Comparison

Lock Screen Widgets 16 vs Lively Widget

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Widgets 16

Personalize your phone's lock and home screens with a variety of customizable widgets. Choose from dynamic icons, quick launchers, calendars, clocks, and more. Easily create unique designs with an intuitive editor and access over 200 lock screen widgets and wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Dynamic icons
  • Quick launcher
  • Countdown timers
  • Battery widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • HD lock screen wallpapers
Features
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Fancy new lock screen widgets? Tired of a normal widget that has limited customization? A fantastic lock screen and home screen widgets app including dynamic icons, quick launcher, countdown, battery, healthy, etc. is definitely what you want! You can create your own fancy widgets with the easy-to-use widget editor. Makes your phone screen adorable! It offers various styles for you to choose from. All widgets you need are here : - Add all size widgets - Various widget styles - Multiple fonts and colors What makes Lock Screen Widget stand out: Various Aesthetic Widget Lock Screen Widget support all kinds of Widget. You can enjoy 200+ lock screen widgets & wallpapers after updating. Add a calendar, battery, and even a to-do list to your lock screen to let it become personalized. All sizes are supported: Circular, Rectangular, Inline Various types are available: dynamic icons, quick launcher, countdown, battery, healthy, etc. Custom by yourself Constantly update Home Screen Widgets With massive well-designed widgets, you can quickly make the widgets you need. The calendar widget helps you check the date quickly on the home screen. In the Countdown widget, you can add deadlines which enables you to check the left time for important days anytime and anywhere. The clock widget gives you a chance to add multiple fancy clock styles to your screen HD Lock Screen Wallpapers - All wallpapers are high-quality - Perfectly fit the Depth Effect - Gorgeous wallpapers with various styles Easy Set Up steps With Lock Screen Widget, There are ONLY TWO STEPS that take less than 30 seconds to set a widget: Long press anywhere on the home screen. Click " + " in the upper left corner. Search "Lock Screen Widget" Select a size. Touch and hold to enter edit mode. Click "Edit Widget".Choose the widget you want to add to the home screen After the setup, all the widgets are free to use! Custom Widget The Lock Screen Widget is highly Customizable. It allows you to customize the widget color, widget font, widget border, etc. Also, you can use your own preference on time & date formats. With Lock Screen Widget, there are no limits to customizing your Lock Screen & Home Screen If you have any questions, please contact us: widget.ios@guloolootech.com Terms of use: http://guloolootech.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: http://guloolootech.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Lively Widget

Create animated and highly customizable widgets for your iPhone's home and lock screens. Display health data, photos, quotes, pixel art, and more with a wide range of design options and presets.

Highlights
  • Animated widget creation
  • Health and activity data display
  • Photo and quote widgets
  • Pixel art creation
  • GIF sticker integration
  • StandBy mode compatibility
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Try out our latest Activity and Health widget with the following health features: 1. Energy Burned, Exercise Time, and Stand Hours. 2. Step Count and Walking Distance. 3. Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate, Walking Heart Rate Average, and Heart Rate Variability. 4. Blood Oxygen and Respiratory Rate. 5. Environmental Sound Level and Headphone Audio Levels. 6. Double Support Time, Walking Asymmetry, Walking Speed, Walking Step Length, and Stair Speed. 7. Blood Pressure. 8. Blood Glucose. 9. All health data can be displayed in chart view and customized for a specific date range, such as 24 hours or 7 days. Animate your Widgets! Lively Widget allows you to create your own animated iOS widgets for your iPhone lock screen and home screen, enhancing your iPhone screen's overall aesthetics and liveliness. You can create nice-looking activity & health widgets, clock widgets, battery widgets, photo widgets, quote widgets, GIF sticker widgets, or even pixel art widgets! Most of our widgets are compatible with StandBy mode in the newly released iOS 17. Lively Widget enables you to upload images from your album, add text, apply borders, change background and adjust various aspects such as size, rotation, and position of your images. All widgets within Lively Widget are highly customizable and can be designed as frame-by-frame animated widgets. You can create activity widgets or health widgets to keep track of your daily fitness routine and body measurements, such as heart rate, step count, energy burned, blood pressure, and blood glucose level. Charts can be used in the widgets to show data of the last 7 days or last 24 hours. You can also create your own pixel art from scratch using an empty canvas, convert your photos into pixel art, or simply select a pixel art widget from our collection. Lively Widgets offers a wide collection of moving GIF stickers & widget presets for you to make custom lock screen widgets and home screen widgets, with cute & cool categories like emojis, animals, sports, self-care, pixel art, nature, love, quotes, etc. The presets collection will only grow bigger over time! Examples: You can select a bunch of photos of your loved ones and add them to a home screen photo widget to put a smile on you during the day. You can create your own motivational quote widgets on your home screen to inspire yourself and keep you going. You can add an animated emoji widget on your lock screen to give yourself a smile whenever you look at your iPhone. Lively Widget is available for free download. The trial version offers limited access to stickers and features. It provides a good opportunity to explore and familiarize yourself with the app. To unlock all features and animated widgets & stickers, you can subscribe to Lively Widget Pro on a monthly, yearly, or lifetime basis. Start personalizing your lock screen or home screen with animated widgets by getting it now! If you like Lively Widget, please rate us on the App Store! If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at hello@livelywidget.com. Term of Services & End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.livelywidget.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Lock Screen Widgets 164 screens
Lively Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lock Screen Widgets 16 at 4.5 against Lively Widget's 3.8. Lock Screen Widgets 16 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Lively Widget's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Lock Screen Widgets 16 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Lively Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lock Screen Widgets 16 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 37 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Lock Screen Widgets 16's written reviews are positive against 78% of Lively Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock Screen Widgets 16 ships an update every 4 days, Lively Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lock Screen Widgets 16 versus Lively Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen Widgets 16Lively Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (38 ratings) — better3.8 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better37
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGulooloo TechSquare Digital Limited

Customer experience

Lock Screen Widgets 16

All ratings38 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Lively Widget

All ratings37 ratings
Positive67.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lock Screen Widgets 16

Subscriptions3
  • Widget Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Widget Quarterly VIP$6.993 Months
  • Widget Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Lively Widget

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription$4.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Lock Screen Widgets 16 free?
Lock Screen Widgets 16 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lively Widget free?
Lively Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lock Screen Widgets 16 or Lively Widget?
Lock Screen Widgets 16 is rated higher. Lock Screen Widgets 16 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Lively Widget averages 3.8 from 37 ratings.
Do Lock Screen Widgets 16 or Lively Widget have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Widgets 16 nor Lively Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lock Screen Widgets 16 or Lively Widget?
Lock Screen Widgets 16 ships an update every 4 days, and Lively Widget monthly. Most recently, Lock Screen Widgets 16 was updated on September 18, 2026 and Lively Widget on September 6, 2026.

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