Comparison

Widget | Countdown to birthday vs LockWidget

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

Head to head
About

Widget | Countdown to birthday

Enhance your phone's home screen with a wide array of customizable widgets and app icon themes. Choose from pre-designed categories like clocks, weather, and countdowns, or create your own unique look with custom backgrounds and colors.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • App icon changer
  • Themed home screens
  • Digital and analog clocks
  • Calendar and weather widgets
  • Countdown timers
  • Daily quote reminders
Features
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Widgets - that’s what makes your home screen bright and useful instantly. Choose from a variety of standard yet fantastic categories or well-thought out themes. No matter what your choice is going to be - we promise you beauty and great experience! Create aesthetic themes - change app icons, mix them with custom widgets and wallpapers. Home screen customization has never been easier than that. Check for yourself if you don’t believe us! Go through the gallery, choose whichever widget you like and just add it. Easy, right? WIDGET CATEGORIES FOR YOU: - DIGITAL CLOCK - when you like digits - ANALOG CLOCK - whenever you prefer faces, hands and rotation - CALENDAR - solves problems like “what day is it today?” - WEATHER - helps keeping your body comfy always - BATTERY LIFE - shows if your iPhone is about to say “bye bye” - DAILY QUOTE - truly inspires and motivates you every single day - COUNTDOWN - lets you know how many days or hours before “that day” - REMINDER - makes you get rid of “Oops, I forgot” ADDITIONALLY, TRY OUR HAND-PICKED THEMES: NEON DREAMS - just bright and strange dreams PASTEL - when you like it gentle and decent WINTER DOGS - cute doggies and snowflakes that make you smile and say “So sweet!” Didn’t find anything good for your taste? You can create your own widgets using our layouts - change background, combine colors and do whatever you want to make yourself happy and satisfied! Enjoy the app and let us know how much you love it… Privacy Policy: http://go2020apps.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: http://go2020apps.com/terms-of-use.html

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

Widget | Countdown to birthday4 screens
LockWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LockWidget at 4.5 against Widget | Countdown to birthday's 3.9. LockWidget also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 39%) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). Widget | Countdown to birthday's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Widget | Countdown to birthday sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and LockWidget sells 7 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

LockWidget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockWidget has 28K ratings behind it against 4.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Widget | Countdown to birthday's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget | Countdown to birthday ships an update every 3 weeks, LockWidget fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Widget | Countdown to birthday versus LockWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget | Countdown to birthdayLockWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (4.3K ratings)4.5 (28K ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.9% of reviews55.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.3K28K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#183 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB339 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppville LimitedSoCloud Technology Co., Limited

Customer experience

Widget | Countdown to birthday

All ratings4,348 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative23.9%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive38.9%
Neutral13.7%
Negative47.4%

LockWidget

All ratings27,572 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews668 reviews
Positive55.7%
Neutral12.0%
Negative32.3%

User reviews

Widget | Countdown to birthday

From 4.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Customizable widgets
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤩 Variety of free options
  • 🎨 Ability to personalize

Room to improve

  • 💰 Too many paid features
  • 🔒 Paywall blocks access
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

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

Widget | Countdown to birthday

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Weather widget not updating correctly
  • Reminders widget not functioning
  • Countdown widget background image issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free widget options
  • Ability to rename widgets
  • Improved photo customization
  • Integration with calendar events

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

9 purchases

Widget | Countdown to birthday

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium$6.997 Days
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  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Access$9.99
7 purchases

LockWidget

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Weekly Christmas$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$6.991 Month
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  • Yearly1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$12.99
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99

Questions

Is Widget | Countdown to birthday free?
Widget | Countdown to birthday 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, Widget | Countdown to birthday or LockWidget?
LockWidget is rated higher. Widget | Countdown to birthday averages 3.9 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while LockWidget averages 4.5 from 28K ratings.
Do Widget | Countdown to birthday or LockWidget have ads?
LockWidget shows ads; Widget | Countdown to birthday does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget | Countdown to birthday or LockWidget?
Widget | Countdown to birthday ships an update every 3 weeks, and LockWidget fortnightly. Most recently, Widget | Countdown to birthday was updated on October 19, 2026 and LockWidget on October 19, 2026.

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