BeoLink2 vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeoLink2
Control your smart home devices, including audio, video, lighting, and thermostats, from your iOS device. Create custom scenes to adjust multiple settings with a single tap. Supports Bang & Olufsen products and integrates with many other smart home systems.
- Control Bang & Olufsen products
- Manage all home products from one screen
- User-customizable scenes
- Finger gesture controls
- Automatic screen generation
- Supports multiple homes and user profiles
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Close the curtains, dim the lights and adjust the music, all with a single tap on your iOS device. Bang & Olufsen home automation (BeoLink SmartHome) controls all systems of modern homes; audio, video, lighting, curtains, thermostats etc. BeoLink for iOS puts all this power in your pocket. BeoLink for iOS controls Bang & Olufsen products as well as other home automation systems or smart devices in your home like i.e. Philips Hue, Lutron, Nest, Ecobee, KNX and many more, via the BeoLink Gateway. You get a simple and intuitive app built with Bang & Olufsen's exceptional ergonomics and ease of operation, that is an experience in itself. An overview screen gives you complete control of your home and managing the products of each room is just a few clicks away without ever leaving the overview screen. With user customizable scenes it is simple to create a scenario that includes any of your devices at home to do the function you require with just a quick tap of a single button. As an example, a button can change the mood of the room completely, including lighting, temperature, music and more. Features: - Controls Bang & Olufsen's products in your BeoLink network - Control all of your products in the home from a single overview screen. - Finger gestures: control your home without looking at the phone screen. - User customizable scenes: completely change the mood of a room, or of the whole house. - Automatically generates the screens to match your home set-up. - Supports multiple homes* and multiple user profiles. - A demo mode is also included to preview the experience. [*] Requires Remote Access to be enabled in the BeoLink Gateway Requirements: - Either Bang & Olufsen Master Link Gateway or BeoLink Gateway in the same network as your iOS device - Bang & Olufsen products connected via BeoLink network Please contact your Bang & Olufsen dealer for details on installation and compatibility.
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 BeoLink2's 29%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (450 vs 11). BeoLink2's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (9.3 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
BeoLink2 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of BeoLink2's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeoLink2 | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #31 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bang & Olufsen a/s | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
BeoLink2
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
BeoLink2
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
BeoLink2
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases








