Comparison

Best Widgets vs LockSwitch

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

Head to head
About

Best Widgets

Personalize your iPhone's home screen with a vast collection of customizable widgets, charging animations, and custom keyboards. Express your unique style with adjustable fonts, colors, backgrounds, and more.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Charging animations
  • Custom keyboards
  • Wide range of templates
  • Personalize fonts, colors, backgrounds
  • Multiple widget categories
Features
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Fancy widgets, charging animations and custom keyboards for your iPhone! Best Widgets app lets you customize your homescreen like never before. Express yourself with a wide range of templates personalized exclusively for your iOS device. We designed the app from the ground up with a wide collection of fully customizable widgets from multiple categories including date, weather, quotes, astronomy, calendar, reminders, fitness, photos and more. Personalize every aspect of your widget, charging animation and custom keyboard with our powerful tools. Each element such as the fonts, pictures, backgrounds, colors, etc. can be adjusted precisely to best fit your personality. Best Widgets app includes an optional premium subscription plan which is offered on a monthly basis with a 3 days free trial. Once you purchase a subscription plan, your payment will be charged at your iTunes account. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Follow us on Facebook to get exclusive updates, promo codes and more: https://facebook.com/bestwidget Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/best-widgets-terms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/best-widgets-privacy/home

About

LockSwitch

Create custom widgets for your device's lock screen to automate tasks. Access a library of actions or build your own, and personalize with thousands of icons or photos. Widgets sync across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Custom lock screen widgets for app automation
  • Library of system and third-party app actions
  • Create your own custom actions
  • Personalize widgets with 3,500+ icons or photos
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • App themes and alternate icons
Features
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LockSwitch is a must-have for anyone wanting more control over their lock screen. Easily make custom widgets that trigger actions on your device when you tap them. Access the library of widget actions for system and third-party apps, or you create your own. ——— Features ——— - Create custom lock screen widgets for app automation. - Access a wide array of actions for system and third-party apps, or create your own. - Personalize your widgets with over 3,500 icons to choose from or choose a custom photo. - Widgets automatically sync across all of your devices with iCloud. - App themes and alternate app icons. ——— Support ——— If you enjoy using the app, please leave an excellent review and consider purchasing LockSwitch Pro, which will support me (Matt) as I'm the only person building this app. Please contact me on the support screen via the app settings tab if you have any issues, feedback, or feature requests. ——— Subscriptions ——— If you purchase a LockSwitch Pro subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your account will automatically be charged for renewal 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://mdssoftware.co/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://mdssoftware.co/termsofuse

Screenshots

Best Widgets4 screens
LockSwitch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LockSwitch at none against Best Widgets's shown. Best Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 8). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Best Widgets sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and LockSwitch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Best Widgets against 4.8 for LockSwitch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, LockSwitch every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Best Widgets versus LockSwitch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest WidgetsLockSwitch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Number of ratings31 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB8 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperWidgethub LimitedMasterMind Software LLC

Customer experience

Best Widgets

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%

LockSwitch

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Best Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Best Widgets Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 9.99 USD Per Month$9.991 Month
  • 29.99 USD Per Year$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • 39.99 USD for Lifetime.$39.99
2 purchases

LockSwitch

Subscriptions2
  • LockSwitch Pro$2.991 Month
  • LockSwitch Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Best Widgets free?
Best Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockSwitch free?
LockSwitch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Best Widgets or LockSwitch?
LockSwitch is rated higher. Best Widgets averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while LockSwitch averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Best Widgets or LockSwitch have ads?
Best Widgets shows ads; LockSwitch does not.
Which is updated more often, Best Widgets or LockSwitch?
Best Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, and LockSwitch every 12 months. Most recently, Best Widgets was updated on September 30, 2026 and LockSwitch on October 15, 2026.

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