ASCII Text Art vs Sci
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASCII Text Art
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A simple way to use ASCII face art! Just tap to copy, and paste it in a message or any piece of text! More than 100 different ASCII art faces to use! Please leave a rating to help us make the app better for our users! Thank you!
Sci
Customize your home screen with unique sci-fi themed widgets. Display various information like clocks, calendars, system stats, and fitness data with extensive styling options. Create multiple widgets in different sizes with personalized layouts, backgrounds, fonts, and colors.
- Customizable sci-fi widget styles
- Display clocks, calendars, system info
- Show fitness data (steps, distance)
- Multiple widget sizes (Large, Medium, Small)
- Personalize layout, background, fonts, colors
- Use custom background images
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Add some Sci-Fi to your Home Screen. This widget making tool is for displaying many types of information with great styling customization. You can display multiple widgets, all with their own unique style and info in Large, Medium, and Small widget sizes You can change the layout, background, fonts and colors, and even use your own images. *Offline contains the pre-made template backgrounds, but the background selection section needs internet to download from online. DISPLAYABLE INFORMATION: • Digital clock • Analog clock (some with second hand to show a little animation) • Calendar • Date/Day • System info (battery, brightness, memory, storage) • Countdown/Days since • Step count - Distance - Floors • Display contacts (just opens this widget app) These are generic sci-fi styles to to keep the coolness of how designers imagined future interfaces past and present on low and high budgets, but actual display real information instead of meaningless gobbledygook. * Please do not ask in reviews or by mail to include any trademarked names, logos, images or other properties. NSTEnterprises respects copyrights and will not include them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ASCII Text Art at Free against Sci's $3.99. Sci's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#177 vs unranked). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
ASCII Text Art is free to download; Sci costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASCII Text Art | Sci |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #177 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Koewen Hoffman | NSTE, LLC |
Bugs and requests
ASCII Text Art
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sci
Reported bugs
19 issues- Empty box shown
- Unable to add widgets to lock screen
- Widgets not recognized
- Directions are vague
- Step-by-step directions disappear
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- App crashes
- Widgets are not flexible
- Old layout not possible after update
- Fonts not showing up same as in app
- Layout not showing up same as in app
- Preview differs from actual widget
- Stuck in build a clock settings
- Does not apply changes
- Not available in app store for iPhone SE 2022
- Clock is slow to refresh
- Widget does not update to military time
- No options to save clock design
- Does not work on Lock Screen
- Doesn't let you save it
Requested features
12 requests- More customization for widget backgrounds
- Option to make rectangle widgets bigger on iPad
- More options for Home and Lock Screen
- Add more templates
- Improve flexibility of templates
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- Add military time option
- Provide clear instructions for use
- Add more customization options
- Make app available for iPhone SE 2022
- Add more themes
- Improve widget refresh rate
- Make app work on Lock Screen
In-app purchases
ASCII Text Art
No in-app purchases
Sci
No in-app purchases
