Banner vs GeekTalk2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner
Create custom LED-matrix-style displays for messages, time, date, tweets, and music information. Personalize your display with adjustable speeds, orientations, and element styles. Ideal for unique visual notifications and information sharing.
- Customizable messages
- Display time and date
- Show tweet feeds
- Display music info
- Adjustable scroll/blink speed
- Customizable LED appearance
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
GeekTalk2
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Meet GeekTalk2 - your digital tool for speaking "geek"! Remember GeekTalk from 2019? It's still available in the App Store. Now, we're back with another version, adding new tricks to our geeky arsenal. Transform boring text into hexadecimal code, LeetSpeak, or even Morse code. GeekTalk2 is more than just an app; it's the secret language of the digital world, making every SMS sound like a message from another dimension! Beware! Using this app takes you to new, unknown layers of absurdity! WHAT GEEKTALK2 CAN DO Ciphers for secret messages • ROT13, Caesar and Vigenère with a key - including the Polish alphabet • Polish scout ciphers: GA-DE-RY-PO-LU-KI, PO-LI-TY-KA-RE-NU and more • Morse code, NATO phonetic alphabet, Braille Codes for true geeks • Binary, hexadecimal and Base64 - with full support for accented characters • GibberLink - send text as sound! Your phone chirps the message like a modem and another phone running GeekTalk2 picks it up. No internet, no Bluetooth Memes and fun • Fancy fonts - script, fraktur, double-struck, circled and more - for bios, posts and chats • Zalgo - cursed text that spills beyond the lines • SpongeBob - i LoVe MoNdAyS • Leet in three levels, all the way to j00 pwn teh 1337 • Upside-down text and Vaporwave Magic • Magic Decode - paste any code and GeekTalk2 figures out how it was encoded and decodes it • Morse code as sound, flashlight and vibration • Results as a retro CRT-style image, ready to share Everywhere you type • GeekTalk keyboard - convert text in any app with one tap • Share > GeekTalk2 - encode or decode selected text • Shortcuts and Siri: "Encode text with GeekTalk2" Plus favorite converters, a history of recent conversions and an 80s terminal look - green phosphor, scanlines and Matrix-style decryption. Privacy: GeekTalk2 works entirely on your device. It collects no data and sends nothing anywhere. You can turn history off at any time, and cipher keys are never saved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GeekTalk2 at every 2 weeks against Banner's every 3 months. Banner's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Banner costs $0.99 and GeekTalk2 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Banner ships an update every 3 months, GeekTalk2 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner | GeekTalk2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Pawel Zdybel |
Bugs and requests
Banner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Text editing cursor issues
- Orientation-related bugs
- Freezing or crashing
Requested features
5 requests- More color and font options
- Ability to add symbols like heart
- Vertical scrolling or screen saver mode
- Random message playback
- Ability to manipulate individual pixels
GeekTalk2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Banner
No in-app purchases
GeekTalk2
No in-app purchases







