KABUM! smart vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KABUM! smart
Transform your home into a smart living space with intuitive control over lighting, appliances, security, and pet care. Automate routines, monitor remotely, and integrate with voice assistants for ultimate convenience.
- Remote home monitoring
- Smart lighting control
- Automated appliance operation
- Pet care device management
- Voice assistant integration
- Customizable routines
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O futuro hoje: sua casa conectada com KABUM! smart. Controle, monitore e automatize seu lar com a agilidade que você merece. Tenha mais tempo para o que importa enquanto a tecnologia trabalha por você. • Controle Total: Gerencie seus dispositivos de qualquer lugar. • Cenas e Rotinas: Automatize sua casa para cada momento do dia. • Voz e Integração: Conectividade total com seus assistentes favoritos. • Alta Performance: Estabilidade e rapidez em um só lugar. KABUM! smart: menos esforço, mais tempo livre. Baixe agora!
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
KABUM! smart 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 18% of KABUM! smart's. Any Text · Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (450 vs 8). KABUM! smart's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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
KABUM! smart 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 KABUM! smart 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 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 18% of KABUM! smart's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
KABUM! smart ships an update every 7 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KABUM! smart | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #49 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KABUM S.A. | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
KABUM! smart
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
KABUM! smart
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
KABUM! smart
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
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