Live text vs Large Text Display
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live text
Create dynamic and attention-grabbing text messages with customizable colors, fonts, and animations. Save your creations for later use. Perfect for making your messages stand out.
- Customizable background and text colors
- Wide color palette and custom color editor
- Multiple font choices
- Animated effects (bounce, rotate, etc.)
- Save and revisit previous texts
- Marquee sign style
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Live Text helps you create eye-catching messages in seconds. Type your text, customize the background and text colors, pick a font, and add animations like bounce and rotate to bring your message to life. What you can do with Live Text • Create custom text messages with background and text color control • Use a wide color palette and a custom color editor • Choose from multiple fonts • Add animated effects (bounce, rotate, and more) • Save and revisit your previous texts with text history Make your text look like a marquee sign—or create your own style.
Large Text Display
This utility app transforms your device into a large, customizable LED banner. Display scrolling text for events, shops, or any situation requiring attention. Adjust text size, speed, and colors to create impactful visual messages.
- Large scrolling text display
- Customizable text size
- Adjustable text speed
- Customizable text color
- Customizable background color
- LED banner effect
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An app that displays scrolling text across the entire screen. Display large text and use it like an LED banner or electronic signboard. You can customize the text size, speed, text color, and background color. Perfect for grabbing attention when needed. Great for concerts, parties, events, or use in shops and bars. Ideal for electronic signboards, LED banners, and text displays. Easy to use and simple to operate — give it a try!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Live text at none against Large Text Display's shown. Live text also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Large Text Display's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Live text against 5.0 for Large Text Display. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively.
Live text ships an update every 16 months, Large Text Display every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live text | Large Text Display |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanimir Petrov | Ryouhei Azuma |
Customer experience
Live text
Large Text Display
In-app purchases
Live text
No in-app purchases
Large Text Display
No in-app purchases
