# Kotoba – Your Words Widget — Your own words on Home Screen

> Your own words on Home Screen (iPhone/iPad app by Minari Taniguchi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kotoba-your-words-widget/id6796988697 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Minari Taniguchi](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796972156)
- Category: Lifestyle, Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 2 more
- Released: 2026-08-05
- Data updated: 2026-09-30

## What is Kotoba?

Put your own words on your Home Screen. Kotoba is a custom text widget with no subscription: the lines you love — from books, films, people, or promises you made to yourself — pinned to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. No ads, no notifications, no account. Pro also adds a word of the day widget that works offline — 365 English words with definitions and examples — and 365 Stoic quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus.

Kotoba is your own private dictionary of phrases. Collect the lines you love and pin your favorite one as a widget. Not a feed to scroll: one phrase, chosen by you, waiting where you already look.

■ What it does (free)
・Save a phrase with its source, tags, and background color (up to 20)
・Browse them as a stack of cards, like a wallet
・Pull down to fan the cards open
・Tap to edit, swipe left to delete
・Filter by tag, search by keyword
・Sort by the date you added them
・Pin one phrase to a widget — Home Screen small, medium or large, and three Lock Screen styles (one widget)
・Tap the widget to open that phrase in the app
・Export your phrases as text
・Export a backup (for when you change phones)

■ Kotoba Pro (a one-time purchase, not a subscription)
・As many phrases as you like
・As many widgets as you like
・A new phrase each day or each week: one of your own, narrowed by tag if you like
・Widget looks: choose the font (standard, serif or rounded), text size and alignment for each widget
・Import a backup: bring your phrases back on a new device
・Packs, built in and offline: Word of the day (365 English words) and Stoic quotes (365). One appears on your widget each day

Reaching the limit never deletes anything you already saved. Only adding new ones stops.

■ Made for
・Anyone who writes down lines from books and films
・Anyone who wants their motto in sight, every day
・Anyone who wants a Home Screen in their own words

No notifications. No account. No ads.
Your words stay on your device and are never sent anywhere.
To improve the app, only anonymous usage (the app was opened, a widget was displayed) is sent. Never the phrases you save, and never your name, email, or advertising ID. You can turn it off under Privacy in the menu.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://spicysnow-sub.github.io/minari-app-feeds/privacy/kotoba/

## Is Kotoba safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Kotoba.

## Is Kotoba legit?

Kotoba – Your Words Widget appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kotoba is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8 — 2026-09-29

• Pro: choose “Word of the day (English)” or “Stoic quotes (English)” as your widget’s Content. 365 of each are built in and work offline — a new one every day.
• New menu item: “Switch my widget's phrase”.
• Fixed: the free widget could stay locked, backups only included the phrases in the current filter, and the daily phrase could repeat or skip on daylight-saving changes in some regions.

### 1.7 — 2026-09-28

Added Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Traditional Chinese and Russian. The app and widgets now work in 12 languages.

### 1.6 — 2026-09-25

Kotoba now speaks Indonesian and Simplified Chinese. The app and the widget follow your device language.
On first launch, Kotoba now opens straight into writing your first phrase. After you save it, a one-time guide shows how to add the widget to your Home Screen (not shown if you already have one).

### 1.5 — 2026-09-21

Three additions to Pro.

・Widget looks: choose the font (standard, serif or rounded), text size and alignment for each widget. Long-press the widget → Edit Widget.
・A new one each week: alongside daily, phrases can now change at the start of each week.
・Import a backup: bring your phrases back on a new device.

Exporting a backup is free (menu → Export backup).

### 1.4 — 2026-09-12

Six widget sizes. In addition to small, medium and large on the Home Screen, Kotoba now fits on the Lock Screen (inline, rectangular and circular).

Pro gains “A new one each day”: one of your phrases, changing at midnight, narrowed by tag if you like. Long-press the widget → Edit Widget → set Display to “A new one each day”.

You can now export your phrases as text (menu → Export phrases).

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