QRoo vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QRoo
Easily save, create, and organize QR codes for quick access. This app allows you to scan and store any QR code, generate your own, and add them to Apple Wallet. Enjoy seamless syncing across your devices and convenient access from your Apple Watch and home screen widgets.
- Scan and save QR codes
- Generate custom QR codes
- Add QR codes to Apple Wallet
- Display favorite QR from Apple Watch
- Control Center quick access
- Home screen widgets
- iCloud sync across devices
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Your QR codes — always at hand. Save, create, and organize QR codes in one app. Show them instantly when needed — on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Scan and save any QR code. Generate your own QR codes. Add QR codes to Apple Wallet. Show your favorite QR from the watch face. Use Control Center actions for quick access. Add QR widgets to your home screen. Sync across all devices via iCloud. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
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: QRoo at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. QRoo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (450 vs 38). On rating, update cadence, 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
QRoo is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. QRoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Any Text · Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for QRoo against 4.6 for Any Text · Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of QRoo's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
QRoo ships an update monthly, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QRoo | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.6 (38 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #41 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gaivoronski Andrei Vyacheslavovich, IP | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
QRoo
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
QRoo
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
QRoo
- Infinity Peace$2.99
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
