TextWatch vs LockInNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextWatch
Personalize your Apple Watch face with custom text reminders and messages. Easily create and sync single-line or multi-line items from your iPhone to your watch, then select which text to display.
- Custom text reminders
- Single-line and multi-line support
- iPhone and Apple Watch sync
- Watch face complication integration
- Easy item selection
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Create your positive reminders for your apple watch. This can be anything - you decide and create your texts that will show up on your apple watch. How to do it? 1. Add TextWatch as a complication to your watch face 2. Open the TextWatch app on your Apple Watch 3. Open TextWatch on your iPhone and create your single-line or multi-line items. The items get sync automatically to your watch. 4. Tap on the item that you want to be displayed on your watch face That's already it. Have fun creating your texts for your apple watch :) Do you want to give feedback? You miss something, and you have a good idea for the next update? Or you just want to show us your created text on your watch face? Send us an email to hagmannmarcel.developer@yahoo.com :)
LockInNote
Quickly jot down notes directly on your home screen or lock screen widgets. Customize the appearance of your notes with various font and design options. Sync across devices using iCloud and link to other apps with URL schemes.
- Widget note-taking
- Customizable font and design
- iCloud sync
- URL scheme actions
- Share sheets
- Multi-platform support
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Memo note app specialized for widgets. When you want to take a memo, you can write it out right away on the widgets, and you can easily check the memo on the widgets anytime! The design of the memo note on the widgets can be flexibly customized, so it can be used for various purposes. - Tap the widget to immediately edit the memo note. - Font "size", "design", "color", and "weight" can be adjusted. - You can also select the alignment of multiple lines, the display pattern when no text is entered, and more. - Sync notes between devices by iCloud - You can set any "URL scheme action" to link with other apps.(iOS, iPadOS, macOS) - Share sheets allow you to easily share text to other applications.(iOS, iPadOS) Multi platform support iPhone: Home screen, Lock screen, StandBy(iOS 17) iPad: Home screen, Lock screen(iPadOS 17) Mac: Notification center, Desktop(macOS 14) Apple Watch: Complication, Smart Stack(watchOS 10)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LockInNote at 5.0 against TextWatch's 3.3. LockInNote also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). TextWatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (27 vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. LockInNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TextWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
LockInNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TextWatch has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TextWatch ships an update every 8 months, LockInNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextWatch | LockInNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Hagmann | Ryo Yamashita |
Customer experience
TextWatch
LockInNote
In-app purchases
TextWatch
No in-app purchases
LockInNote
- AD Free (iOS, macOS)$0.99









