Comparison

Secure Charging Animations vs WidgetLock

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

Head to head
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Secure Charging Animations

Features
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Make charging as good as it looks. Secure Charging Animations turns your plain iPhone charging screen into a cinematic, AMOLED-optimized display, with the animation, security, and live stats to match. Plug in, and watch your battery come alive: pulsing rings, liquid battery fills, neon glows, and moon-phase eclipses that turn a boring wait into something worth watching. Built specifically for OLED displays, every animation uses true blacks so the glow really pops. 50+ PREMIUM ANIMATIONS From subtle and elegant to bold and neon, choose from a growing library of charging animations: Pulse Ring, Liquid Battery, Neon Liquid, Moon Eclipse, Orbit Ring, and dozens more. Free animations get you started; go Pro to unlock the full library. REAL BATTERY DATA, NO GUESSING See your live battery percentage, estimated time to full, and estimated charging wattage, all calculated from your device's own real charging rate, not a fake fixed number. Smooth, interpolated percentage updates fill in the gaps between iOS's coarse battery readings, so the number never sits frozen. LOCKED DOWN, YOUR WAY Protect your charging screen the moment it's plugged in: - Face ID unlock, with automatic PIN fallback if Face ID fails or isn't available - 4-digit PIN lock as a standalone option, independent of Face ID - Intruder Detection logs every failed unlock attempt with a timestamp, so you always know if someone tried to get in - PIN setup is optional at first launch. Skip it and turn protection on anytime later from Settings, no reinstall or reset needed WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets keep your battery percentage and time to full visible without opening the app, glanceable, live, and always up to date while you're charging. SMART NOTIFICATIONS Get notified the moment your charger connects or your battery hits 100%, plus optional daily reminders, all with cooldown logic so you're never spammed with duplicate alerts. SIRI SHORTCUTS AND AUTOMATION Trigger your charging animation hands-free with built-in Siri Shortcuts and App Intents, or launch straight into the app with full custom deep-link support. MADE TO FIT YOU - Light, Dark, and Auto themes throughout the app - A guided first-launch walkthrough that gets you set up in seconds - Charging sound and haptic feedback, each toggle independently - Auto-hide and lock-timeout controls for the charging screen AVAILABLE IN 7 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese, with full in-app language switching, no reinstall required. DESIGNED FOR OLED Every animation, every gradient, every lock screen is built around true blacks and an electric-cyan accent, so it looks as good on a Pro Max as it does on the smallest iPhone. Secure Charging Animations is free to download, with premium animations and ad removal available as an optional upgrade. No account required. Secure Charging Animations requires iOS 17.0 or later. Privacy Policy: https://mralihaidar.github.io/app-legal/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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WidgetLock

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WidgetLock puts your calendar on your iPhone's Lock Screen, and you design it by chatting. Tell WidgetLock what you'd like to see, such as "my next meeting and this week" or "the whole year in dots over a starry night", and it builds the Lock Screen, shows you a preview, and puts it on your iPhone. Want the month on a dark card, or a different background? Just ask. CALENDAR, YOUR WAY • Day: today's date, your week, and what's left of today • Events: your next events, each in its color • Next days: day by day, quiet days included • This week, and the next event with its time • Month in large numbers, with the days left in the year • Quarter, four months or the whole year in dots Each sits on a glass, light or dark card. Event titles are optional: hide them and events show as "Busy". BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUNDS Snowy peaks, a calm ocean, aurora, glossy silk, a starry night and more, or a simple gradient. START IN SECONDS Pick a calendar look, then a background, and WidgetLock sets everything up. Change anything afterwards by asking. MORE THAN A CALENDAR Add a countdown to an event that matters, a QR code, and with WidgetLock Pro a website or dashboard snapshot, or stock prices (latest daily close). WORKS WITH CHATGPT AND CLAUDE Connect WidgetLock to ChatGPT or Claude and change your Lock Screen from your computer, in plain words. HOW IT STAYS UP TO DATE WidgetLock adds a Shortcut that sets your Lock Screen image, and can set up a Shortcuts automation that refreshes it on the schedule you choose, so your events stay current. FREE AND PRO A calendar, countdowns and QR codes are free; designs made with them carry a small WidgetLock watermark. WidgetLock Pro adds unlimited calendars, the quarter, four-month and year calendar layouts, website and dashboard widgets and stocks, and removes the watermark. Pro widgets show blurred until you have Pro. WidgetLock Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. The available plans, prices and any free trial are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings or from Settings in the app. PRIVACY WidgetLock doesn't ask for your name or email. The chat's replies are written by an AI model; your messages are sent to it to answer you. If you add a calendar, the app reads upcoming events from the calendars you choose and sends our server only what the Lock Screen shows, to draw it; the server keeps them only in the pictures of your design that the chat shows, and they are never sent to the AI model. If you subscribe, Apple handles the payment and we only receive your subscription status. See our privacy policy for details. TERMS Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://widgetlock.app/privacy

Screenshots

Secure Charging Animations4 screens
WidgetLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WidgetLock at every 3 days against Secure Charging Animations's fortnightly. Secure Charging Animations's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Secure Charging Animations sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and WidgetLock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure Charging Animations ships an update fortnightly, WidgetLock every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Secure Charging Animations versus WidgetLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure Charging AnimationsWidgetLock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAli HaidarAppflares

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Secure Charging Animations

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$34.991 Year
2 purchases

WidgetLock

Subscriptions2
  • WidgetLock Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • WidgetLock Pro Yearly3 Days trial$60.001 Year

Questions

Is Secure Charging Animations free?
Secure Charging Animations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetLock free?
WidgetLock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Secure Charging Animations or WidgetLock have ads?
Both Secure Charging Animations and WidgetLock show ads.
Which is updated more often, Secure Charging Animations or WidgetLock?
Secure Charging Animations ships an update fortnightly, and WidgetLock every 3 days. Most recently, Secure Charging Animations was updated on October 31, 2026 and WidgetLock on October 31, 2026.

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