Floaty! vs Floating Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Floaty!
This utility app helps users stay focused by displaying a persistent note on top of all other applications. It aims to combat distractions from notifications and other apps, allowing users to keep important tasks or reminders visible throughout their day.
- Persistent on-screen notes
- Blocks app distractions
- Customizable notes
- Works across all apps
- Improves focus
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Ever find yourself having something to do but constantly getting distracted by notifications and apps? Floaty is here to save your day! Floaty will create a note with whatever you write that will stay on every single screen no matter which app you open. Give it a shot!
Floating Text
This utility app displays text prompts that float over any other application. It helps users remember speeches or scripts by providing customizable scrolling text with adjustable speed and visual styles. The app automatically saves prompts for easy access during practice sessions.
- Floating text over any app
- Variable color prompt line
- Customizable font and background styles
- Adjustable text scrolling speed
- Prompt text list with auto-save
- Suspended focus timer
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Are you still struggling with forgetting your speech at the conference? Is it still difficult to remember vocabulary in the studio? Here is a floating text prompter that can help you reduce word forgetting and mistakes during your speech, help you remember complex document content, and avoid tense forgetting of words. Features: # Support floating display of copy on any app interface # Support variable color on the prompt line when scrolling text to improve recognition # Support multiple font colors, font sizes, background colors, and other styles # Support text scrolling speed adjustment # Support prompt text list, automatically save your prompt text during practice, easy to open # Support suspended focus time for practice If you have any questions or suggestions during use, please provide us with feedback and suggestions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Floaty! at none against Floating Text's shown. Floaty! also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Floaty! against 5.0 for Floating Text. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively.
Floaty! ships an update every 3 days, Floating Text fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Floaty! | Floating Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MT Vision | 周桂 吴 |
Customer experience
Floaty!
Floating Text
In-app purchases
Floaty!
No in-app purchases
Floating Text
No in-app purchases
Questions
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