Comparison

Table Clock vs Any Text · Widgets

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Table Clock

A stylish digital clock for your iPhone or iPod Touch, offering easy readability from any distance. Customize time display with numerous color themes, font styles, and display options. Includes alarm, calendar, and dimmer controls for convenient use.

Highlights
  • 28 color themes
  • 5 color fonts
  • 12/24 hour modes
  • Portrait and Landscape
  • Alarm with 5 sounds
  • Calendar display
  • Dimmer controls
Features
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Table Clock is an attractive digital clock with style for your iPhone or iPod Touch that is easily readable at anytime or from a distance and displays the time with many stylish options . - 28 color themes and 5 color fonts
(You can enjoy 140 styles for your style) - 12 or 24 hour-time modes - Portrait and Landscape mode for viewing - Easy to change clock style by touch
(font and background color) - Easy to change clock status by touch
(you can turn on/off alarm, time display style, seconds, date by touch) - Calendar (show current and next month) - Date with 3 format styles - Alarm with 5 sounds (vibrate also for iPhone) - Dimmer controls for night time use - Temporarily disabled auto-locking

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

Screenshots

Table Clock4 screens
Any Text · Widgets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Any Text · Widgets at 4.6 against Table Clock's 2.8. Any Text · Widgets also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and ratings volume (596 vs 16). Table Clock's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (2.2 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Table Clock costs $0.99 and Any Text · Widgets $4.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Any Text · Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 596 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Table Clock's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Table Clock versus Any Text · Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTable ClockAny Text · Widgets
Price$0.99 — better$4.00
Rating2.8 (16 ratings)4.6 (596 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews81.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16596 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#72 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS2.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age ratingNot yet rated4+
DeveloperYoungHo KimSindre Sorhus

Customer experience

Table Clock

All ratings16 ratings
Positive31.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative56.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Any Text · Widgets

All ratings450 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.5%

Bugs and requests

Table Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

Table Clock

No in-app purchases

None

Any Text · Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Table Clock free?
Table Clock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Any Text · Widgets free?
Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Table Clock or Any Text · Widgets?
Any Text · Widgets is rated higher. Table Clock averages 2.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Any Text · Widgets averages 4.6 from 596 ratings.
Do Table Clock or Any Text · Widgets have ads?
Neither Table Clock nor Any Text · Widgets shows ads.

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