Comparison

Text Banner vs Live text

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

Head to head
About

Text Banner

Transform your device into a vibrant, animated text banner. Customize messages with diverse colors, fonts, and effects like mirroring and flashing to make your words unmissable. Ideal for events, presentations, or adding flair to any message.

Highlights
  • Animated text banners
  • Customizable colors and fonts
  • Mirror effects
  • Speed adjustments
  • Flashing effects
  • Easy to use
Features
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TURN YOUR iPHONE INTO A GIANT SCROLLING MESSAGE Need to get someone's attention in a crowded place? Text Banner creates giant, animated text that's impossible to miss. PERFECT FOR • Calling a taxi or Uber in busy streets • Airport pickups ("WELCOME HOME!") • Concerts, sports events, festivals • Birthday surprises and celebrations • Store promotions and announcements • Emergency situations FEATURES • Giant full-screen scrolling text • Adjustable speed - slow to super fast • Rainbow color picker • Visual effects: Flash, Mirror, Mix colors • High contrast mode for bright environments • Message history - save and reuse texts • Works offline - no internet needed HOW IT WORKS Type your message → Choose your colors → Rotate to landscape → Done! Your text scrolls automatically in beautiful, smooth animation. It's that simple. WHY TEXT BANNER? Sometimes the best way to communicate is with a message so big it can't be ignored. No yelling, no waving - just clear, visible text that everyone can read from far away. Download now and make your next message impossible to miss! Privacy: All messages stay on your device. We never collect or transmit your data.

About

Live text

Create dynamic and attention-grabbing text messages with customizable colors, fonts, and animations. Save your creations for later use. Perfect for making your messages stand out.

Highlights
  • Customizable background and text colors
  • Wide color palette and custom color editor
  • Multiple font choices
  • Animated effects (bounce, rotate, etc.)
  • Save and revisit previous texts
  • Marquee sign style
Read full description

Live Text helps you create eye-catching messages in seconds. Type your text, customize the background and text colors, pick a font, and add animations like bounce and rotate to bring your message to life. What you can do with Live Text • Create custom text messages with background and text color control • Use a wide color palette and a custom color editor • Choose from multiple fonts • Add animated effects (bounce, rotate, and more) • Save and revisit your previous texts with text history Make your text look like a marquee sign—or create your own style.

Screenshots

Text Banner4 screens
Live text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live text at 100% against Text Banner's 58%. Live text also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Text Banner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (290 vs 6). On price and device support 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

Both are free to download. Text Banner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Live text asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live text holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Banner has 290 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Text Banner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live text's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Banner ships an update every 2 months, Live text every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Text Banner versus Live text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText BannerLive text
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (290 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings290 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan RoldanStanimir Petrov

Customer experience

Text Banner

All ratings290 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative37.5%

Live text

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Banner

One-time1
  • Premium$8.99
None

Live text

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Banner free?
Text Banner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live text free?
Live text is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Banner or Live text?
Live text is rated higher. Text Banner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 290 ratings, while Live text averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Text Banner or Live text have ads?
Text Banner shows ads; Live text does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Banner or Live text?
Text Banner ships an update every 2 months, and Live text every 16 months. Most recently, Text Banner was updated on October 17, 2026 and Live text on September 28, 2026.

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