AlpSmart vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlpSmart
Control your smart home devices, including WiFi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth, from anywhere. Automate actions with custom scenarios based on time, location, or temperature. Share device access with family and receive real-time security alerts.
- Remote device control
- Multi-protocol support (WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth)
- Voice control integration
- Customizable automation scenarios
- Device sharing
- Real-time security alerts
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• Remotely control AlpSmart WiFi, ZigBee and Bluetooth Smart Home devices from anywhere in the world. • Add and control WiFi, ZigBee or bluetooth products at the same time with this application. • Voice control of Smart Home devices via Siri, Amazon Echo and Google Home. • By creating a scenario, you enable smart devices to work together. The devices automatically start or stop working according to temperature, location and time. • Easily share devices among family members. • Receive real-time alerts to ensure security. • Connect AlpSmart App to Smart Home devices easily and quickly.
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: AlpSmart at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. AlpSmart also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (450 vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
AlpSmart 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.
AlpSmart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of AlpSmart's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AlpSmart ships an update every 8 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlpSmart | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (450 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #36 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALPSAT ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET LTD STI | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
AlpSmart
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
AlpSmart
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
AlpSmart
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
