Comparison

Calendar for Lockscreen vs Lock Screen Widget Box

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

Head to head
About

Calendar for Lockscreen

Enhance your iPhone's lock screen with customizable calendar widgets and countdown timers. Choose from multiple styles, fonts, and track unlimited events. Premium features include iCloud sync and additional fonts.

Highlights
  • 6 widget styles
  • Unlimited custom events
  • 50+ font options
  • Quick select holidays
  • iCloud sync (premium)
  • Dark mode support
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Calendar for Lockscreen - Lock Screen & Home Screen Widgets Transform your Lock Screen and Home Screen with beautiful calendar widgets and countdown timers. Calendar for Lockscreen brings powerful customization to your iPhone with 6 Lock Screen widget styles, 4 full color Home Screen styles, 50+ fonts, and unlimited custom events. POWERFUL LOCK SCREEN STYLES Choose from 6 beautifully designed widget styles, each available in small and large sizes: • Simple Date - Clean, minimalist date display • Date & Time - See the date and time at a glance • Calendar - A mini monthly calendar right on your lock screen • Countdown - Track days until your important events • Progress - Visualize how far along you are to your event • Week Strip - See your entire week at a glance NEW: HOME SCREEN WIDGETS (PREMIUM) Add up to four Home Screen widgets in Small, Medium, or Large, each one laid out for the size you choose: • Countdown - The days remaining until your chosen event • Progress - A ring that fills up as the event approaches • Month - This month at a glance, with your events marked • Up Next - A running list of the events coming up Dress them up with six color themes: Midnight, Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Orchid, and Snow. EDIT WIDGETS WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Touch and hold any Home Screen widget, tap Edit Widget, and change its event, style, or theme right there. Requires iOS 17 or later. UNLIMITED CUSTOM EVENTS Create as many countdown events as you want! Perfect for tracking: • Birthdays and anniversaries • Vacations and trips • Holidays and celebrations • Weddings and special occasions • Project deadlines • Any date that matters to you Each event includes a live preview so you can see exactly how it will look. NEW: IMPORT FROM YOUR CALENDAR (PREMIUM) Already have it in Calendar? Import it in a couple of taps. Calendar for Lockscreen shows your upcoming events, suggests a fitting icon for each one, and turns the ones you pick into countdowns. It only ever reads your calendar, and never changes it. QUICK SELECT HOLIDAYS Get started instantly with 11 pre-configured holidays: • Christmas • Hanukkah • New Year • Easter • Mother's Day • Father's Day • Diwali • Halloween • Thanksgiving • Valentine's Day • Independence Day PERSONALIZE WITH 50+ FONTS Make your widgets truly yours with our extensive font library: • System fonts (San Francisco, SF Rounded, New York, SF Mono) • Sans Serif (Arial, Avenir, Futura, Helvetica, and more) • Serif (Baskerville, Georgia, Palatino, Times New Roman, and more) • Display (American Typewriter, Chalkboard, Copperplate, and more) • Monospace (Courier, Menlo) • Premium custom fonts (Roboto, Pacifico, Lobster, and more) Set different fonts for your title and subtitle to create the perfect look. ICLOUD SYNC (PREMIUM) Your events sync across all your devices. Create an event on your iPhone and see it on your iPad. A sync status screen shows what is stored in iCloud and when your device last synced. DESIGNED FOR YOU • Separate Lockscreen and Homescreen tabs • Widget gallery to preview all styles before choosing • Live previews at every widget size • Full dark mode support • 12-hour or 24-hour time format option FREE FEATURES • 3 Lock Screen widget styles: Simple Date, Date & Time, and Countdown • Unlimited custom events • 40+ iOS system fonts • Dark mode support PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade to unlock: • All 6 Lock Screen widget styles • 6 configurable Lock Screen widget slots • 4 Home Screen widgets with 4 styles, 6 themes, and 3 sizes • Import events from your calendar • iCloud sync across all your devices • 9 exclusive premium fonts • No ads • Support independent development Download Calendar for Lockscreen today and make your Lock Screen and Home Screen work for you!

About

Lock Screen Widget Box

Personalize your phone's lock screen with custom widgets and depth effects. Display photos, customize fonts, and get quick access to information like weather, battery, and calendar events.

Highlights
  • Personalize lock screen
  • Custom widgets
  • Depth effect
  • Display favorite photos
  • Customize font styles
  • Quick info overview
Features
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Personalize your lock screen in a whole new way, and let your phone stand out for you. You can display your favorite photos, customize font styles, and display widgets that keep relevant information At a glance. Widgets on lock screen give you a quick overview of the weather, date, time zone, alarms, battery level, and info about your favorite apps. You can create multiple different lock screens, set their own backgrounds and styles, and switch easily With our app, you don't need to be a professional designer, you just need to know what you want in your screen. We provide plenty of functional widgets to personalize your perfect kit like never before. Just select your favorite widgets with different sizes, colors, and styles, and the best combination will be created immediately. Here's a wide choice of widgets that we have: -Weather: current region, time zone, temperature,symbols and other combinations Along with many more widgets to discover. -Battery: bar, round, digital, cool, creative and other styles -Calendar: Besides the time, you must be wondering what special day is today -Clock: digital and analog clock with multiple styles: lovely, simple, stylish, scientific... Enjoy our app and embrace your personalized life! About Widget Box Premium Subscription Service Instructions Widget Box provides annual subscription plans and discounted purchases. The subscription prices are: $4.99/month, $9.99/3month, $19.99/year; - You can choose a weekly, monthly or annual plan according to your actual usage. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, otherwise the subscription will automatically renew. - Your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal fee will be determined. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may also be turned off in the user's Account Settings after purchase. - If any portion of the offered free trial period is unused, the unused portion will be void if the user purchases a subscription for that portion while on a trial basis. - Your subscription does not auto-renew after your purchase, the apps you can still use, the content you ordered after you subscribe, we can view any content that is not in normal use. By using our app, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of use. https://sites.google.com/view/widgets-private-policy https://sites.google.com/view/widgets-terms-of-use

Screenshots

Calendar for Lockscreen4 screens
Lock Screen Widget Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lock Screen Widget Box at none against Calendar for Lockscreen's shown. Lock Screen Widget Box also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Calendar for Lockscreen sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Lock Screen Widget Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar for Lockscreen ships an update every 4 months, Lock Screen Widget Box fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Calendar for Lockscreen versus Lock Screen Widget Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar for LockscreenLock Screen Widget Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB102 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJustin HeintzButton digital technology co.,ltd.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Calendar for Lockscreen

One-time5
  • Calendar Lockscreen Premium$0.99
  • Tip$0.99
  • Tip$1.99
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  • Tip$2.99
  • Tip$3.99
4 purchases

Lock Screen Widget Box

Subscriptions4
  • One Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Three Months Subscription$9.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
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  • one year Subscription1 Year trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Calendar for Lockscreen free?
Calendar for Lockscreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lock Screen Widget Box free?
Lock Screen Widget Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calendar for Lockscreen or Lock Screen Widget Box have ads?
Calendar for Lockscreen shows ads; Lock Screen Widget Box does not.
Which is updated more often, Calendar for Lockscreen or Lock Screen Widget Box?
Calendar for Lockscreen ships an update every 4 months, and Lock Screen Widget Box fortnightly. Most recently, Calendar for Lockscreen was updated on October 1, 2026 and Lock Screen Widget Box on October 2, 2026.

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