Solar Aircon vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solar Aircon
Monitor your air conditioner's power saving capabilities, with potential savings of 50%-100% during daytime hours. Remotely control your AC unit from any location and set timers for automated operation.
- Check power saving status
- Remote AC control
- Set operational timers
- Monitor daytime energy savings
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1. Check power saving through APP, 50%-100% in day time 2. Control air conditioner whenever and wherever you are 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions
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: Solar Aircon at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Solar Aircon also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 20 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
Solar Aircon 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Solar Aircon's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Solar Aircon ships an update every 20 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solar Aircon | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.0 (54 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #71 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhejiang Deye Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Solar Aircon
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Solar Aircon
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
Solar Aircon
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Solar Aircon free?
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