Photo Widget + Calendar Widget vs Lock Widget
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 Widget
Create and display sticky notes directly on your iOS lock screen. Customize fonts and add reminders or badges to your notes for quick access. This app allows for easy note-taking without unlocking your device.
- Lock screen widget support
- Customizable fonts
- Note creation
- Reminder functionality
- Badge display
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iOS16 lock screen widget sticky note app. You can easily write notes on the lock screen. Please try it. - Supports all types of lock screen widgets - Rich font customization - Notes, reminders, badges... and so on...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lock Widget at none against Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's 1. Lock Widget also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 35%). Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Photo Widget + Calendar Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Photo Widget + Calendar Widget against 4.4 for Lock Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Widget + Calendar Widget has 2.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Photo Widget + Calendar Widget's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lock Widget's.
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget ships an update weekly, Lock Widget every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Photo Widget + Calendar Widget | Lock Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WayDC | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
Lock Widget
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 Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Photo Widget + Calendar Widget
- Premium Forever$3.99
Lock Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Photo Widget + Calendar Widget free?
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