Comparison

Today Snippet Widget vs SyncOnSet 5.0

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Today Snippet Widget

Easily display important text snippets on your lock screen, today view, home screen, or Apple Watch. Keep vital information accessible without needing to unlock your device or keep an app open.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Today View widgets
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Paste from clipboard
Features
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Share text to the Lock Screen, Today View, and Home Screen as a widget, or on your Apple Watch as a complication. Completely re-written in SwiftUI to support Widgets and Complications including systemSmall, systemMedium, systemLarge, accessoryInline, accessoryRectangular, and accessoryCircular. "Viewing notes on the lock screen is brilliant." @leafbomb, Product Hunt "A solid app that does what it says. Has good functionality." 5 Stars, SoccerReader, App Store Need to keep a snippet of text handy? Tired of messing up your notes, trying to keep the app open and unlocked while you are trying to do something else. Today Snippet will allow you to share text, or a selection of text, with the Today Snipper widget. Then you can see your info from the Lock Screen, even when your phone is locked. You can also put the widget on your Today View or Home Screen. The Apple Watch app also has a complication making it readily accessible. You can tap the Today Snippet Widget to go to the app where you can launch the appropriate app using hyperlinks detected in the text. Once you have finished with the text on the Today widget, you can overwrite it, or delete it. To go straight to the Today Snippet app Settings from the Today Snippet widget, just tap on the widget. Features include: - iCloud integration to share snippet across devices, just install Today Snippet on multiple devices - Paste from the clipboard (in Settings)

About

SyncOnSet 5.0

This Emmy Award-winning tool streamlines TV and film production for creative departments. It digitally manages script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, and approvals from prep to wrap, optimizing workflows and communication.

Highlights
  • Digital script breakdowns
  • Continuity photo management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Approvals and notes
  • Department-specific workflows
  • Pre-production to wrap management
Features
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SyncOnSet is an Emmy Award-winning digital continuity and collaboration tool that helps streamline TV and Film production from prep to wrap. With SyncOnSet, your whole team can digitally manage script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, approvals, notes, and much more! Designed for Costume, Hair, Makeup, Props and Set Dec departments, SyncOnSet helps optimize workflows and secure communication throughout the life of a project. Creative departments use SyncOnSet production apps from pre-production (script breakdown and budgeting) to principal photography (continuity notes and photos), through wrap (wrap labels and reports).

Screenshots

Today Snippet Widget4 screens
SyncOnSet 5.04 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SyncOnSet 5.0 at Free against Today Snippet Widget's $0.99. SyncOnSet 5.0 also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Today Snippet Widget's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 1.7) and review sentiment (45% vs 3%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SyncOnSet 5.0 is free to download; Today Snippet Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Today Snippet Widget holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Today Snippet Widget's written reviews are positive against 3% of SyncOnSet 5.0's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Today Snippet Widget versus SyncOnSet 5.0: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday Snippet WidgetSyncOnSet 5.0
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (102 ratings) — better1.7 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews — better2.5% of reviews
Number of ratings102 — better61
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersmudge.io PTY LTDwymsee Inc.

Customer experience

Today Snippet Widget

All ratings102 ratings
Positive71.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative21.6%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative48.3%

SyncOnSet 5.0

All ratings61 ratings
Positive18.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative78.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive2.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative92.5%

Bugs and requests

Today Snippet Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SyncOnSet 5.0

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes
  • Photos take forever to upload
  • App never loads
  • Multi-factor ID issues
  • Frequent logouts
Show 13 more
  • SyncOnSet not working with T-Mobile
  • App barely works
  • New EP version wouldn't start
  • New app moves slower
  • App rarely responds to touch
  • App lags constantly
  • Takes minutes to view loaded photos
  • Cannot open app
  • Password reset issues
  • Old app having problems
  • Photos not synced
  • Cannot access changes through main page
  • Photos in gallery difficult to access

Requested features

11 requests
  • Bring back the old app
  • Improve desktop tagging
  • Better/simpler fitting info view
  • Label continuity photos
  • Make app more efficient
Show 6 more
  • Improve search functionality for costume items
  • Allow desktop functionality on app
  • Improve cast/character sorting
  • Easier access to changes
  • Allow adding photos per episode
  • Make it easier to add background/edit on app

In-app purchases

None

Today Snippet Widget

No in-app purchases

None

SyncOnSet 5.0

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Today Snippet Widget free?
Today Snippet Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SyncOnSet 5.0 free?
SyncOnSet 5.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Today Snippet Widget or SyncOnSet 5.0?
Today Snippet Widget is rated higher. Today Snippet Widget averages 3.9 out of 5 from 102 ratings, while SyncOnSet 5.0 averages 1.7 from 61 ratings.
Do Today Snippet Widget or SyncOnSet 5.0 have ads?
Neither Today Snippet Widget nor SyncOnSet 5.0 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today Snippet Widget or SyncOnSet 5.0?
Today Snippet Widget ships an update monthly, and SyncOnSet 5.0 monthly. Most recently, Today Snippet Widget was updated on November 2, 2026 and SyncOnSet 5.0 on November 3, 2026.

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