Lock Widget vs Launcher x
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lock Widget
Create and display sticky notes directly on your iOS lock screen. Customize fonts and add reminders or badges to your notes for quick access. This app allows for easy note-taking without unlocking your device.
- Lock screen widget support
- Customizable fonts
- Note creation
- Reminder functionality
- Badge display
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iOS16 lock screen widget sticky note app. You can easily write notes on the lock screen. Please try it. - Supports all types of lock screen widgets - Rich font customization - Notes, reminders, badges... and so on...
Launcher x
This app allows you to create custom widgets for your home and lock screens to quickly launch your favorite apps, shortcuts, and websites. It offers extensive customization options for icons, colors, and layouts, enhancing efficiency and personalization.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Lock screen app launcher
- Personalized icons
- Website shortcuts
- Transparent widget support
- Live Activity widgets
- iCloud backup
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Launcher Widgets - Home Screen Lock Screen Launcher Widgets Quick launch without redirect Launcher Widgets is a powerful and flexible application launcher that offers a rich set of widget templates to help you easily manage and quickly launch your frequently used applications, shortcuts and websites. Whether it's transparent widgets, personalized icons, or customizable time and date formats, Launcher Widgets offers an unparalleled customization experience. Add your favorite apps and shortcuts to your home screen widgets with a single click to make your operations more efficient and faster! 【New Lock Screen Widget】 Lock Screen Launch Widget: Lets you quickly launch apps even from the lock screen. Live Activity widget: Dynamically displays activity content to enhance the interactive experience. 【Customizable Home Screen】 Transparent widget support: make your home screen more simple and beautiful. Rich widget templates: Super variety of widget templates to choose from, easy to personalize. Highly customizable widgets: freely adjust the color, time format, date format, background and font to create your own interface. Customized Icon Launcher: Support graphics, shadows, delete and change icons to create unique shortcuts. Shortcut Command Support: Quickly execute your frequently used shortcut commands and launch them with one click. One-click website launch: Quickly open your frequently visited websites to enhance your browsing experience. iCloud Backup Support: Synchronize your data with the cloud to ensure that your settings are safe and available at all times. Clock widget: Real-time display of the current time, supports digital and analog clock styles. Digital Clock Widget: Simple and clear digital clock makes your time management more efficient. Calendar/Calendar widget System Information Widget Minimalist Screen widget 【More widget types】 We will continue to update with more features and widget styles. If you have any suggestions or needs for applications that you would like to launch via widgets, please feel free to contact us via email: launcherfd@gmail.com Tips: If you like Launcher Widgets, please leave us a 5-star review, it's very important to us! Privacy Policy: https://onions-march-usp.craft.me/xUGFnVZE15Zpi1 Terms of Service: https://onions-march-usp.craft.me/2rohfmqdTMWEme
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lock Widget at none against Launcher x's 4. Launcher x's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, rating 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. Launcher x sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Lock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Lock Widget against 4.4 for Launcher x. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Launcher x has 192 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Lock Widget's written reviews are positive against 60% of Launcher x's.
Lock Widget ships an update every 8 months, Launcher x every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Widget | Launcher x |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (192 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 192 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | 学良 靳 |
Customer experience
Lock Widget
Launcher x
In-app purchases
Lock Widget
No in-app purchases
Launcher x
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$7.991 Month
- Annual Premium$7.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$14.99
Questions
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