Comparison

Lock Screen Loops vs Tactile Fidget

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Loops

Features
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Lock Screen Loops is the easiest way to add messages to your lock screen. Create a loop with as many messages as you want, then add the widget to your lock screen. When your lock screen wakes a different message will appear!

About

Tactile Fidget

Engage your senses with a collection of interactive fidget toys designed for focus and relaxation. Explore responsive visuals, haptics, and sound with various motion-driven activities. Customize the feel and appearance of each fidget for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Motion-driven fidget toys
  • Responsive haptics and visuals
  • Customizable fidget properties
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Tactile Fidget is a calm collection of motion-driven fidgets built around responsive visuals, haptics, and optional sound. Flick, stretch, scroll, spin, pull, wind, and toss whenever your hands need something satisfying to do. TACTILE FIDGETS ECHO RINGS Pull a chain of rings, then tap to send a tactile ripple through every circle. LINE FIELD Shape a traveling wave or a responsive radial field with touch and momentum. MAGNETIC GRID Push a connected field out of place and watch every point find its way home. MAGNETIC SLIDER Slide across magnetic detents, pivot around the corners, and customize the magnets, strength, surface, and friction. GRAVITY WELL Attract or repel a living particle field, combine touch points, and release a gathered burst. COIN FLIP Toss a dimensional coin whose live spin, impacts, and remaining momentum determine where it lands. STRETCH Build tension and snap back, or release the tether and throw the ball freely. INFINITE SCROLL Glide through an endless abstract feed with tactile cards and playful controls. MOMENTUM WHEEL Flick a precision wheel, feel each detent, and tap to bring it to a stop. SPRING WINDUP Wind in either direction, release, then feel the spring unwind, overshoot, and settle. POMODORO FOCUS Pair intentional work with tactile breaks using a flexible Pomodoro timer. Keep time from the Home Screen widget and Lock Screen while you move through your day. CUSTOMIZE THE FEEL Every fidget works out of the box. One optional, permanent purchase unlocks controls for motion, friction, speed, gravity, colors, appearance, and more. Restore your purchase on your other devices. ON YOUR WRIST Take tactile fidgets with you. Companion experiences bring responsive touch, crown controls, and haptics to your wrist. WHY I MADE IT I enjoy thoughtfully made fidget toys, tactile feedback, and calm, focused design. I built Tactile Fidget so a satisfying little reset could always be close at hand, on my phone or wrist. No ads. No accounts. No data collection. Just focused time and satisfying motion.

Screenshots

Lock Screen Loops4 screens
Tactile Fidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lock Screen Loops at none against Tactile Fidget's 1. Tactile Fidget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tactile Fidget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lock Screen Loops asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Lock Screen Loops versus Tactile Fidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen LoopsTactile Fidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew CarlsonBreton Brander

In-app purchases

None

Lock Screen Loops

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tactile Fidget

One-time1
  • Customization$4.99

Questions

Is Lock Screen Loops free?
Lock Screen Loops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tactile Fidget free?
Tactile Fidget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lock Screen Loops or Tactile Fidget have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Loops nor Tactile Fidget shows ads.

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