Comparison

Locket Widget vs heart

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

Head to head
About

Locket Widget

Share live photos with your closest friends directly on your Home Screen. See real-time updates from your best friends every time you unlock your phone. It's a simple way to stay connected and share everyday moments.

Highlights
  • Live photo sharing widget
  • Real-time updates on Home Screen
  • Direct photo sharing with friends
  • Photo reactions and emoji rain
  • History of shared Lockets
  • Monthly recap videos
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Locket is a widget that shows live photos from your best friends, right to your Home Screen. You and your best friends will see new pictures from each other every time you unlock your phone. It’s a little glimpse of what everyone’s up to throughout the day. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add the Locket widget to your Home Screen 2. When a friend sends you a photo, it instantly appears on your Locket widget! 3. To share a pic back, tap into the widget, take a pic with the camera, and then hit send! It appears right on your friends’ Home Screens FOR YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS • To keep things friendly, you can only have 20 friends on the app. • On Locket, there’s no worrying about follower count, just add your best friends and family and live in the moment. • With Locket, you’re able to be real and share photos to the people that matter. REACT TO FRIENDS' PHOTOS • Send a Locket reaction to your friends to let them know you saw their image. • They’ll get a notification and you’ll love watching the emojis rain down on your photo. • We don’t count or track the reactions, so you can be real and authentic without worrying about likes and filters like other platforms. BUILD A HISTORY OF YOUR LOCKETS • As you and friends snap Lockets, you’ll build up a history of all images sent. • Share them out as photos or use our video recap feature to stitch together the memories of you and your friends, capturing those “love it” moments. • Locket will also make you a recap video at the end of every month with all of the photos you've shared. ADD LOCKETS FOR YOUR BESTIES AND CRUSHES • Decorate your home screen with more photos and images dedicated to your crush or your bestie • Add the “Crush” or “Best Friend” picture widget, and see photos only from that person. Plus, you can send images just to that person too! Here’s what our users say: “I love this app because I get to share cute pictures to my friends” - HI “AMAZING SO WORTH IT” - rikkibear29282902 “Best app made this year” - johanjodel_ Plus, users love our camera (so you’ll love the photos!) - @sonnielove3 on Twitter even said, “It’s sum about that locket camera” Download the free app! We’re keeping Locket free so you can send photos to the people that matter (friends, family, bestie, etc.). With Locket, your phone will feel like it’s bringing you closer to your best friends. Please write to us at team@locketcamera.com. Thanks for having Locket on your Home Screen!

About

heart

Create personalized widgets for your Home and Lock Screens to quickly access conversations with a special contact. Choose photos and messaging apps to build a direct shortcut to your loved ones.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo widgets
  • Lock Screen icon widgets
  • Direct messaging app shortcuts
  • Support for multiple messaging apps
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen compatibility
  • Action button integration
Features
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Create a shortcut widget for that one special person. Show their photo or icon in a widget on your Home or Lock Screen and, with one tap, open your conversation in the messaging app you use together. Simple setup: • Pick a contact + messaging app. • Pick a photo from your library. • Add the photo widget to your Home Screen and the icon widget to your Lock Screen. • Tap the widget any time to open your conversation. Supported apps: • Messages (iMessage/RCS) • WhatsApp • Messenger • Telegram • LINE • Signal • Custom URL Supported widgets: • 4 photo widget sizes for your Home Screen. • 5 icon widget styles for your Lock Screen. • A control in 3 styles for your Lock Screen and Control Center, which you can also assign to your iPhone’s Action button. If you have any trouble setting up the widget or have any questions, please email. You can always update your configuration by opening the app via the app icon. App privacy: • The app and widget do not connect to the internet and no data is collected. • If you have Share Analytics turned on in the Settings app > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements, we receive app analytics from Apple, but this does not contain your app data or personally identify you. • If iCloud Backup is turned on for the app in the Settings app, your app data is uploaded to iCloud. This app is not affiliated with iMessage, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, LINE, or Signal. The use of this app is subject to your agreement to: • Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Apple’s Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/

Screenshots

Locket Widget4 screens
heart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: heart at none against Locket Widget's 10. heart also leads on ads (none vs shown). Locket Widget's advantage is ratings volume (591K vs 14) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price 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. Locket Widget sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. heart asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Locket Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locket Widget has 591K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locket Widget ships an update every 3 days, heart every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Locket Widget versus heart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocket Widgetheart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (591K ratings) — better4.5 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings591K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLocket Labs, Inc.nonzerosumness

Customer experience

Locket Widget

All ratings589,201 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews8,155 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.1%
Negative12.1%

heart

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

Locket Widget

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Widget not updating with new photos
  • Issues with sending/receiving photos
  • Login/account problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to upload photos from camera roll
  • Allow more than 20 friends
  • Add option for multiple widgets for different friends/groups
  • Implement photo editing tools (text, drawing, filters)
  • Add video/boomerang support
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  • Implement notification system when friends send photos

heart

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Locket Widget

Subscriptions7
  • Locket Gold2 variants$1.991 Month
  • Locket Gold$2.991 Month
  • Locket Gold3 variants$3.991 Month
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  • Locket Gold$4.991 Month
  • Locket Gold$16.001 Year
  • Locket Gold$36.001 Year
  • Locket Gold7 Days trial$36.001 Year
None

heart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Locket Widget free?
Locket Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is heart free?
heart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Locket Widget or heart?
Locket Widget is rated higher. Locket Widget averages 4.8 out of 5 from 591K ratings, while heart averages 4.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Locket Widget or heart have ads?
Locket Widget shows ads; heart does not.
Which is updated more often, Locket Widget or heart?
Locket Widget ships an update every 3 days, and heart every 9 days. Most recently, Locket Widget was updated on November 10, 2026 and heart on November 7, 2026.

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