Comparison

Interactive Home vs Any Text · Widgets

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Interactive Home

Control and monitor your smart home devices remotely from anywhere. Automate actions based on time, temperature, or location, and receive real-time notifications. Easily share access with family members for a connected living experience.

Highlights
  • Remote appliance control
  • Multi-camera viewing
  • Geo-fencing automation
  • Voice control integration
  • Real-time alerts
  • Device sharing
Features
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Interactive home allows you to view and control your home from anywhere in the world! Connect your home through Google Home, Amazon Echo and SIRI, set up automated actions depending on time, temperature, other smart devices and get real-time notifications straight to your smartphone. With Interactive Home your worries about leaving the lights on is a thing of the past, the future is smart! • Sign In With Apple • Sign In With Facebook • Remotely control smart home appliances from anywhere • Multi-View for viewing 4 cameras at once • Supports app widgets • Geo-Fencing (Beta) Trigger devices when arriving or leaving a location • Voice control via Amazon Echo, Google Home & SIRI • Full integration with Apple's Shortcuts APP • Add and control multiple devices • Receive real-time alerts and notifications • Automate your devices to start/stop based on temperature, location and time. • Easily share devices and homes among family members • A clear interface that is simple to use and easy to understand

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

Screenshots

Interactive Home4 screens
Any Text · Widgets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Interactive Home at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Interactive Home also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and chart position (#33 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Interactive Home 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interactive Home ships an update every 5 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Interactive Home versus Any Text · Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInteractive HomeAny Text · Widgets
PriceFree — better$4.00
Rating—4.6 (450 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews81.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—450 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#33 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElectronics Design & Manufacturing PTY LTDSindre Sorhus

Customer experience

Interactive Home

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Any Text · Widgets

All ratings450 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.5%

Bugs and requests

Interactive Home

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
Show 1 more
  • Add Apple Watch widget support

In-app purchases

None

Interactive Home

No in-app purchases

None

Any Text · Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interactive Home free?
Interactive Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Any Text · Widgets free?
Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00, with no in-app purchases.
Do Interactive Home or Any Text · Widgets have ads?
Neither Interactive Home nor Any Text · Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interactive Home or Any Text · Widgets?
Interactive Home ships an update every 5 months, and Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Interactive Home was updated on June 25, 2026 and Any Text · Widgets on September 20, 2026.

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