Space Widget vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Widget
Get a new, stunning space image on your homescreen daily. Launch the app to access detailed explanations from astronomers and customize settings. Request new features or report bugs directly through the app.
- Daily space images on homescreen
- Astronomer explanations
- Customizable settings
- In-app feature requests
- Bug reporting
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Space Widget brings a different space image each day from our fascinating universe straight to your homescreen. For an explaination of the photograph written by a professional astronomer and more settings, launch the Space Widget app. For feature requests and support, please get in touch using the in-app "Request a Feature" or "Report a bug" in the settings of the app.
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 review sentiment: Any Text · Widgets at 82% against Space Widget's 0%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (450 vs 2). Space Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and price ($0.99 vs $4.00). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Space Widget costs $0.99 and Any Text · Widgets $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 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Space Widget's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Space Widget ships an update every 6 days, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Widget | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #49 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taphive GmbH | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Space Widget
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Space Widget
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
Space Widget
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
