Simple Text Widget vs AuthBand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Text Widget
Easily add customizable notes, goals, or to-do lists to your Lock Screen or Home Screen. Keep important information visible at a glance with quick updates and personalized reminders.
- Customizable widgets
- Lock Screen display
- Home Screen display
- Quick updates
- Personalized reminders
- To-do lists
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Never Forget What Matters! Easily add important notes, goals, or to-do lists to your Lock Screen or Home Screen with customizable widgets. Whether it’s a daily reminder, a motivational quote, or a task list, keep it right where you’ll see it! Quick & Easy – Just tap the widget to update instantly. Stay Organized – Keep important info always visible. Personalize Your Screen – Make your reminders stand out. Download now and make your Lock Screen & Home Screen work for you!
AuthBand
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AuthBand is a Time-Based One-Time Password authenticator built for Apple Watch. Add accounts on iPhone, glance at codes on your wrist. On the watch • The full account list, with live countdown timers, lives natively on your Apple Watch — no need to pull out the phone. • Tap a row on iPhone to copy a code; the clipboard entry is set to expire within the current 30-second TOTP window. • Import accounts by scanning an otpauth:// QR code, picking screenshots from your photo library (multi-select), or pasting a Google Authenticator export QR. On privacy • No network, no cloud, no third-party SDKs. AuthBand makes zero outbound requests. There is no backend, no analytics, no crash reporter. • TOTP secrets live in the iOS Keychain with the strictest reasonable protection class — bound to your device passcode, never synced through iCloud Keychain. • Sync between paired iPhone and Apple Watch goes through WatchConnectivity only — peer-to-peer, no server in the middle. • Face ID / Touch ID / passcode gate on every launch. An opaque overlay covers the app when it goes inactive, so codes don't appear in the App Switcher preview. Open source under MIT. Only Apple frameworks (CryptoKit, WatchConnectivity, LocalAuthentication, AVFoundation, PhotosUI, CoreImage). RFC 6238 (TOTP) verified against the RFC test vectors. Requires iPhone iOS 17 or later and Apple Watch watchOS 11.6 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AuthBand at every 3 weeks against Simple Text Widget's every 4 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Text Widget ships an update every 4 months, AuthBand every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Text Widget | AuthBand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (731 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 731 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CeylonLabs Technologies Pvt Ltd | Anton Lukin |
In-app purchases
Simple Text Widget
No in-app purchases
AuthBand
No in-app purchases
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