Locket's idea, unpinned from the widget
Locket sends photos to a friend's home-screen widget. Bubbles In Time floats your own memories over every app — the related idea, aimed at your archive.
| Price | $2.99, one time |
| Subscription | None |
| Where photos live | On your device only |
| Account required | No |
| Ads | None |
| Works offline | Yes — no server |
| Platform | Android |
Locket Widget vs Bubbles In Time — the short version
Bubbles In Time is the Android app this applies to — your own photos drifting over any app, on-device, $2.99 once with no subscription, no ads and no cloud.
- Direction: Locket is friends sending you new photos; BIT is your own history resurfacing. Complementary jobs — one is social presence, the other is personal memory.
- Placement: a widget lives on one home-screen panel; bubbles follow you into every app, where screen time actually happens.
- Infrastructure: Locket routes photos through its servers by design (that's the product). BIT has no servers — memories never leave the device.
- Cost: Locket monetizes with a premium tier; BIT is $2.99 once, everything included.
What's the honest bottom line?
Every option here has a legitimate job. Bubbles In Time's job is specific: your chosen memories, floating over your whole day, on-device, for one $2.99 purchase. Where that's the job you're hiring for, the choice gets simple.
Quick answers
Should I replace Locket Widget with Bubbles In Time?
They often coexist — Locket Widget does its own job; Bubbles In Time adds the floating on-device memory layer neither cloud services nor widgets provide.
Is Bubbles In Time really a one-time purchase?
Yes — $2.99 once on Google Play. No subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases.
What can become a memory?
Photos, videos, and saved message threads — plus a Mystery Photo option for surprise.