Custom Widgets by Clockology vs LockWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Widgets by Clockology
Design and share interactive, personalized watch faces for your Apple Watch. Utilize a powerful editor to create feature-rich faces with custom complications, or explore designs from a global community. Supports Always-On display and integrates with Apple Health.
- Create custom watch faces
- Interactive complications
- Always-On display support
- Powerful design editor
- Browse and import community designs
- Share creations globally
- Apple Health integration
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Create beautiful, personalized widgets for your iPhone, CarPlay, and other Apple devices. Design interactive widgets that match your style and display the information that matters most to you. With a powerful visual editor, you can build feature-rich widgets using images, text, weather, health data, gradients, custom shapes, and more. Discover inspiration in the Ideas and Explore sections, where you can browse widgets created by the community and import them with a tap. Share your own creations with users around the world and explore an ever-growing collection of designs. Widgets+ subscribers unlock premium features including Weather and Image Strip layers, along with an exclusive collection of professionally designed widgets. Custom Widgets supports the following layer types: • Text: Add custom text using a wide variety of fonts, colors, gradients, and effects • Image: Add PNG or JPG images and preserve PNG transparency • Shape: Create shapes using gradients and visual effects to build unique designs • Weather: Display current conditions, forecasts, temperature, icons, and weather descriptions based on your location • Activity & Health: Uses Apple Health integration to display steps, activity goals, and workout information as rings, bars, or text • Date and Time: Display the current time, date, seconds, and more using a wide variety of fonts and effects • Device: Show battery level and other device-specific information • Icon: Add icons to enhance the visual appearance of your widgets • Image Strips: Use advanced images that change based on the date, time, or phase of the moon • Hands: Use vectors or custom images to add animated clock hands to your designs Notes: • Custom Widgets optionally integrates with Apple Health. Health data can be used to display workout metrics, activity information, and daily progress summaries. Permission to access this data is managed through the Apple Health app. • Custom Widgets includes an optional Widgets+ premium subscription available on a monthly or annual basis. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Auto-renewal can be managed at any time through your App Store Account Settings. • Access to hosted weather data is available exclusively to Widgets+ premium subscribers. Privacy Policy & Terms: https://clockologyapp.com/privacy-policy-faces-embed/
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Custom Widgets by Clockology at freemium against LockWidget's subscription. Custom Widgets by Clockology also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). LockWidget's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 2K) and chart position (#150 vs unranked). On price, rating, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Custom Widgets by Clockology sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Custom Widgets by Clockology against 4.5 for LockWidget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockWidget has 28K ratings behind it against 2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Custom Widgets by Clockology's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's.
Custom Widgets by Clockology ships an update monthly, LockWidget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Widgets by Clockology | LockWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2K ratings) — better | 4.5 (28K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K | 28K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | — | #150 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 339 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clockology, LLC | SoCloud Technology Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Custom Widgets by Clockology
LockWidget
User reviews
Custom Widgets by Clockology
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Customizable watch faces
- 🚀 Efficient app performance
- ⌚️ Seamless integration with Apple Watch
- 🌟 Beautiful and creative watch face designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with older Apple Watch models
- 🔌 Inconsistent syncing between app and watch
- 🕰 Some watch faces not functioning as expected
- 💰 Subscription-based model may be unappealing to some users
- 🤔 Limited selection of watch faces in the free version
LockWidget
From 28K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Custom Widgets by Clockology
Reported bugs
4 issues- Watch faces not loading properly on Apple Watch
- Complications not updating as expected
- Crashes or freezes when attempting to sync watch faces
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between watch faces
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options for watch faces
- Ability to save and share custom watch face designs
- Improved syncing and reliability between app and watch
- Support for older Apple Watch models
- Option for one-time purchase instead of subscription
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
Custom Widgets by Clockology
- Widgets+ Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Widgets+ Yearly$29.991 Year
LockWidget
- 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
- Lifetime$12.99
- Lifetime Plan$29.99
Questions
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