Just Notify! vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Set notifications without calendar
- Trigger by date and time
- Trigger by interval
- Trigger by location
- Include title, text, and image
- Repeat notifications
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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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Just Notify! | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #72 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hayato Shimizu | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Just Notify!
Any Text · Widgets
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
Just Notify!
- Premium (Monthly plan)$1.991 Month
- Premium (Buying out)$19.99
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases








