LightForLife vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LightForLife
Control household devices like lights and fans remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share access with family members. The app offers a simple connection process for quick setup.
- Remote device control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Automated timers
- Device sharing with family
- Easy device connection
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1. Remote control: control lights, fans and more household devices anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one app3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: one tap to share devices with family members5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect app to devices
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 price: LightForLife at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. LightForLife also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months). 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
LightForLife 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 583 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LightForLife ships an update every 21 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LightForLife | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (583 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 81.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 583 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #63 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LEDS-C4, S.A. | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
LightForLife
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
LightForLife
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
LightForLife
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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