Whiteboard vs locksmith widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whiteboard
Share drawings, photos, and messages directly to friends' home screen widgets. This app offers creative drawing tools and group messaging for fun, visual communication.
- Send doodles, drawings, and photos to widgets
- Customizable drawing tools with saved presets
- Add photos from library or camera
- Create and message in groups
- Multiple widget options for different views
- Private by default friend connections
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Send doodles, drawings, messages, and more directly to your friends’ widgets! Whiteboard makes staying connected fun and creative. Share quick sketches, notes, photos, and even group messages that appear right on your friends’ home screens. ------- Drawing Choose from different pen styles, thicknesses, and colors—or create your own custom colors and save them as presets. Add backgrounds, photos from your library or camera, text, and more. Save drafts to finish your creations later. ------- Friends Your account starts as private so only friends can send you messages. Switch to public if you’d like anyone in the app to connect with you. Finding friends is simple—search nearby, sync your contacts, or share your invite code. ------- Groups Create groups to share doodles and messages between multiple friends all in one widget. Think of it as group chat, but more fun and visual. ------- Widgets Add multiple widgets to keep up with all your messages. Choose from: - Recent Messages: See the latest updates from friends and groups. - Friend Widget: View the most recent message from a specific friend. - Group Widget: View the most recent message from a group.
locksmith widget
Easily place small notes and messages directly on your friends' lock screens. Connect with your closest friends and share quick thoughts or reminders visually.
- Add lock screen widget
- Link with friends
- Write lock screen messages
- Share quick notes
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locksmith is the easiest way to put little notes on your best friend's lock screen! 1) add your lock screen widget 2) link with your best friends 3) write a message to put on their lock screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: locksmith widget at 4.8 against Whiteboard's 4.2. locksmith widget also leads on ratings volume (58K vs 465) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Whiteboard's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 34%). On price, ads, 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. Whiteboard sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and locksmith widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
locksmith widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: locksmith widget has 58K ratings behind it against 465, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 34% of locksmith widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, locksmith widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whiteboard | locksmith widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (465 ratings) | 4.8 (58K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews — better | 33.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 465 | 58K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ample Software LLC | iconic hearts holdings, inc. |
Customer experience
Whiteboard
locksmith widget
User reviews
Whiteboard
From 465 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Fun and creative drawing app for couples and friends
- 📱 Widget feature for home screen display
- ✉️ Easy message sharing between contacts
- 🎨 Drawing tools and color wheel functionality
- 📧 Email-based authentication (no phone number required)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widget consistently fails to display messages
- 🐛 App crashes frequently, especially after recent updates
- 🐛 Drawing features broken (undo, zoom, color selection)
- ⚠️ Recent update significantly degraded functionality
- 💸 Hidden charges not clearly disclosed
locksmith widget
From 58K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💕 Cute and fun to use
- 🔒 Secure communication
- 🤝 Good for long-distance relationships
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work properly
- 🔍 Difficult to add friends/partners
- 🔒 Requires too many permissions
Bugs and requests
Whiteboard
Reported bugs
17 issues- Widget displays blank or grey, doesn't show messages
- App freezes and crashes when zooming in on drawings
- Undo function causes drawings to disappear or app to crash
- Color selection doesn't apply to drawings
- Zoom feature removed in recent update, breaking functionality
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- Eyedropper tool doesn't work properly after update
- Erase option missing after update
- Messages fail to send to friends and groups
- Drawings get deleted when attempting to send
- Group chat rooms don't appear on widget
- Bucket tool erases entire drawing instead of filling
- Recent chats won't load
- Widget impossible to add on some devices
- Drafts significantly lower drawing quality with white line artifacts
- Zoom glitch makes zoomed section become full drawing
- Loading popup gets stuck and won't stop
- Doodles display as blank white space
Requested features
15 requests- Zoom in/out functionality for detailed drawing
- Eyedropper/color picker tool
- Layer support for complex drawings
- Ability to delete drawings from profile
- Ability to delete groups
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- Custom color saving
- Nicknames for contacts (like Snapchat)
- Better bucket fill tool (non-destructive)
- Multiple widgets for different contacts
- Separate tabs for friends vs recommendations when sending
- Widget dark line removal/redesign
- More brush textures and colors
- Automatic widget updates without opening app
- Color code input option
- Better color wheel functionality
locksmith widget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Phone number entry doesn't work
- Widget doesn't update automatically
- Invites/requests don't work as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Allow more than one partner
- Longer message length
- More customization options
In-app purchases
Whiteboard
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Doodle - 1 Day Boost$0.99
- Small Tip$0.99
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- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
- Huge Tip$9.99
- Mountainous Tip$19.99
locksmith widget
- All Access$4.997 Days
Questions
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