WowKit vs Lock Screen Widget Launcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Over 200 home screen widgets
- iOS 16 lock screen widgets
- Designer home screen themes
- 1000+ wallpapers updated weekly
- Charging animations
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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.
Lock Screen Widget Launcher
Create custom widgets for your device's lock screen. Launch your favorite apps directly from these widgets with a tap. Personalize widget design and access a library of icons.
- Customizable lock screen widgets
- Launch apps directly from widgets
- Widget design customization
- Access to 90+ premium icons
- iOS 16 widget support
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How does it work -The main dashboard for the app, is split into the top section for a quick widget preview and the bottom section where we show Apple iOS apps and 3rd party apps that can be launched from the lock screen widget. -The iOS 16 lock screen supports 4 small widgets, you can select individual widget items, and assign a specific app to be launched, not only this. You can customize the widget design the way you want. -Do you want more? Get access to over 90+ icons with premium membership Terms of Use: https://metatec.io/term-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://metatec.io/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lock Screen Widget Launcher at 5.0 against WowKit's 4.3. Lock Screen Widget Launcher also leads on ads (none vs shown). WowKit's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. WowKit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lock Screen Widget Launcher sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lock Screen Widget Launcher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WowKit has 1.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WowKit ships an update every 10 days, Lock Screen Widget Launcher fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WowKit | Lock Screen Widget Launcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 394 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chenzhou Zero Pixel Information Technology Co., Ltd. | METATEC APPS LTD |
Customer experience
WowKit
Lock Screen Widget Launcher
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
Lock Screen Widget Launcher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WowKit
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annually$9.991 Year
- Annually(Free Trial)3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
Lock Screen Widget Launcher
- subscription weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- subscription monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Version$5.99
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