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Locket Widget

55
Value score / 100 Worth paying? No Skip it

Locket Widget is a fun, safe, and free way to connect with close friends and family, especially for younger users, but it suffers from significant technical issues and a lack of customer support that diminish its overall value.

Free to download seen up to $36.00 4.8★ lifetime (534,490) since 2021

Locket Widget offers a unique way to share photos with a small group of friends and family, often appealing to younger users as a Snapchat alternative R3R12. While the core concept is praised for being fun and safe, the app is plagued by frequent bugs, login issues, and a lack of responsive customer support, making the paid features questionable R72R115R118R166.

Free vs paid

The free version of Locket Widget allows users to send photos to friends and family, connect with contacts, and view updates on their home screen widget R2R4R6R25. Users appreciate that it's free and has no ads in its basic form R11R12R16. However, some features like posting from the camera roll R135 and possibly certain captions or filters R2R20 are restricted to Locket Gold (premium). Recent reviews indicate that ads have been introduced even for free users, which is a significant drawback R118R171R382.

Value complaints

  • Some features that users desire, like posting from the camera roll, are restricted to the premium 'Locket Gold' tier.R135R360
  • Users feel that some features of Locket Gold should be free.R20
  • The app has introduced ads even for free users, which is a major point of dissatisfaction.R118R171R382

Where it delivers

  • The app is praised as a fun, safe, and less addictive alternative to other social media apps like Snapchat, especially for younger users.R2R3R5R12
  • Users enjoy sending pictures to friends and family in a unique way, helping them stay connected.R4R6R8R15
  • The widget feature is a popular way to see friends' updates directly on the home screen.R25
  • Many users appreciate that the app is free and initially had no ads.R11R12R16
Worth paying if

It is not worth paying for Locket Gold given the widespread reports of core app functionality issues and the recent introduction of ads even for free users R118R171R166. Many essential features are broken for free users, making a paid upgrade illogical until these fundamental problems are resolved R72R115R133R157.

Skip / stay free if

You should skip paying for Locket Gold if you expect a stable, bug-free experience or responsive customer support R166. Users who prioritize being able to upload photos from their camera roll without paying should also skip it R135R360. Anyone who is frustrated by frequent logouts, lost data, or widgets not working should avoid investing in this app R163.

Evidence note: The reviews strongly indicate a positive initial user experience regarding the app's concept and safety, but a significant decline in satisfaction due to persistent technical issues, poor performance, and a complete lack of customer support. Recent reviews are heavily skewed negative due to these problems and the introduction of ads.

