Smart Life2 vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Life2
Automate your home with a wireless smart system. Control appliances, lighting, security, and more remotely. Enjoy a personalized home environment with intelligent automation features.
- Security Alarm
- Fingerprint Lock
- Remote Video
- Appliances Control
- Curtain Control
- Energy Saving
- Music Control
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When you come back home and open the door ,the temperature system have already prepare a nice temperature for you. When you open the fingerprint doorlock by your fingerprint,The light will turn on and play the music at the same time. Wherever you are ,Smart home system will manager your all appliances automation for your home. We have ready for it ,We can provide a professinal wireless smart home solution for you ,Just need 15 mins ,Can give a smart home for you. Smart home system is using the fifth IOTs technology. The main functions of system 1.Security Alarm 2.Fingerprint Lock 3.Remote Video 4.Appliances Control 5.Curtain Control 6.Sence Control 7.Timing Control 8.Save Energy 9.Music Control 10.Communication Management 11.Remote SOS 12.Open The Door Remotely 13.Cloud Alarm Message 14.Cellphone Alarm Our smart home system using advanced wireless network communication technology and computer technology as well as through by many wireless communication ways to build the family wireless network in order to integerate with video,audio,alarm and appliances control under a wireless management platform to realize the smart control and alarm.
Any Text · Widgets
Display any text on your Lock or Home Screen to keep important notes, goals, or tasks visible. Customize text with Markdown and utilize 20 different widgets. Integrates with Shortcuts for powerful automations and syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Customizable text widgets
- Lock Screen and Home Screen support
- Markdown styling (bold, italic, strikethrough)
- Live Activity and StandBy support
- iCloud device syncing
- Shortcuts app integration
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Put any kind of text on your Lock Screen or Home Screen so you won't miss it. It could be an important note, your goal, a list of tasks, etc. It also supports Live Activity and StandBy. The app includes 20 widgets that lets you put different text on different Lock Screen configurations or Home Screen. You can style parts of the text bold, italic, or strikethrough using Markdown. Syncs seamlessly across your devices with iCloud. Simply tap the widget to open the app to edit the text. ■ Shortcuts The app is scriptable through the Shortcuts app, enabling a lot of powerful use-cases. For example, you could use an automation to change the text at a certain point in the day or at certain places. The only limit is your creativity. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Any Text · Widgets at 82% against Smart Life2's 0%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (450 vs 4). Smart Life2's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Smart Life2 is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Any Text · Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Smart Life2's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Smart Life2 ships an update every 5 weeks, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Life2 | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 1.5 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #64 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 英江 李 | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Smart Life2
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Smart Life2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Any Text · Widgets
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not showing on Lock Screen
- Text not updating in a timely manner
- Force show when locked doesn't work
Requested features
6 requests- Allow alternating/rotating text
- Add custom font support
- Provide full-width widget options
- Add custom widget background colors
- Enable editing widgets directly
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- Add Apple Watch widget support
In-app purchases
Smart Life2
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases









