Luach vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luach
This app is a comprehensive Halachic calendar designed for Jewish women. It helps track personal dates, Niddah laws, Mikvah scheduling, and purity days. It also functions as a Zmanim calendar and event manager, with customizable calculations and local data storage for privacy.
- Personal Halachic date tracking
- Mikvah scheduling and purity day management
- Automatic pattern and problematic date calculation
- Customizable Halachic specifications
- Global Zmanim calendar
- Event and occasion manager
- PIN protection for private data
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A full-featured Halachic monthly calendar application for the Jewish woman. It helps a Jewish wife or Kallah keep track of her personal dates, patterns, prohibition times, Mikvah scheduling, and everything else that need to be observed for the laws of Niddah. Luach shows when a "Hefsek Tahara" can be done, the Mikvah can be attended, and keeps track of the seven days of purity, "the Shiva Neki'im". Luach can schedule system reminder notifications for Hefsek Tarahas, Bedikahs, Mikvah and problematic dates that need to be observed. Luach does a full Halachic analysis of all the information, and is able to automatically calculate patterns ("Vesset Kavuah") and any problematic dates that need to be observed. Many Halachic opinions are accommodated, and all the Halachic specifications that Luach uses for its calculations can be fully customized. Luach also functions as a Zmanim calendar, and includes a full set of daily Zmanim for anywhere in the world. This includes candle-lighting times, sedra of the week, all holidays and fasts, Zman Kriat Shma, and many, many others. It also includes an event and occasion manager to keep track of birthdays, Yahrtzeits, special dates and appointments etc. Luach stores all its information locally on your device and does not transmit this information to anyone. The private information that you enter into Luach can also be protected with a PIN number. The PIN can be set from the Settings Screen. Luach comes with a built in help system which explains in detail all it's features and Halachic specifications. You can view Luach's comprehensive documentation online at https://www.compute.co.il/luach/app/. We would GREATLY appreciate feedback about any issues you encounter or about how you feel that we can improve Luach. We can be contacted at luach@compute.co.il or at 732-707-7307. Luach's source code is open source, and can be accessed at https://github.com/cbsom/LuachAndroid.
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
Luach and Any Text · Widgets both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Any Text · Widgets's written reviews are positive against 33% of Luach's. Any Text · Widgets also leads on ratings volume (450 vs 11) and chart position (#61 vs unranked). Luach's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On rating, 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
Luach 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Luach against 4.6 for Any Text · Widgets. 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 are what separate them: 33% of Luach's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Luach ships an update weekly, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luach | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #61 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaim Sommers | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Luach
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Luach
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
Luach
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases









