Karbon vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karbon
Control your heated socks via Bluetooth. Adjust heating levels, activate standby mode, and monitor battery status. You can also personalize the names of your sock batteries.
- Bluetooth sock control
- 3 heating levels
- Standby mode
- Battery status display
- Customizable battery names
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This app allows you to control your Karbon heated socks through the Bluetooth functionality of your mobile device. You will be able to easily control your heated socks since it offers the possibility of 3 heating levels, a standby mode, a clear visual of the battery status, as well as the possibility to customize the name of your batteries
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 Karbon's 25%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on chart position (#44 vs unranked). Karbon's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Karbon is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Karbon ships an update every 3 weeks, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Karbon | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #44 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Kang Cheng Century Technology Co., Ltd. | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Karbon
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Karbon
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
Karbon
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
