Photo Widget + Calendar Widget vs Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Create personalized widgets for your device's home screen. Easily design and add custom widgets to enhance your device's functionality and appearance. Future widget additions will be provided at no extra cost.
- Create custom widgets
- Add widgets to home screen
- Personalize device appearance
- Future widget updates free
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Widget allows you to add custom widgets to your home screen and lock screen. More widgets will be added in the future for free. Download and create your own widgets now!
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Personalize your home and lock screens with thousands of pre-made widgets or create your own unique designs. Customize with icons, wallpapers, and various data displays like weather, calendar, and health.
- Thousands of pre-built widgets
- Powerful widget design tools
- Customizable icons and wallpapers
- Home and iOS 16 lock screen widgets
- Weather, Calendar, and Health widgets
- Animated GIFs and Charts
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From the team behind WatchMaker, the world’s largest watch face community, widgetopia gives you everything you need to make your Home Screen and Lock Screen feel like your own. 100,000+ WIDGETS Explore a huge library of widgets created by our community, with new designs added every day. Find clocks, weather, calendars, photos, fitness, quotes, anime, aesthetic designs and much more. MAKE IT YOURS Found something you like? Remix it. Or start from scratch and design your own with powerful tools for layers, fonts, colours, gradients, charts, formulas and live data. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Weather — current, hourly and daily • Calendars and agendas • Photos and animated GIFs • Steps, Activity rings and heart rate with Apple Health • Battery, time, date and analog or digital clocks • Countdowns, moon phases, progress bars and charts • 70+ widget themes • Transparent widgets • 5,000+ icons and complete icon packs • Wallpapers for Home Screen and Lock Screen • Custom JSON endpoints and JavaScript expressions • Import and share widgets FREE TO USE widgetopia is free to use, including the full design tools. Some widgets are marked PLUS. You can unlock them individually by watching a short video, or unlock everything with widgetopia+ and remove ads. widgetopia+ • Weekly: $3.99 USD • Yearly: $19.99 USD 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. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings. Prices may vary by country and are charged in your local currency. Requires iOS 18 or later. Privacy Policy: https://widgetopia.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://widgetopia.io/terms OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS widgetopia only asks for access when a widget needs it: • Location — weather for where you are • Calendar — show your events on widgets • Apple Health — steps, Activity rings and heart rate on widgets you choose • Photos — save wallpapers to your library • Notifications — new widgets and tips
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Verdict
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget and Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's written reviews are positive against 35% of Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's. Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia also leads on ratings volume (8.7K vs 2.1K) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Photo Widget + Calendar Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 8.7K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's written reviews are positive against 61% of Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia's.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget ships an update weekly, Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Widget + Calendar Widget | Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) | 4.5 (8.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | 61.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K | 8.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WayDC | Watch Faces & Widgets |
Customer experience
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
User reviews
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Customizable widgets
- 🎨 Variety of design options
- 💡 Potential for more widget types
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widgets not updating correctly
- 🔋 Battery widget not accurate
- 🤔 Limited free options
- 🤯 Confusing instructions
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
From 8.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Customizable widgets
- 🎨 Wide selection of widgets
- 💡 Ability to create own widgets
- 🎨 Lots of customization options
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 💰 Subscription/premium content
- 🐛 Widgets not updating correctly
- 🐛 Inaccurate time/weather/battery info
- 🐛 Blurry/distorted widgets on home screen
- 🔍 Difficult to find/use certain features
Bugs and requests
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not showing up on home screen
- Calendar widget displaying incorrect dates
- Clock widget not updating in real-time
Requested features
4 requests- More widget types (weather, health, etc.)
- Ability to rename widgets
- Better instructions and tutorials
- Improved time/date accuracy
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widgets not refreshing properly
- Time/weather/battery info not updating
- Widgets appearing blurry on home screen
- Crashes/freezes when using the app
Requested features
6 requests- More free widget options
- Ability to remove Widgetopia branding
- Better tutorial/guidance
- Faster widget updates
- More font/icon options
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- Ability to launch apps from widgets
In-app purchases
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
- Premium Forever$3.99
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia
- widgetopia+3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- widgetopia+ (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$5.99
Questions
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