Get the appBoth put someone you love on your Home Screen, and both are built for friends as much as partners. Choose Widgetable if you want lots of widgets (distance, mood, doodles, plants) and a virtual pet to raise together. Choose Locket if you just want live photos from your partner and closest friends, including a widget for one person. If you want widgets made only for the two of you, with notes, moods, photos and drawings, Amourly is a third option for iPhone.
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Widgetable is a playground of widgets and pets; Locket does one thing, photos on your Home Screen, and does it simply. Neither is made only for couples.
| Feature | Widgetable | Locket | Amourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built around | Social widgets and co-parented pets | Photos from friends on your Home Screen | Small daily moments: notes, taps, moods, photos, drawings |
| Made for | Friends and couples | Close friends (up to 20), not couples specifically | Couples only — a private space for two |
| Love notes & messages | Text notes through widgets | Not a focus | Love notes with text, a photo or a drawing; replies |
| Quick taps & nudges | Miss You counter widget | Emoji reactions to friends' photos | 12 love taps (hug, kiss, poke, boop…) sent as a notification |
| Mood sharing | Mood Bubble and Mood Jar widgetsEdge | Not a core feature | 42 moods plus custom moods (Pro), shown on widgets |
| Photo sharing | Pin photos to friends' screens | Yes — photos land on friends' Home Screen widgetEdge | Snaps that land on your partner's Home Screen; 24-hour stories |
| iPhone widgets | Yes — dozens: pets, distance, mood, photos, doodles, plantsEdge | Photo widget, including one for a single person | 7 widgets for Home Screen & Lock Screen: notes, mood, photo, drawing, days together, next special day |
| Shared memories | Not a core feature | Photo history and monthly recapsEdge | Shared journal of memories with photos, date and place |
| Virtual pet | Yes — co-parented pets you feed and play withEdge | Not offered | No |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android | iPhone, Android | iPhone |
| Free version | Yes, ad-supported, with in-app purchases | Core photo widget is free | Free: 7 journal entries, 7 love notes, 3 taps a day, 1 story a day, core widgets |
| Premium price (US) | $4.99/month or $19.99/year, plus item purchases | Optional Locket Gold subscription | $9.99/month or $44.99/year |
| One subscription for both partners? | No — each person subscribes | No — individual subscriptions | Yes — one Pro plan covers both partners |
Neither is made only for couples. Widgetable has more for partners: a distance widget, mood widgets, a Miss You counter and a pet you raise together. Locket is about photos: you can add a widget that shows pictures from just one person, but mood sharing, notes and anniversaries aren't part of it.
Locket. Snap a photo and it appears on your partner's widget, and you build up a history of everything you've sent, with a recap video each month. Widgetable lets you pin snaps, doodles and texts to each other's screens alongside its other widgets.
Locket's core photo widget is free, with an optional Locket Gold subscription. Widgetable is free with ads; Premium is listed at $4.99/month or $19.99/year, and diamonds, pet eggs and pet food are sold separately. Both bill each person individually.
Both are huge and well rated. Locket holds 4.8 stars from more than 579,000 US App Store ratings; Widgetable holds 4.9 from more than 386,000. Widgetable reviewers often mention heavy ads and in-app purchases, and some find pet care turns into a chore.
Amourly is a widget app for two. Your partner's latest note, mood, photo or drawing shows up on your Home Screen, and your days together or next special day can sit on your Lock Screen. Behind the widgets there's a shared journal and map of your memories.
Add Amourly widgets to see your partner's latest note, mood, photo or drawing without opening anything. It feels less like checking an app and more like a glance at them.
Explore couple widgetsDays together, your next special day, a note preview and your partner's mood can sit right where you check the time.
Explore couple widgets
All three are free to download. Locket keeps its photo widget free; Widgetable's free version shows ads and sells items like diamonds and pet food. Amourly has no ads, and its free version includes notes, taps, moods, photos and core widgets with daily limits.
Widgetable and Locket bill each person separately; one Amourly Pro plan covers both partners. Prices are US App Store list prices, checked on the date shown, and can vary by region and promotion.
Widgetable is one of the biggest widget apps on the App Store. Friends or partners co-parent a virtual pet and share widgets for distance, mood, photos, doodles, plants and more. It is ad-supported, with a subscription and many in-app items.
Locket started as a photo widget its founder built for his girlfriend and grew into one of the biggest social apps for close friends. You snap a photo and it appears on your friends' Home Screen widget; there's chat, reactions and a photo history.
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Read the comparison →Quick, honest answers about Widgetable vs Locket.
Widgetable has more couple-friendly widgets, like distance, mood and a shared pet. Locket is the simpler choice if you mainly want your partner's photos on your Home Screen.
Yes. You can add a widget that shows photos from one person and send pictures only to them, though Locket is built for a circle of up to 20 friends.
Yes, both are free to download. Widgetable shows ads in its free version and offers Premium at $4.99/month or $19.99/year; Locket's core photo widget is free, with an optional Locket Gold subscription.
Yes, both are on iPhone and Android. Amourly is currently iPhone-only.
Yes. Amourly has seven Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your partner's notes, mood, photos and drawings, days together and your next special day, and one Pro plan covers you both.
We compared each app's public App Store listing, official website, help pages, and published pricing, and read recent public reviews for recurring themes. Feature lists change often, so we re-check these pages regularly. Last checked .
Disclosure: this comparison is written by the team that makes Amourly. We've aimed to describe every app fairly, including where another app is the better fit. If something here is out of date, email support@amourly.app and we'll correct it.
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