Any Text · Widgets vs InkZone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
InkZone
This app allows you to customize the display on a special phone case. Choose from a variety of themes or create your own unique designs, including text, images, and QR codes.
- Control phone case screen content
- Display favorite photos or text
- Personalize themes
- DIY theme creation
- Display QR codes and business cards
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【Product description】 InkZone is an App that can control the content displayed on the screen of the phone case. You can set and display your favorite photos or text on the ink screen of the phone case according to your preferences. 【Features】 1. There are rich themes, and you can personalize the theme according to your own preferences to create your own unique theme. 2. You can DIY themes by yourself, create personalized pictures and text, and display your own QR code, business card, etc. on the phone case
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Any Text · Widgets at 82% against InkZone's 24%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (450 vs 24). InkZone's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On update cadence, 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
InkZone 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 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Any Text · Widgets's written reviews are positive against 24% of InkZone's.
Any Text · Widgets ships an update every 6 weeks, InkZone monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Any Text · Widgets | InkZone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better | 2.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 450 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Shenzhen Hanhonda Electronic Technology.Co.,ltd |
Customer experience
Any Text · Widgets
InkZone
Bugs and 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
InkZone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
InkZone
No in-app purchases
Questions
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