Quotes Widgets vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quotes Widgets
Display a continuous stream of quotes directly on your home screen. Choose from thousands of quotes and personalize your widgets with custom colors and background images. Contact the developer for support or feature ideas.
- Daily quote delivery
- Thousands of quotes available
- Highly customizable widgets
- Custom colors
- Background image support
- Direct home screen display
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Quotes Widgets delivers multiple quotes a day right to your home screen. You don't have to worry about running out of quotes, because there are thousands of them. Widgets are highly customizable, so you can tailor them to your home screen with custom colors or background images. Don’t hesitate to contact me in case of any issue, or feature suggestions. - quotes_widgets@tomasparizek.com
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: Quotes Widgets at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Quotes Widgets also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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
Quotes Widgets is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Quotes Widgets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Any Text · Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
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 450 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Quotes Widgets's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Quotes Widgets ships an update fortnightly, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quotes Widgets | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomas Parizek | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Quotes Widgets
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Quotes Widgets
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
Quotes Widgets
- Custom colors widget$0.99
- Image background widget$0.99
- Gradient background widget$0.99
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
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