Comparison

WidgetAI vs Amber Lock

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

Head to head
About

WidgetAI

Create custom widgets for your iPhone, Lock Screen, or Mac by simply describing them. The app designs and refines widgets based on your text prompts or visual examples, allowing for live data integration and personalized designs.

Highlights
  • AI-powered widget design from text descriptions
  • Visual refinement using photos and screenshots
  • Live data integration (weather, stocks, calendar, etc.)
  • Customizable fonts, colors, and layouts
  • Template-based or blank canvas creation
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widget support
  • Widget sharing and publishing
Features
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Build any widget you want for your iPhone, Lock Screen or Mac, just by describing it. Tell WidgetAI what you have in mind. It designs and builds the widget while you watch, then you refine it in plain language until it's exactly right. Show it a photo of a look you like, or a screenshot of what's wrong, and it works from that. When it looks the way you want, it goes straight to your Home Screen. Start from a template or from a blank canvas. No menus, no hundred toggles. Type what you want and watch it appear. WHAT YOU CAN BUILD The widgets the big template packs will never make for you: - A countdown to your next flight - Your favourite photo, or one you pick, with the date over it - Your GitHub contribution streak, and nothing else - A stock you're watching, with your own target price - Days since your last coffee - The weather, but only when it's actually cold - Your next meeting, the way you'd actually want to see it - Small and medium Home Screen widgets, plus circular, rectangular and inline Lock Screen widgets If you can describe it in a sentence, you can put it on your screen. DESIGN IT YOUR WAY One sentence is all it takes to try a whole new look. Classic, minimalist, monochrome, retro, brutalist. Tweak the fonts, colours, layout and mood until it fits your Home Screen today. Change your mind tomorrow. Widgets look right in the tinted and Clear Home Screen styles too. CHANGE IT WITHOUT ASKING Ask for a control and the widget gets one: a colour, a city, a target date, a number. Change it yourself in the app, no AI edit needed. CONNECT REAL DATA Your widgets can show live information, not just static art: - Your photos - Weather and air quality - Calendar and reminders - Health and activity - Battery - What's playing in Apple Music - Stocks and crypto - GitHub activity - World clocks - RSS and news feeds - Any HTTP API you can point it at Once a widget is on your Home Screen it keeps itself up to date. LEARN AS YOU GO Nine short built-in guides take you from your first widget to custom data sources. PRIVATE OR SHARED Keep your widgets to yourself, or publish the good ones for other people to use. PRICING Free to try: 1 widget and 5 AI edits a month, and you can build and preview before you ever pay. Pro: 50 AI edits a month, unlimited widgets, premium templates and custom HTTP APIs. Max: 250 AI edits a month, everything in Pro. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.getwidgetai.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getwidgetai.com/legal/privacy

About

Amber Lock

This app locks distracting applications behind a unique challenge: you must walk to unlock them. Earn screen time by increasing your daily steps and reclaiming your focus.

Highlights
  • Seal distracting apps
  • Unlock apps by walking
  • Customize step-to-time ratio
  • Set unlock duration limits
  • Track reclaimed screen time
  • Home screen widget for quick access
Features
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Amber Lock seals your most distracting apps in digital amber. To get them back, you have to stand up and walk. Whether your goals are to reduce screen time, increase your daily steps, or both, Amber Lock has got you covered! THE LEGEND Gnomish stories tell of a distracted worker whose candied berries were sealed in tree sap until he finished plowing the fields. Amber Lock applies the same friction to your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Seal your distractions. Pick your worst offenders (social media, games, news) and lock them inside the amber. 2. Set your own rules. Decide how many steps buy one minute, how many steps the tank can hold, and how long a single unlock is allowed to run. 3. Walk. Put the phone in your pocket and go. Your real steps charge the Melter. 4. Melt the amber. Spend that charge whenever you choose, up to the limit you set. 5. Watch it re-seal. When the charge runs dry, the amber locks your apps again. BUILT FOR YOUR SCREEN TIME, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S A 4am doomscroller and a gamer who wants one clean hour at night need opposite things from a blocker. Most apps give them the same one. If your problem is the slow drip (five minutes here, twenty there) run a small tank and a short unlock cap. A slip costs you five minutes, not the entire evening. If your problem is that you want your hour before bed and you want it uninterrupted, use the deep tank instead. Bank steps all day, then spend them in one sitting without the app locking you out halfway through. SEE WHAT YOU GET BACK Amber Lock tracks your time in sealed apps week over week, so you can watch the hours come back. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget sits beside your locked apps showing the time you have left, so you can melt or re-seal without opening anything. PRIVACY Amber Lock uses Apple's Screen Time API to block apps directly on your device. Your app usage data never leaves your phone. It isn't sent to us or to anyone else. Your step data stays on your device too. NO SUBSCRIPTION Amber Lock is free, and it's fully usable that way. One optional upgrade is available as one-time purchases. This gives you access to premium settings which allow you to further customize your Amber Melter! Take back your time. Seal the distractions. Earn your screen time. Terms & conditions of use: https://www.gnomesteadcollective.com/terms?app=amber-lock#amber-lock

Screenshots

WidgetAI4 screens
Amber Lock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Amber Lock at 100% against WidgetAI's 0%. Amber Lock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). WidgetAI's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. WidgetAI sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Amber Lock sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Amber Lock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of WidgetAI's written reviews are positive against 100% of Amber Lock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WidgetAI ships an update every 3 days, Amber Lock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WidgetAI versus Amber Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetAIAmber Lock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB53 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperQuassum MBGnomestead Collective LLC

Customer experience

WidgetAI

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Amber Lock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

WidgetAI

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$8.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Pro Offer1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Max Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Special Offer1 Year trial$99.991 Year
6 purchases

Amber Lock

One-time6
  • 1,000 Step Power Bank (1x)$0.99
  • 1,000 Step Power Bank (3x)$1.99
  • 1,000 Step Power Bank (10x)$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Premium Step Tank$7.99
  • Premium Burn$7.99
  • Premium Settings Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is WidgetAI free?
WidgetAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amber Lock free?
Amber Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WidgetAI or Amber Lock?
Amber Lock is rated higher. WidgetAI averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Amber Lock averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WidgetAI or Amber Lock have ads?
Neither WidgetAI nor Amber Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WidgetAI or Amber Lock?
WidgetAI ships an update every 3 days, and Amber Lock every 5 days. Most recently, WidgetAI was updated on November 5, 2026 and Amber Lock on November 13, 2026.

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