Comparison

Magic Locker vs DIY Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Magic Locker

This app helps you control your screen time by locking access to other applications. It's useful for protecting privacy, reducing distractions, and managing children's phone usage. Features include blocking apps by time, adding app locks, and parental controls.

Highlights
  • Block apps by time
  • Add app locks for privacy
  • Parental controls for app usage
  • Track application usage records
  • Avatar secret for private space
  • Customizable app groups
Features
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Magic Locker will help you not to be distracted by other apps. Because you can control the time spent on other apps by locking down access to it. Magic Locker is a new way to restrict your access to apps and control the app access time. It is especially suitable for protecting privacy, reducing harassment, and enabling parents to control children's use of mobile phones. Features: -Block mode: There are three ways to hide immediately, block by time, and use time. It lets you hide selected apps like social media, banking apps, photos, games, videos, and more from your device until you restore them, a feature that's great for protecting your privacy or reducing distractions. To achieve maximum protection of personal information and privacy. -Shield mode: It can add an application lock to your app to protect your privacy while improving your focus and improving your sleep quality. Set when your child plays games for real control. -Support viewing usage records, clear tracking of application usage in restricted mode -Avatar secret: Enter the avatar secret to enter another space. Protect your personal privacy and make it impossible for your children to unlock. Using a substitute secret, it can be used as a private notebook, which can record passwords, diaries and other content. -Parental Control: Supports locking apps and games that are not suitable for children, and can also prohibit app installation, deletion, and in-app purchase subscriptions. It allows you to control your children's mobile phone activities at any time, and also protects your important applications from being accidentally deleted by your children. Make your life safer and more comfortable, and let your children grow up healthily. - Highly customizable: edit groups according to your needs, add and remove apps, change names. #Privacy Statement - The apps you select in Magic Locker are provided by the iOS Screen Time feature as opaque markers, Magic Locker will never know which apps you have selected. - Magic Locker does not collect any data, including your selection of apps, location or usage information. - Magic Locker does not use any third-party SDK or services. Unlimited Access Membership Subscription - You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features within the app – Monthly subscription as well as lifetime purchase at the rate chosen by the subscription plan - Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Fees depend on plan selected – Subscriptions can be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to the user’s account settings after purchase – Once the user purchases a subscription, any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited If you are a member, you will have access to the following features: 1. Unlimited grouping, add more applications 2. Password protect the application 3. Follow-up update with more new features Prices above are in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to local currency based on country. Visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 Terms of Use: https://magicx.link/TermsofService.html Privacy Policy: https://magicx.link/privacypolicy.html Billing terms: https://magicx.link/terms.html =====Contact us===== Email: hsiung.wen@foxmail.com

About

DIY Widgets

Personalize your device's home screen with a wide array of stylish widgets, themes, and fonts. Create your own custom widgets or choose from a vast library of pre-designed options to make your phone unique.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Widget editor
  • Themed keyboards
  • Stylish fonts
  • Charging animations
  • Photo widgets
  • Countdown widgets
Features
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DIY Widgets allows you to freely add stylish widgets and customize the home screen! We got cool widgets, themes, keyboards, fonts and charging animations that are really beautiful! DIY Widgets makes adding aesthetic and handy widgets to your home screen easy. Choose from stunning predesigned widgets or, better yet, create your own with the easy-to-use widget editor. Browse dozens of widget types like photo, countdown, date and battery, weather, quotes, and many more. Information about the auto-renewal of subscription: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. - If you want to continue the service, your subscription should be continued. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period– 1-year subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 29.99 - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - There are 3 packages including: 1 week, 1 month and 1 year with the weekly package and year allowing a 3-day trial period. Once it expires, your subscription will automatically renew. The following subscription plans are available (price may vary depending on location): – 1-week subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 4.99 – 1-month subscription – US$ 9.99 – 1-year subscription with a 3-day trial version – US$ 29.99 - You can cancel your subscription via this URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p_BKxIiZDDxmgZTVKVmTdtaMetof5cjzFJ0L7xeLfiM/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://mobile-smart-growth.web.app/ Privacy Policy: https://mobile-smart-growth.web.app/

Screenshots

Magic Locker4 screens
DIY Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Locker at 100% against DIY Widgets's 8%. Magic Locker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). DIY Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (170 vs 8) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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. Magic Locker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and DIY Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Locker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DIY Widgets has 170 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Magic Locker's written reviews are positive against 8% of DIY Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic Locker versus DIY Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic LockerDIY Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.3 (170 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better8.3% of reviews
Number of ratings8170 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer彩群 雷Mobile Smart Growth

Customer experience

Magic Locker

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DIY Widgets

All ratings170 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Magic Locker

Subscriptions3
  • magic locker weekly plan3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Magic Locker Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Magic Locker Yearly Plan$1.991 Year
One-time2
  • Magic Locker lifetime purchase$2.99
  • lifetime$4.99
3 purchases

DIY Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Color Widgets VIP3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Widgets Lock Screen Premium1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription for VIP3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Magic Locker free?
Magic Locker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DIY Widgets free?
DIY Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Locker or DIY Widgets?
Magic Locker is rated higher. Magic Locker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while DIY Widgets averages 4.3 from 170 ratings.
Do Magic Locker or DIY Widgets have ads?
Neither Magic Locker nor DIY Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Locker or DIY Widgets?
Magic Locker ships an update every 2 weeks, and DIY Widgets every 2 weeks. Most recently, Magic Locker was updated on July 5, 2026 and DIY Widgets on September 18, 2026.

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