Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow vs TernaryClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow
Access your favorite shortcuts and apps directly from your Lock Screen with interactive widgets. Execute Siri Shortcuts, open apps, or custom URLs with a single tap. Automate tasks and streamline your workflow.
- Lock Screen widgets
- Siri Shortcuts execution
- App launching
- Custom URL schemes
- Focus Mode widget switching
- Action Button support
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Your shortcuts on your Lock Screen. LockFlow is an app that allows you to set quick actions always available with one tap from your Lock Screen. You can execute shortcuts from the Shortcuts app, open apps with App Launchers, open custom URL Schemes or create folders. You can have up to 8 widgets in the Lock Screen thanks to interactive widgets. Run any Siri Shortcuts you created in the Shortcuts app. Being able to set shortcuts on your Lock Screen is super useful: ⁃ Run home automations with one tap ⁃ Open an alternative camera app ⁃ Get directions to a specific place ⁃ Send a message to someone you frequently text ⁃ Start playing your latest favorite podcast ⁃ Leverage all your existing shortcuts by making them easily accessible - Support for the Action Button on iPhone 15 models - Control widgets work in Control Center and on the Lock Screen Configuring LockFlow is a super simple 3 step process. 1. Just set the exact name of the shortcut you want to run. 2. Add a symbol that will be visible on the Lock Screen 3. Add that widget in the Lock Screen Do it from the Lock Screen, Do it with LockFlow FOCUS WIDGETS Focus Widgets allows you to have more than four widgets in the Lock Screen. By using Focus Modes you can change the widgets of your Lock Screen automatically when you set a Focus Mode or when you don't have one active. Note: The app is free to download and use, but some features may require premium access. Terms and Conditions: https://www.andrespiza.com/apps/lockflow/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.andrespiza.com/apps/lockflow/privacy-policy/
TernaryClock
This app displays time using a balanced ternary system, dividing the day into 27 hours, each with 27 minutes and 27 seconds. It utilizes 'trits' with three values to represent time, offering a unique perspective on temporal measurement.
- Balanced ternary time display
- 27-hour day division
- Ternary digits ('trits')
- Unique time representation
- Visualizes 'extended present'
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This is a balanced ternary clock. It divides the day into 27 hours. Each hour is divided into 27 minutes, which are in turn divided into 27 seconds. This means that the ternary hour is a bit shorter than a standard hour, while the ternary minute is about twice as long as a standard minute. The ternary second lasts for about 4.4 standard seconds. This is quite close to what psychologists call the ‘extended present’, the duration of time we experience as ‘now’. The display is made out of ‘trits’, ternary digits that can each have 3 values. The lowest value is ‘\’, the center value is ‘|’ and the highest value is ‘/’. You can think of these as representing 0, 1, and 2, but there are other (and perhaps more fitting) ways of thinking about them as well, such as ‘−1, 0, +1’, ‘down, center, up’ or ‘left, middle, right’. Unbalanced number systems, like the standard decimal system or the binary system that computers use, do not have a center value. Their most basic ingredients are 0 and 1, and negative numbers need a special sign. In balanced ternary, this is different. You can think of it like using a compass: North and South are opposite directions, but neither of them is more fundamental than the other. In balanced ternary, you can use a single digit to denote the North Pole, the South Pole or the equator (the balance point). As you add more digits, you can describe your North–South position with increasing accuracy. This way of counting is very well suited for keeping track of things that rotate, like the passage of the day (which tracks the rotation of the Earth around its axis). In this clock, the day is divided into 19683 equal steps. At noon, all the digits are centered at ‘|’. At midnight, the display flips over from its highest value, ‘///·///·///’ to its lowest value ‘\\\·\\\·\\\’ and the next day begins. Interestingly, the exact opposite of noon is not a ‘tick’ of the clock but rather the moment halfway between the highest and lowest value. Midnight is a boundary that the clock approaches and then passes over but never quite lands on. This is a fundamental property of any balanced number system: there is only one precisely defined center, and on the opposite end of that is ‘infinity’, a value that cannot be expressed precisely as a number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TernaryClock at none against Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow's 6. TernaryClock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TernaryClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
TernaryClock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow's written reviews are positive against 100% of TernaryClock's.
| Parameter | Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow | TernaryClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andres Piza Buckmann | Chiel Zwinkels |
Customer experience
Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow
TernaryClock
Bugs and requests
Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets disappearing after app updates
- Compatibility issues with certain apps
- Inability to find some apps in the selection list
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for custom URL schemes
- Allow shortcuts to run without opening Shortcuts app
- Add option to remove widget background
- Improve compatibility with more apps
TernaryClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock Launcher Widgets LockFlow
- Unlimited access$2.991 Month
- Unlimited access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Unlimited accessFree
- Unlimited access$5.99
- Unlimited access$32.99
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- Unlimited access$41.99
TernaryClock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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