Days Since vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days Since
A minimalist and aesthetic flip counter designed to help you track streaks and achievements. Customize digit count and animation speed, with haptic feedback on each flip. This open-source project welcomes contributions.
- Minimalistic and aesthetic design
- Track streaks and achievements
- Manual or button flip
- Haptic feedback on flip
- Customizable digit count
- Customizable animation speed
- Open source project
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This is a minimalistic, aesthetic flip counter. Ideal for keeping track of your streaks or other achievements! You can flip the counter manually or with the push of a button. Flipping causes your device to give haptic feedback. You can customise: - the number of digits - the speed of the animations This entire project is also open source! Feel free to check it out or open an issue if you have something to add.... Happy counting :)
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: Days Since at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. Days Since also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (593 vs 2). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Days Since 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.
Any Text · Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 593 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Days Since's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Days Since ships an update every 6 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Days Since | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (593 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 593 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #43 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henrik Storch | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Days Since
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Days Since
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
Days Since
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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