Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Photo Widget + Calendar Widget3 screens
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget versus Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Widget + Calendar WidgetLock + Home Widgets widgetopia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.1K ratings)4.5 (8.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.2% of reviews61.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K8.7K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWayDCWatch Faces & Widgets

Customer experience

Photo Widget + Calendar Widget

All ratings2,132 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews304 reviews
Positive35.2%
Neutral12.2%
Negative52.6%

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

All ratings8,649 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews513 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative30.0%

User reviews

Photo Widget + Calendar Widget

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

1 purchases

Photo Widget + Calendar Widget

One-time1
  • Premium Forever$3.99
4 purchases

Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia

Subscriptions3
  • widgetopia+3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • widgetopia+ (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • widgetopia VIP$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Photo Widget + Calendar Widget free?
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia free?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Widget + Calendar Widget or Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia?
Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia is rated higher. Photo Widget + Calendar Widget averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia averages 4.5 from 8.7K ratings.
Do Photo Widget + Calendar Widget or Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia have ads?
Neither Photo Widget + Calendar Widget nor Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Widget + Calendar Widget or Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia?
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget ships an update weekly, and Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia every 3 weeks. Most recently, Photo Widget + Calendar Widget was updated on October 29, 2026 and Lock + Home Widgets widgetopia on October 31, 2026.

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