HATFaceDetect vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HATFaceDetect
This utility app detects faces in images, providing a confidence score between 0 and 1. Users can select photos from their device's album or capture new ones for analysis.
- Face detection in images
- Confidence score for detected faces
- Select photos from album
- Capture new photos
- Score range 0-1
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人脸检测，检测当前图片是否是人脸，对人脸图片进行置信度打分，分值在0-1之间，可以选择手机系统相册的图片，也可以选择拍摄一张图片
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: HATFaceDetect at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. HATFaceDetect also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and chart position (#85 vs unranked). 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
HATFaceDetect 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.
HATFaceDetect ships an update every 6 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HATFaceDetect | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #85 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hikvision | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
HATFaceDetect
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
HATFaceDetect
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
HATFaceDetect
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HATFaceDetect free?
Is Any Text · Widgets free?
Do HATFaceDetect or Any Text · Widgets have ads?
Which is updated more often, HATFaceDetect or Any Text · Widgets?
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