Frequently asked

Is Locket Widget safe for kids?
Yes, Locket Widget is considered safe for kids and younger teens because it only allows users to add friends from their contacts, preventing interaction with random people, and is often seen as a safer alternative to Snapchat R2R3R5R11.
Why does Locket Widget keep logging me out?
Many users report that Locket Widget frequently logs them out of their accounts randomly, often leading to lost photo history and forcing them to create new accounts because there is no option to log back into an existing one R125R154R163R166.
Can I upload photos from my camera roll to Locket Widget?
No, you cannot upload already taken photos from your camera roll to Locket Widget unless you pay for the premium 'Locket Gold' subscription R135R360.
Does Locket Widget have ads?
Yes, Locket Widget has recently introduced ads that play with sound, interrupting the user experience, which has caused significant dissatisfaction among users R118R171R382.
What is the friend limit on Locket Widget?
Locket Widget has a friend limit, with reviews indicating users can only add a total of 20 people R22R9R285R309.
Why is my Locket Widget not working or showing pictures?
Many users experience issues where the widget displays a grey box or is blank, photos fail to send or update, the camera shows a black screen, or the app doesn't request necessary permissions like microphone access for videos R72R115R133R157.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R135] 3/5 · GB GREAT APP!!: Great app but u can’t post from ur camera roll unless ur premium! but otherwise great app!
  2. [R360] 3/5 · CA Good: It’s a good app to keep up with your friends and family but I don’t like how you can’t upload already taken photos from your gallery without paying
  3. [R20] 4/5 · US great apppppp: super fun way to see what ur friends are up to but just some tweaks. the videos don’t have sound and when you add music you can’t even hear it. and i think some features of locket gold should be free, but thats js my opinion! i recommend this app.🫰🏻
  4. [R118] 2/5 · GB Ads????? Time to Go.: I would have given this 5* only 24 hours ago as I love this app as I’ve deleted all social media and feel this has been a great way to interact with my friends - until today when I saw an ad whilst scrolling and now I feel sick. All these apps and tech companies just remind me of that Black Mirror episode. Give us a good app, get more people on it, then slowly take away good
  5. [R171] 1/5 · GB INTRODUCED ADS!: Can’t believe i was scrolling through my friends lockets and was interrupted by clash royal or some game every two swipes :( Really love the app and concept, ads have ruined it for me
  6. [R382] 3/5 · CA Ads play with sound: Talk about a bad update. I’m scrolling through catching up while my partner is sleeping and the ads play with sound! Use to be fine before. Please fix this.
  7. [R2] 5/5 · US Love it!: Much safer, easier, and less addictive than Snapchat and it’s so fun! I love posting on it sm! I saw a lot of ppl saying add filters, and I agree that would be cool and mb more stuff that doesn’t require locket gold! Overall tho, great app! 11/10 recommend (;
  8. [R3] 5/5 · US love: im 12 and im not allowed to have snap locket keeps me updated and basicly snap bye preppy baddies
  9. [R5] 4/5 · US Finn: This app is very fun and it’s also OK for kids too if they wanna have like some fun with their friends, I highly suggest this
  10. [R12] 5/5 · US So much fun: I love this app so much it’s very fun and there is no adds you just add people from you contacts or any app you have they you can chat with it’s like a kids version of Snapchat <3 (Hope this helps)
  11. [R4] 5/5 · US LOVE IT: i love this app sooo much it’s so fun to send pics to your friends in a fun way! 10/10 recommend this app and definitely recommend getting locket gold it’s very fun to have those locket gold things !
  12. [R6] 5/5 · US Very good 10/10: It’s a really great way to connect with friends and family.
  13. [R8] 5/5 · US Love this app!!: I’ve been using this app for 1-2 years now, and it’s such a great way to connect with friends and family. Totally recommend!
  14. [R15] 5/5 · US Locket: I love sharing photos and videos to family and friends! Looking to see what my friends are doing showing pictures from my weekend is just so fun and I love the app!
  15. [R25] 5/5 · US Great app!!: Definitely a safe, cool app to keep in touch with your friends!! You can only add your contacts, so no randoms!! I love seeing my friends days on my Home Screen through widgets and I think that you will too!!
  16. [R11] 5/5 · US Locket: Locket is an amazing app! It’s easy,free, and allows you to communicate with your friends. Also, it doesn’t let you friend random people and only lets you friend your contacts or people you invite! It is safe but fun and easy! It’s a great app!
  17. [R16] 5/5 · US You need this rn!!: I love it!!! No ads!!!
  18. [R125] 3/5 · GB Keeps logging me out: I love this app when it works but I use it when I am travelling and when it logs me out I don’t have my original number to log back in. It needs to be an email login for people who travel with a data only eSIM.
  19. [R154] 1/5 · GB Rubbish: This app is rubbish it constantly keeps signing me out of my account
  20. [R163] 1/5 · GB Logged out: Got logged out and lost all pictures with my friend
  21. [R166] 1/5 · GB Massive bug: The app logs me out regularly for no reason, and twice now I’ve had to create a new account. It feels dodgy and untrustworthy, and frankly it’s annoying. My family and I use locket to see what we’re up to day to day, it’s become a fixture in our family comms because we live all over the world at the moment for school and work. And locket was supposed to be something fun and easy, if n
  22. [R22] 3/5 · US mid: you can only add 20 people
  23. [R9] 4/5 · US good: it’s good and fun and safe but there neeeedddds to have more friends, maybe like 25 because i have 4 requests and there all my friends so i have to choose
  24. [R285] 3/5 · GB Friends: why should i have 20 friends only
  25. [R309] 3/5 · GB not that good: it doesn’t allow you to have barely friends and i don’t enjoy it that much i think there’s better apps out there personally but however it’s a cute concept
  26. [R72] 2/5 · US Won’t work: Every time I try sending smth to a friend it doesn’t send and it says I’m not connected to the WiFi but I am. And I’ve tried deleting it and redownloading it and everything
  27. [R115] 1/5 · GB CANNOT TAKE VIDEOS (and really bad help center): I cannot record videos on the Locket app. I have followed all the instructions you provided, but the issue persists. The core problem is that the Locket app completely fails to request Microphone access from iOS. Because it never asks for the microphone permission, the app does not even appear in the iOS Microphone settings list, making it impossibl
  28. [R133] 2/5 · GB Good until: It was great until it wouldn’t let me take photos waste of time
  29. [R157] 1/5 · GB App stopped working: I can’t send any photos now, it keeps telling me it’s failed and clicking “Retry” does nothing. I can’t even see profile pics of my friends and can’t add even my own one. It seems to still be working for the friends on my list as I can see their lockets but it’s totally broken for me. Contacted customer support but no response :(

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store