Text Banner vs xBanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Animated text banners
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Mirror effects
- Speed adjustments
- Flashing effects
- Easy to use
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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.
xBanner
Create custom scrolling LED text messages with emoticons and any color. Easily adjust the speed for your desired display.
- Scrolling text messages
- Emoticon support
- Customizable text color
- Adjustable display speed
- Simple message entry
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xBanner simply displays scrolling text messages and emoticons on LED dot-matrix display in any colour. + Just enter a message and go + Any colour text + Adjustable speed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: xBanner at none against Text Banner's shown. xBanner also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 58%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Text Banner's advantage is ratings volume (291 vs 58). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Text Banner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and xBanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Text Banner against 4.6 for xBanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Banner has 291 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Text Banner's written reviews are positive against 90% of xBanner's.
| Parameter | Text Banner | xBanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (291 ratings) | 4.6 (58 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Roldan | MARK MANSER |
Customer experience
Text Banner
xBanner
In-app purchases
Text Banner
- Premium$8.99
xBanner
- Remove Ads$2.99
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