Comparison

WowKit vs LockWidget

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

Head to head
About

WowKit

Enhance your iPhone's appearance with a vast collection of customizable widgets, icon themes, and wallpapers. Personalize your home and lock screens with over 200 widgets and unique themes. Discover over 1000 wallpapers, with new ones added weekly, and enjoy dynamic charging animations for a visually appealing experience.

Highlights
  • Over 200 home screen widgets
  • iOS 16 lock screen widgets
  • Designer home screen themes
  • 1000+ wallpapers updated weekly
  • Charging animations
Features
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This app is available for iOS 15 and superior. Wowkit provides you with many iphone beautification tools. You can design a unique home screen here! 【Widget】 Over 200 home screen widgets, redefines the desktop of your iphone. The new ios16 lock screen widget makes your lock screen function more powerful. 【Themes】 The well-designed home screen theme from our designer gives you a new visual effect. 【Wallpapers】 More than 1000 wallpapers selected for you to choose from and new ones added every week. 【Charging Animations】 The animation will play automatically when the phone is charging, which looks fantastic. More fun features are waiting for you to explore! - Privacy policy: https://wowkit.io/privacy - Terms of Service: https://wowkit.io/terms If you like wowkit, support us by leaving favorable reviews. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at support@wowkit.io.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

WowKit4 screens
LockWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: WowKit at free with in-app purchases against LockWidget's subscription. WowKit also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 56%). LockWidget's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 1.5K) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. WowKit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LockWidget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockWidget has 28K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of WowKit's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WowKit ships an update every 10 days, LockWidget fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
WowKit versus LockWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWowKitLockWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.5K ratings)4.5 (28K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews — better55.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K28K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#147 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size394 MB339 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChenzhou Zero Pixel Information Technology Co., Ltd.SoCloud Technology Co., Limited

Customer experience

WowKit

All ratings1,528 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews509 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative18.3%

LockWidget

All ratings27,572 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews661 reviews
Positive55.7%
Neutral12.1%
Negative32.2%

User reviews

WowKit

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Cute and customizable widgets
  • 🎨 Wide variety of free options
  • 💻 Easy to use and navigate
  • 🤩 Makes phone look aesthetic
  • 🆓 Mostly free features

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Transparent background issues
  • 🤯 Glitches and crashes
  • 🤔 Disappearing widgets
  • 💤 Slow performance

LockWidget

From 28K App Store ratings

What 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

WowKit

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Transparent background not working
  • Widgets disappearing from Home Screen
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Keyboard issues when editing widgets

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More free themes and wallpapers
  • Better iPad support
  • Volume slider widget
  • Fix transparent background feature

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

4 purchases

WowKit

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annually$9.991 Year
  • Annually(Free Trial)3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
7 purchases

LockWidget

Subscriptions5
  • 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
One-time2
  • Lifetime$12.99
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99

Questions

Is WowKit free?
WowKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockWidget free?
LockWidget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WowKit or LockWidget?
LockWidget is rated higher. WowKit averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while LockWidget averages 4.5 from 28K ratings.
Do WowKit or LockWidget have ads?
Both WowKit and LockWidget show ads.
Which is updated more often, WowKit or LockWidget?
WowKit ships an update every 10 days, and LockWidget fortnightly. Most recently, WowKit was updated on September 24, 2026 and LockWidget on September 24, 2026.

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