Dimension Marker vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dimension Marker
Easily add dimension lines and measurements directly onto photos or sketches. Ideal for home renovation, furniture fitting, or product visualization, it helps avoid confusion with visual measurements.
- Mark dimensions on photos/sketches
- Vertical, horizontal, and arbitrary arrows
- Choice of arrow and marker colors
- Eraser and clear all functions
- Insert photos from album
- Save work to photo album
- Auto-save functionality
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*** 2017 New update is finally here! Thank everyone for the patience *** Dimension Marker makes it easy to mark the dimension of any space or object DIRECTLY on photos or sketches - turning your iPhone/iPod touch into a great assistant whenever, for example: - You need to fit new furniture when you redecorate or renovate your home. - You bump into a nice piece of home accessory and wondered if it fits somewhere in your home. - You need to explain the dimension of a product to your customers, in many cases, it's better to email a picture with marked dimensions than to talk over the phone. Few more examples when you need to remember sizes and dimensions during home improvement or renovation: - You want to pick the biggest possible flat panel TV that best fit the TV cabinet. - You bump into a nice piece of decorative item and wondered if it fits into your bookshelf. - There's a light switch on the wall and you want to find a bookshelf that's either short enough or narrow enough to leave the switch accessible. - Need to measure the sizes of the 6 windows in the 3 bed rooms, living room and dinning room in order to get the right curtain for the right window. - You want to get a new cabinet that's big enough but not blocking the power outlet and the picture hung on the wall. We normally take text notes but sometimes it's confusing. The bed room may have 2 windows and there are 3 walls in the dinning room. Which wall is exactly "wall B" on my note? Which window is "window 1" on my note? I jotted down the "length" of the cabinet, but now I forgot whether I meant the width or height. To avoid mistakes and confusions, nothing's as straight forward as marking the sizes and measurements on the real photo or even a simple sketch. Remember, a picture worth a thousand words. And that's what Dimension Marker's for. KEY FEATURES: - Marks measurements and dimension directly on photos or sketches - Vertical, horizontal and arbitrary arrows - Choice of Black or White arrows - Marker pen in Black or White - Eraser - Clear all sketches at once - Insert photo from Photos Album - Take photo with camera (on iPhones) - Save your note/work to Photo Album - Auto save QUICK TIPS: - Drag arrow heads to adjust arrow lengths (and the angle of arbitrary arrows) - Tab on the arrow text to edit - Drag the arrow body (avoid the text area) to move the arrow - Drag arrows to the buttons panel (or onto the bin) to delete - Press the Black/White square button to toggle new arrow and sketch color
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Any Text · Widgets at 82% against Dimension Marker's 24%. Any Text · Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 42 months). Dimension Marker's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (8.0 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
Dimension Marker costs $0.99 and Any Text · Widgets $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 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Dimension Marker's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
Dimension Marker ships an update every 42 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dimension Marker | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #55 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Y Lau | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Dimension Marker
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
Dimension Marker
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
Dimension Marker
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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