Comparison

Just Notify! 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

Just Notify!

This app allows you to set reminders and notifications without using your calendar. It specializes in managing notifications triggered by specific dates, times, intervals, or locations, making it easy to remember tasks or events.

Highlights
  • Set notifications without calendar
  • Trigger by date and time
  • Trigger by interval
  • Trigger by location
  • Include title, text, and image
  • Repeat notifications
Features
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Use notifications instead of notes! This application can send notifications without calendar app. Specializes in managing notifications only, so you can easily set up notifications. Notifications can be sent at specified dates, times, intervals, and locations. [Useful at times like this] - Notify to buy medicine when you approach the pharmacy. - Notify to remember your friends birthday. - Notify to break every 60 minutes during work. [Notification contents] - Title - Text - Image [Specifiable trigger settings] - Date and time - Day of the week - Month - Every Day, Month, Year - Time interval - Address - Location name - Location on map - Distance to location - Repeat [Terms & Conditions] https://www.hayaya.net/terms-conditions/notification-app.html [Privacy Policy] https://www.hayaya.net/privacy-policy/notification-app.html

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

Just Notify!4 screens
Any Text · Widgets3 screens

Verdict

The call

Just Notify! and Any Text · Widgets both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Any Text · Widgets's written reviews are positive against 0% of Just Notify!'s. Any Text · Widgets also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (450 vs 5). Just Notify!'s advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Just Notify! is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Just Notify! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Any Text · Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Any Text · Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Just Notify!'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Just Notify! ships an update daily, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Just Notify! versus Any Text · Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust Notify!Any Text · Widgets
PriceFree — better$4.00
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)4.6 (450 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews81.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5450 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#72 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHayato ShimizuSindre Sorhus

Customer experience

Just Notify!

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Any Text · Widgets

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

Bugs and requests

Just Notify!

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

2 purchases

Just Notify!

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly plan)$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium (Buying out)$19.99
None

Any Text · Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just Notify! free?
Just Notify! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Any Text · Widgets free?
Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Just Notify! or Any Text · Widgets?
Any Text · Widgets is rated higher. Just Notify! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Any Text · Widgets averages 4.6 from 450 ratings.
Do Just Notify! or Any Text · Widgets have ads?
Neither Just Notify! nor Any Text · Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Just Notify! or Any Text · Widgets?
Just Notify! ships an update daily, and Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Just Notify! was updated on September 5, 2026 and Any Text · Widgets on September 29, 2026.

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