Analog III vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Analog III
This utility app displays a simple vertical analog clock with customizable watch faces. It also includes travel clocks for different time zones and supports landscape mode. Adjust brightness by swiping on the screen.
- Vertical analog clock display
- Customizable watch faces
- Included travel clocks
- Brightness adjustment
- Landscape mode support
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A simple analog clock presented in the vertical with included travel clocks for those daring travelers wishing to connect to a familiar time zone. Landscape is supported as well. If you like the default clockface, you're all set. You can swipe up and down on the right side of the screen to adjust the application brightness. Want a new watch face? Tap the Analog III logo to bring up the watch face picker. Would you like to add the clockface of another location (travel clock)? Tap the main clockface center to open options. Swipe to pick a location. Tap outside to select. Use the new back button while editing to navigate to the first option. While on the first option, tap outside to remove any world clock
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 price: Analog III at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Analog III also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (584 vs 13) and chart position (#73 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Analog III 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 Analog III against 4.6 for Any Text · Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 584 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Analog III's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Analog III ships an update weekly, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Analog III | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (584 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 81.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 584 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #73 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Dolecki | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Analog III
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Analog III
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
Analog III
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Analog III free?
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