Comparison

Mico vs LockWidget

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

Head to head
About

Mico

Personalize your device with animated artwork, 3D wallpapers, and unique themes. Create custom live wallpapers and widgets, including couple and battery widgets. Offers a wide range of templates and icons for a unique home screen experience.

Highlights
  • Depth Effect Wallpapers
  • Liquid Glass Theme
  • DIY Live Wallpapers
  • Customizable Widgets
  • Theme Templates
  • Apple Health Integration
Features
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Mico — Your Home Screen Personalization App, Fully Optimized for iOS 27! [Create Your Custom Home Screen] Create a home screen that reflects your style with Animated Artwork, 3D and Depth Effect Wallpapers, Liquid Glass Themes, customizable widgets, and more. [iOS 27 Depth Effect Wallpapers and Liquid Glass Themes] Depth Effect Wallpapers use intelligent layering to blend time, icons, and wallpaper elements, creating a vivid sense of depth. Liquid Glass Themes combine light, transparency, and fluid textures for a fresh visual experience. 4x6 Extra‑Large Widgets provide more space for photos, battery information, health data, couple widgets, and other content. [Foldable Display and iPad Support] Mico is optimized for foldable devices and iPad. Enjoy responsive layouts across different screen sizes, orientations, and display modes. [DIY Live Wallpapers and Battery Icon Wallpapers] Create static and dynamic wallpapers with templates including Polaroid collages, heart collages, flip cards, Labubu live wallpapers, and more. Add battery icon stickers and battery widgets to personalize your status bar and home screen. [Theme Templates — One Tap to Apply] Combine stylish widgets, wallpapers, and lock screen templates in seconds. Explore designs created by designers from around the world and apply your favorite theme with one tap. [Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets] Couple Widget: Share a little love with your partner directly on your home screens. Battery Widget: Display your battery level with customizable styles and themes. Photo Widget: Choose from photo frames featuring cute pets, retro game consoles, movie film styles, and more. Animation Widgets: Enjoy emoticons, flashing emojis, GIFs, bear animations, cute cat animations, flashing hearts, and other fun designs. [iOS 27 Widgets and Themes] Fully compatible with iOS 27. Customize your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Control Center, and Lock Screen buttons with cute, text‑based, animated, and personalized icons. [Apple Health Tracking] Mico Lock Screen Widgets can integrate with Apple Health to display data such as daily steps. Please allow Mico to access your health data when using health widgets. Your free trial subscription will automatically renew as a paid subscription unless auto‑renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. You can cancel your free trial or subscription at any time through your iTunes account settings. To avoid being charged, cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Cancellation takes effect the day after the final day of the current period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. Learn More User Agreement: [http://global.download.sharpmobi.com/resources/com.sm.Alina/html/UserPolicy_en.html](http://global.download.sharpmobi.com/resources/com.sm.Alina/html/UserPolicy_en.html) Privacy Policy: [http://global.download.sharpmobi.com/resources/com.sm.Alina/html/PrivacyPolicy_en.html](http://global.download.sharpmobi.com/resources/com.sm.Alina/html/PrivacyPolicy_en.html) Questions? Contact us: [mailto:micolockscreen@163.com](https://mailto:micolockscreen@163.com) Follow us TikTok: @mico_widget Instagram: @mico_widget

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

Mico4 screens
LockWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Mico at free with in-app purchases against LockWidget's subscription. Mico also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and chart position (#23 vs #204). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Mico sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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

Mico holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102K and 28K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Mico's written reviews are positive against 56% of LockWidget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mico ships an update every 9 days, LockWidget fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Mico versus LockWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicoLockWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (102K ratings) — better4.5 (28K ratings)
Positive reviews63.3% of reviews — better55.9% of reviews
Number of ratings102K — better28K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#23 — better#204
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size421 MB339 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnbing International LimitedSoCloud Technology Co., Limited

Customer experience

Mico

All ratings101,444 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews1,865 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral9.9%
Negative26.9%

LockWidget

All ratings27,572 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews671 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral11.9%
Negative32.2%

User reviews

Mico

From 102K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Lots of free and customizable widgets
  • 🌟 Cute and aesthetic designs
  • 🎨 Ability to create DIY wallpapers
  • 💻 Works well on both iPhone and iPad

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many premium features require payment
  • 📢 Excessive ads and ad-related issues
  • 🐛 Widgets not working properly or disappearing
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding and adding widgets

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

Mico

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widgets turning grey or not loading
  • Charging animations not working
  • Transparency feature not functioning as expected
  • Frequent app crashes or connection issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free widget options
  • Ability to add custom app icons
  • Improved lock screen widget integration
  • Spotify integration for music widgets

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

13 purchases

Mico

Subscriptions12
  • All functions - month$0.991 Month
  • Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
Show 9 more
  • Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
  • 50% off Monthly Plan1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
  • Monthly VIP$7.991 Month
  • Quater VIP$12.993 Months
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • All functions - year7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Mico Premium- Yearly VIP7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly VIP- Access All Widgets$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$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 Mico free?
Mico 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, Mico or LockWidget?
Mico is rated higher. Mico averages 4.7 out of 5 from 102K ratings, while LockWidget averages 4.5 from 28K ratings.
Do Mico or LockWidget have ads?
Both Mico and LockWidget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mico or LockWidget?
Mico ships an update every 9 days, and LockWidget fortnightly. Most recently, Mico was updated on October 31, 2026 and LockWidget on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Mico or LockWidget?
Mico currently peaks at #23 in the App Store charts, and LockWidget at #204. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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