EyeSyte vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EyeSyte
Monitor your property and manage smart home devices with this comprehensive security and automation solution. Receive real-time alerts for intrusions, fire, or floods, and control cameras, sensors, and lights remotely. Automate routines and enjoy voice control for enhanced convenience.
- Remote device control
- Real-time camera monitoring
- Smart video recording
- Home automation routines
- Voice control integration
- Intrusion and environmental alerts
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Secure your property and seamlessly control your smart devices using EyeSyte. EyeSyte range of cameras and doorbells enables you to monitor sensitive areas as well as receive alerts when motion is detected. EyeSyte alarm system connects to multiple sensors and cameras around your property, triggering alarms whenever unwanted and unplanned scenarios occur. EyeSyte lights, switches and sensors enable you to enjoy the joys of home automation of smart devices. EyeSyte notifies you of any intrusions, burglary, fire and floods [Features] - Remotely connect a broad range of devices and control them all from one app - Quickly and easily view and monitor your connected cameras in real time - Smart video recording when motion is detected. Video can also be safely and securely stored on the cloud.* - Supported accessories include cameras, doorbells, sensors, switches, lights and more - Voice control via Amazon Echo and Google Home - Automate and design routines for your devices based on time, weather, location and device status - Shared control of devices e.g among family members - Receive notifications of any intrusions, burglary, fire and floods via push notification, SMS and phone call**. - Seamlessly expand your suite of smart devices via our in app store * Requires subscription to cloud storage service ** Requires subscription to SMS and call notification services
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: EyeSyte at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. EyeSyte also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (82% vs 50%). 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
EyeSyte 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 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of EyeSyte's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
EyeSyte ships an update every 9 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EyeSyte | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #92 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartAlert Ltd | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
EyeSyte
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
EyeSyte
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
EyeSyte
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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