Any Text vs TimeGlance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Any Text
Customize your Apple Watch with any text displayed as a complication. This independent app allows you to add personalized text directly to your watch face.
- Add custom text complications
- Display text on watch face
- Independent Apple Watch app
- Supports iPhone and iPod
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Any Text is a simple independent apple watch app. You can add any text on your watch face as complications.
TimeGlance
This app adds a digital time complication to any watch face, updating every minute with the correct time. It supports all complication types and watch faces, offering customization for time format, date display, and time zones. The app functions independently of your phone.
- Digital time complication for any watch face
- Updates every minute
- Supports all complication types
- Standalone watch app
- Customizable time formats (24h, 12h, military)
- Multiple date formats or hide date
- Time zone selection
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. This app provides a digital time complication for all complication types on any watch face. - Updates every minute, always showing correct time - All complications and watch faces supported - Standalone watch app, all features can be used without your phone - Choose between 24 hour, 12 hour (AM/PM), or military time - Choose from 8 date formats from simple short ones to full dates, or hide the date. - Actual date format and language is localized to the region and language settings of your device - Time zone selection. Any ±24h offset from UTC or local time. - Set text color of complication (only works for multicolor watch faces) - Switch lines of time and date
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Any Text at Free against TimeGlance's $0.99. Any Text also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 63%). TimeGlance's advantage is ratings volume (106 vs 11) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Any Text is free to download; TimeGlance costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Any Text holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeGlance has 106 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Any Text's written reviews are positive against 63% of TimeGlance's.
| Parameter | Any Text | TimeGlance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 3.7 (106 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 63.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #156 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yong Gyun Kim | Andras Solyom |
Customer experience
Any Text
TimeGlance
Bugs and requests
Any Text
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TimeGlance
Reported bugs
3 issues- Time getting stuck or showing incorrect time
- Complication disappearing after watch reset
- Issues with reinstalling the app
Requested features
4 requests- Option to hide time and show only date
- Ability to adjust font size
- More color customization options
- Support for multiple time zones
In-app purchases
Any Text
No in-app purchases
TimeGlance
No in-app purchases
