Large Text Widget vs wallpaperOS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Large Text Widget
Display large, customizable text on your home screen, lock screen, and dynamic island. Read text aloud with speech synthesis and personalize fonts and colors. Offers whiteboard functionality and input history.
- iOS 16 Live Activities
- Dynamic Island support
- Lock screen widgets
- Home screen widgets
- Text to Speech
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Whiteboard handwriting
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A large text app that supports iOS16 live activities. Dynamic islands, home and lock screen widgets available. All features are completely free to use. - iOS16 Live Activity - Dynamic island - iOS16 lock screen widget - iOS14 home screen widget - Text magnifying display and reading aloud - Background color and rich font settings - Flip screen up/down/left/right and flash - Handwriting on the whiteboard - Text input history and so on...
wallpaperOS
Transform your device with unique, animated wallpapers generated by mathematical and artistic principles. Customize every aspect, from speed and color to adding a functional clock overlay and ambient sounds. Enjoy an ever-changing, visually stunning display.
- Generative animated wallpapers
- Customizable clock overlay
- Ambient soundscapes
- Deep customization options
- Auto-refresh for variety
- Save and reorder favorites
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wallpaperOS brings generative art to your screen with handcrafted animated wallpapers. Each one is built on a different mathematical or artistic foundation - from flowing polar curves to procedural forests, Mondrian-inspired compositions to Ishihara dot patterns. Every wallpaper is deeply customizable. Adjust speed, color themes, line weight, complexity, and more. A built-in clock overlay lets you turn your display into a minimal desk piece with customizable fonts, sizes, and free positioning. Ambient sounds like rain, trains, and birdsong play seamlessly in the background. Features: • Unique animated wallpapers rendered at 60 fps • 10 ambient sounds with seamless crossfade looping • Multiple color themes per wallpaper • Dark mode support with adaptive color rendering • Customizable digital clock with drag-to-position • Save and reorder your favorite wallpapers • Immersive full-screen mode • Auto-refresh for endless generative variety Free and Pro: • Free wallpapers and ambient sounds included, no purchase required • Upgrade to Pro for all wallpapers, additional sounds, custom app icons, and future additions • One-time purchase - no subscriptions, no recurring fees
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: wallpaperOS at 5.0 against Large Text Widget's 4.5. wallpaperOS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Large Text Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (32 vs 3). On price 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
Both are free to download. wallpaperOS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Large Text Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
wallpaperOS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Large Text Widget has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Large Text Widget ships an update every 2 months, wallpaperOS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Large Text Widget | wallpaperOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Max Marquardt |
Customer experience
Large Text Widget
wallpaperOS
In-app purchases
Large Text Widget
No in-app purchases
wallpaperOS
- wallpaperOS Pro$4.99
