Comparison

WidgText vs Lock Screen Text

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

Head to head
About

WidgText

Customize your device's home and lock screens with personalized text widgets. Choose from various fonts, colors, and styles to display quotes, reminders, or goals. The app offers multiple independent widgets and a quote rotation feature for daily inspiration.

Highlights
  • Multiple independent text widgets
  • Extensive font and color customization
  • Gradient and border styling options
  • Quote rotation for daily content
  • Live preview for easy editing
  • Personalized app icon options
Features
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Made for iPhone Duo, and every iPhone. Open your iPhone Duo and give one calm thought two facing pages. Choose what your words look like in StandBy. WidgText brings daily affirmations, mindful quotes, and your own reminders to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. No streaks, guilt, or badges. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • Book Spread with Pro: Create two widgets as facing pages, like an open book. Split a message across them or answer it with a gentle reflection, with a mirrored background on the right. Place the pair side by side on the two Home Screen pages of the open display. • Desk Mode: Choose a StandBy style. Minimal shows light words on black, free; Pro shows your full design as a card. • A sidebar workspace on the large open display, and familiar tabs when it's closed. Your edits carry over as you open and close it. • On any other iPhone, a Book Spread sits side by side and Desk Mode works in StandBy. LOOKS FOR THE SEASON • Explore seasonal collections of widget designs and mindful words. Earlier collections stay in the archive. • Start with free designs, choose an optional rewarded ad to keep a featured look, or unlock Pro collection designs. MORE PLACES FOR YOUR WORDS • Add a free one-line quote above the Lock Screen clock. Longer words may be shortened to fit. • Open Widget 1's editor with a free Control Center control on iOS 18 or later. MAKE IT YOURS • Write your own mantra, intention, reminder, or inside joke. • See your widget change as you edit colors, gradients, type, alignment, shadows, and borders. • Preview small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen styles. iPad adds an Extra Large widget and a sidebar workspace. • Choose from 120 classic mindful messages, plus words in seasonal collections. • Keep one thought, or rotate a list: up to three quotes in Free, unlimited rotating quotes with Pro. • Receive an optional daily mindful notification at a time you choose. SHARE A LITTLE CALM • Export free Stories (1080×1920) or Pinterest (1000×1500) images with a quiet “made with WidgText” mark. Your words are visible in the image; its accompanying links exclude personal text. • Share your look as a design link. Words are excluded by default; include them only if you want anyone with the link to read them. • Recipients preview the look, choose whether to use any shared words, then Save. Pro styles require their own unlocks. New recipients install WidgText, then reopen the design link. FREE TO START. PRO IS ONE PURCHASE. Free includes one widget slot, eight classic themes, all 120 classic messages to choose from, daily thoughts, Desk Mode's minimal style, and free seasonal looks. The free version includes ads. Optional rewarded ads can permanently unlock a second slot and up to five more fonts. WidgText Pro adds Book Spreads, your full design in StandBy, a personal library of named looks saved on this device, Pro collection designs, up to 8 independent widget slots, all 34 fonts, three exclusive classic themes, advanced gradients and borders, grain texture, unlimited rotating quotes, full scheduling, eight alternate app icons, and no ads. One purchase. No subscription. No account is needed. Your widget text and saved looks stay on your device unless you share an image or choose to include words in a design link. Design links are not encrypted. Firebase Analytics measures app use; Google AdMob supports the free version. Your words. Your look. A calmer Home Screen.

About

Lock Screen Text

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Lock Screen Text keeps your favorite quotes and short notes front and center with clean, minimalist Lock Screen widgets. Key Features: 1. Instant Focus: Display your favorite quotes and short notes right where you'll see them. 2. Clean & Minimalist: Designed to look seamless and feel effortless to use. 3. Fully Customizable: Personalize your text, font style, and alignment to match your style. 4. Simple & Lightweight: No account required, no unnecessary complexity, just clean Lock Screen widgets. 5. Free Forever: Use Text Slot 1 for free with full customization. 6. Optional Upgrade: Unlock all 10 text slots with a one-time purchase - no subscriptions, ever.

Screenshots

WidgText4 screens
Lock Screen Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lock Screen Text at none against WidgText's shown. Lock Screen Text also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. WidgText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lock Screen Text sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgText ships an update every 3 weeks, Lock Screen Text every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
WidgText versus Lock Screen Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgTextLock Screen Text
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron PriceKok Lam Chong

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WidgText

One-time1
  • WidgText Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Lock Screen Text

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$4.99

Questions

Is WidgText free?
WidgText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lock Screen Text free?
Lock Screen Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WidgText or Lock Screen Text have ads?
WidgText shows ads; Lock Screen Text does not.
Which is updated more often, WidgText or Lock Screen Text?
WidgText ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lock Screen Text every 2 days. Most recently, WidgText was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lock Screen Text on October 31, 2026.

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