Comparison

Custom Widgets by Clockology vs Lock Widget

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create custom watch faces
  • Interactive complications
  • Always-On display support
  • Powerful design editor
  • Browse and import community designs
  • Share creations globally
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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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/

About

Lock Widget

Create and display sticky notes directly on your iOS lock screen. Customize fonts and add reminders or badges to your notes for quick access. This app allows for easy note-taking without unlocking your device.

Highlights
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Customizable fonts
  • Note creation
  • Reminder functionality
  • Badge display
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iOS16 lock screen widget sticky note app. You can easily write notes on the lock screen. Please try it. - Supports all types of lock screen widgets - Rich font customization - Notes, reminders, badges... and so on...

Screenshots

Custom Widgets by Clockology4 screens
Lock Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lock Widget at none against Custom Widgets by Clockology's 2. Custom Widgets by Clockology's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, rating and review sentiment 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. Custom Widgets by Clockology sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Lock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Custom Widgets by Clockology holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Widgets by Clockology has 2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Custom Widgets by Clockology's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lock Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Widgets by Clockology ships an update monthly, Lock Widget every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Custom Widgets by Clockology versus Lock Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Widgets by ClockologyLock Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2K ratings) — better4.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews46.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClockology, LLCFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Custom Widgets by Clockology

All ratings1,979 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative47.4%

Lock Widget

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Lock Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Custom Widgets by Clockology

Subscriptions2
  • Widgets+ Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • Widgets+ Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Lock Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Custom Widgets by Clockology free?
Custom Widgets by Clockology is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lock Widget free?
Lock Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Custom Widgets by Clockology or Lock Widget?
Custom Widgets by Clockology is rated higher. Custom Widgets by Clockology averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Lock Widget averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Custom Widgets by Clockology or Lock Widget have ads?
Lock Widget shows ads; Custom Widgets by Clockology does not.
Which is updated more often, Custom Widgets by Clockology or Lock Widget?
Custom Widgets by Clockology ships an update monthly, and Lock Widget every 8 months. Most recently, Custom Widgets by Clockology was updated on October 17, 2026 and Lock Widget on October 9, 2026.

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