Any Text · Widgets vs RANVOO
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.
RANVOO
Control and manage various smart wearable devices, including neck fans, neck air conditioners, and heaters. Offers a convenient way to adjust settings and monitor your devices.
- Control neck fans
- Manage neck air conditioners
- Operate heaters
- Device settings adjustment
- Device monitoring
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Supports smart devices, such as neck fans, neck air conditioners, heaters and more
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Verdict
Any Text · Widgets and RANVOO both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Any Text · Widgets's written reviews are positive against 33% of RANVOO's. Any Text · Widgets also leads on ratings volume (450 vs 5) and chart position (#44 vs unranked). RANVOO's advantage is price (Free vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
RANVOO 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 4.4. 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: 82% of Any Text · Widgets's written reviews are positive against 33% of RANVOO's.
Any Text · Widgets ships an update every 6 weeks, RANVOO every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Any Text · Widgets | RANVOO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 450 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Shenzhen Lanhe Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Any Text · Widgets
RANVOO
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
RANVOO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
RANVOO
No in-app purchases
