Comparison

Large Text Widget vs BuildingShift

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • iOS 16 Live Activities
  • Dynamic Island support
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Home screen widgets
  • Text to Speech
  • Customizable fonts and colors
  • Whiteboard handwriting
Features
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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...

About

BuildingShift

Features
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BuildingShift is an iPhone camera for architectural photography. It shows a perspective-corrected, safely cropped final composition in the viewfinder, so you can see the result before you press the shutter. Features: • Live correction for perspective changes caused by roll and pitch • Motion-based leveling assistance • A final-aspect corrected viewfinder with safe cropping • Lens and focal presets discovered from the device’s actual camera capabilities • The original photo and corrected result saved together • Fully on-device operation with no account or cloud service BuildingShift follows a what-you-see-is-what-you-get workflow: the shutter freezes the correction already presented on screen; the app does not silently re-estimate perspective or cropping afterward. When device capability, motion data, or geometry is limited, it shows a warning and falls back safely. Designed for high-rise buildings, interiors, street facades, and city photography. Automated line refinement, post-capture editing, manual four-corner correction, and video correction are not included in this version.

Screenshots

Large Text Widget4 screens
BuildingShift3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Large Text Widget at none against BuildingShift's 1. BuildingShift's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. BuildingShift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Large Text Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Large Text Widget ships an update every 2 months, BuildingShift every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Large Text Widget versus BuildingShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLarge Text WidgetBuildingShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.磊 高

In-app purchases

None

Large Text Widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BuildingShift

One-time1
  • Unlock Saving$0.99

Questions

Is Large Text Widget free?
Large Text Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuildingShift free?
BuildingShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Large Text Widget or BuildingShift have ads?
Large Text Widget shows ads; BuildingShift does not.
Which is updated more often, Large Text Widget or BuildingShift?
Large Text Widget ships an update every 2 months, and BuildingShift every 5 weeks. Most recently, Large Text Widget was updated on October 13, 2026 and BuildingShift on October 10, 2026.

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