Hue Widgets vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hue Widgets
Control your smart lights directly from your Home Screen with custom widgets. Quickly access favorite scenes, turn lights on/off by room or home, and manage all your lighting with ease. Offers a free trial with limited rooms, with an option to unlock unlimited access via a one-time purchase.
- Home Screen widgets
- Quick access to Hue scenes
- Turn lights on/off by room
- Control entire home lighting
- Configurable widgets
- VoiceOver accessibility
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Control your lights from your Home Screen. With Hue Widgets, you can add widgets to your Home Screen that give you super quick access to your favorite Hue scenes. You can add actions to turn on or off all lights in a room or in your entire home. Controlling your Hue lights has never been easier! Widgets can be configured with ease from within the app. You can add as many widgets to your Home Screen as you like. Hue Widgets is free to try. You can create widgets for a single room or group, giving you a taste of the full Hue Widgets experience without any cost. Unlock the full, unlimited version with a one-time in-app purchase to access all rooms and groups. From the beginning this app was developed with accessibility in mind. All features can be accessed using VoiceOver. Hue Widgets works on your local network. A Hue Bridge (v2) is required to connect with your lights.
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: Hue Widgets at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Hue Widgets also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (82% vs 44%). On update cadence and ads 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
Hue Widgets is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Hue Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Any Text · Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Any Text · Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Hue Widgets's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Hue Widgets ships an update every 3 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hue Widgets | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 3.8 (24 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #49 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pim Nijman | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Hue Widgets
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Hue 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
Hue Widgets
- Full Version$1.99
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases








