Any Text · Widgets vs AlbumLens
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.
AlbumLens
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AlbumLens shows your photo albums the way you actually use them. Apple's Photos app is photo-first — a giant grid of every shot you've ever taken. AlbumLens is album-first. Every Cloud Photos album you've made (Trips, Family, Wedding 2024, …) appears as a clean card with a 4-photo collage cover, the date range, and the photo count. Tap to dive in. Long-press to pin to the top. If youriCloud Photos library has grown into hundreds of gigabytes and your iPhone hasn't fully synced, AlbumLens helps you take control: • See at a glance which photos are still in Cloud (cloud icon) versus already on your device. • In the Insights tab, get a clear breakdown: total photos, Cloud-only count, and an estimated download size in GB. • Tap "Download this album" to pull every photo and video from iCloud into your local Photos cache — they then appear instantly in Photos.app too. A Wi-Fi-only toggle keeps it off cellular. Other features: • Year-by-year histogram, location map, and media type breakdown — all computed on-device. • Export an entire album to a Files folder with format conversion (HEIC → JPEG), GPS stripping, and naming policies. • Home Screen widget for your pinned album. • Beautiful 3-page onboarding, full Korean / English support, iPad layout. Privacy by design: Everything happens on your device through Apple's PhotoKit framework. Your photos, videos, album titles, EXIF data, and locations are NEVER transmitted to AlbumLens or any third party. We collect only anonymous, aggregated usage events through Firebase Analytics and serve ads through Google AdMob (Free tier only). Privacy Policy: https://cksw.pe.kr/Albumlens/privacy.html AlbumLens Pro — $4.99, one-time: • Unlock more than 5 albums (Free tier shows 5) • Per-album insights (year/place/media-type for any album) • Album export to a Files folder • Home Screen widget • Remove all ads [Terms of Service: Apple Standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula ] No subscription. Pay once, keep forever, syncs via Family Sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AlbumLens at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. AlbumLens also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
AlbumLens is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. AlbumLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Any Text · Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Any Text · Widgets | AlbumLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (593 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 593 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #35 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | CHUNGKIL KIM |
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
AlbumLens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
AlbumLens
- Pro$4.99
Questions
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