Gift Exchange Organizer vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gift Exchange Organizer
Easily organize gift exchanges for any group. Create events, set budgets, and share links to invite participants. A secret Santa-style raffle assigns gift recipients, with options for gift suggestions and blocking specific participants.
- Create custom gift exchange events
- Set event location, date, and time
- Define gift cost limits
- Share event links for easy participant joining
- Automated secret Santa style raffles
- Add and view gift suggestions
- Block specific participants from being assigned to you
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Gift Exchange is an app that allows you to exchange gifts with any group of people you want. - Create events - Add location, date and time - Set a gift cost - Share the link with your friends to join At the beginning of the exchange, a raffle is made among the participants where they will be notified who they will have to give a gift. You can add 3 gift suggestions that you hope to receive. Remember that you can also see the list of suggestions of the person who you give away to. As an additional function, you can block only ONE PERSON per exchange (So that person does not touch you in the draw), this means that you will not be touched in the draw (If all participants block the same person, the block will be canceled) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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: Gift Exchange Organizer at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Gift Exchange Organizer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (82% vs 52%). On ratings volume, 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
Gift Exchange Organizer is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Gift Exchange Organizer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Any Text · Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gift Exchange Organizer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 661 and 602 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Gift Exchange Organizer's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Gift Exchange Organizer ships an update fortnightly, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Gift Exchange Organizer | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.8 (661 ratings) — better | 4.6 (602 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.9% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 661 — better | 602 |
| 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 | — | #49 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel Andre Hernandez Infante | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Gift Exchange Organizer
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Gift Exchange Organizer
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
Gift Exchange Organizer
- Ad-Free for One Year$0.991 Year
- Ad-Free for Life$4.99
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
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