IoT Assistant vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IoT Assistant
Discover and manage the data collected by Internet of Things devices. Understand who is collecting your information, how it's used, and access privacy controls. Receive customized notifications about data practices.
- Discover IoT data collection
- Understand data usage
- Access privacy controls
- Receive customized notifications
- Manage data sharing
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Discover and control what data is collected about you by Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The IoT is everywhere. It consists of a myriad of devices and technologies that collect data about us - from cameras with facial recognition, to smart speakers that record what we say, or sensors that track our whereabouts. The IoT Assistant app helps you discover what data is being collected about you and how it is used. This includes who is collecting it, who it is shared with, and whether there are any privacy controls. New privacy regulations around the world require people who deploy IoT technologies to disclose their data collection and use practices and to also give us some control over these practices such as opting in or out of them. The IoT Assistant app provides users with a single interface through which they can discover IoT data collection around them and access available privacy controls. The IoT Assistant app also allows you to receive customized notifications about data collection and use practices you want to be notified about and control the frequency of these notifications. An IoT portal associated with the app (https://www.iotprivacy.io) is available to also publicize the presence of IoT technologies ("IoT resources") collecting our data, whether you are the administrator controlling that technology or a volunteer contributor. Once you have defined an entry for an IoT technology through our portal, IoT assistant app users can discover this IoT technology and its data collection and use practices.
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 review sentiment: Any Text · Widgets at 82% against IoT Assistant's 20%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (450 vs 15). IoT Assistant's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). 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
IoT Assistant 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.
Any Text · Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of IoT Assistant's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
IoT Assistant ships an update every 3 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IoT Assistant | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 3.6 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #97 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carnegie Mellon University | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
IoT Assistant
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
IoT Assistant
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
IoT Assistant
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
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