates
  • Animation and emoji options
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Widget Flow is a feature-rich desktop customization tool that lets you easily personalize your phone’s home screen with cool or cute styles. 【Home Screen Widgets】 1. A wide variety of widgets including photos, device info panels, date calendars, weather, quick launch shortcuts, music widgets, and more. 2. Highly customizable — you can adjust the widget’s background, images, fonts, and more. 3. Fully compatible with the latest iOS 26, with a stunning liquid glass effect. 4. Simple setup for transparent widget backgrounds. 【Wallpaper】 1. we are going to post beautiful wallpapers for users every day. 【Lock Screen Widgets】 1. Now we support lock screen widget, you can add animation, weather, health info to your lock screen. 【Dynamic Island】 1. Multiple lock screen Dynamic Island options — including photos, weather, shortcuts, animations, calendars, and time progress indicators. 2. Over 100 animations available for custom island effects, plus hundreds of emojis for personalized styling. 3. Easily toggle or configure the Dynamic Island to prevent it from interfering with your daily work or life. By using this app, you agree to Apple’s Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Widget Notes Home Lock Screen4 screens
Widgets Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Notes Home Lock Screen at none against Widgets Flow's 3. Widgets Flow's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 71%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Widgets Flow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Widget Notes Home Lock Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Widget Notes Home Lock Screen against 4.7 for Widgets Flow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 238 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Widget Notes Home Lock Screen's written reviews are positive against 83% of Widgets Flow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Notes Home Lock Screen ships an update every 2 months, Widgets Flow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen versus Widgets Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget Notes Home Lock ScreenWidgets Flow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (113 ratings)4.7 (238 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113238 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB425 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.Xiamen Xingmai Network Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Widget Notes Home Lock Screen

All ratings113 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative17.9%

Widgets Flow

All ratings238 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral8.0%
Negative9.3%

In-app purchases

None

Widget Notes Home Lock Screen

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Widgets Flow

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent VIP$4.99

Questions

Is Widget Notes Home Lock Screen free?
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Widgets Flow free?
Widgets Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Notes Home Lock Screen or Widgets Flow?
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen and Widgets Flow are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 113 and 238 ratings respectively.
Do Widget Notes Home Lock Screen or Widgets Flow have ads?
Both Widget Notes Home Lock Screen and Widgets Flow show ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Notes Home Lock Screen or Widgets Flow?
Widget Notes Home Lock Screen ships an update every 2 months, and Widgets Flow fortnightly. Most recently, Widget Notes Home Lock Screen was updated on September 27, 2026 and Widgets Flow on October 10, 2026.

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