LockVideo
Videos on your lock screen
$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
See your own videos animated on your lock screen — real audio, no Live Photo conversion, 100% private and local.
LockVideo uses Apple's built-in "Now Playing" system — the same feature behind Live Photos and music artwork on the lock screen — to show an animated preview of a video you choose while it plays in the background, with its own real audio.
Important: LockVideo does not replace, change, or take over your iPhone's wallpaper. Apple does not offer a public API for that, and no app can. What you see is the system's own animated "Now Playing" artwork, tied to real audio playback — the same mechanism used for Live Photos, just applied to your own video.
HOW TO USE
1. Pick any video — from Photos, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
2. Tap "Activate on lock screen." Your video's audio starts playing (you can mute it, but playback continues in the background).
3. Lock your iPhone. On the lock screen, tap the artwork once to make it animate, exactly like a Live Photo.
FEATURES
• Real audio playback (required by Apple's Now Playing system — not decorative)
• Mute without losing the animated artwork
• Playlists: loop several videos back-to-back on the lock screen
• Import from Photos, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive
• In-app preview before activating
• Available in English and Spanish
• 100% local — nothing is uploaded to any server
WHAT LOCKVIDEO IS NOT
LockVideo is not a wallpaper app and does not modify iOS's Home Screen or Lock Screen settings. It works entirely within Apple's public Now Playing / media-artwork APIs (MPMediaItemAnimatedArtwork, iOS 26+), the same mechanism apps like Music and Podcasts use to show artwork on the lock screen — just applied to a video you choose.
Requires iOS 26 or later.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
The developer, Fernando Eduardo Balmes Moguel, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Fernando Eduardo Balmes Moguel
- Size
- 2.2 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Fernando E. Balmes Moguel
