Comparison

Any Text Widgets vs Rousel

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

Head to head
About

Any Text Widgets

Display custom text, tasks, or handwriting directly on your lock screen or home screen. Keep important reminders, goals, and notes always visible with extensive customization options and interactive features.

Highlights
  • 30+ Text Widgets
  • Text, Task, and Handwriting Modes
  • Full Widget Customization
  • Interactive Checklists
  • Date Variables & Countdown
  • Shortcuts Integration
  • iCloud Sync
  • Apple Watch Complications
Features
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Put any text, tasks, or handwriting on your lock screen or home screen - keep your reminders, goals, to-do lists and notes always visible! Features - 30 Text Widgets - Place different content on various Lock Screen configurations or Home Screen layouts - 3 Widget Modes - Switch between Text, Task, and Handwriting modes for each widget TEXT MODE - Quick Notes - Perfect for reminders, quotes, passwords, or any text you want to see at a glance - Full Widget Customization - Custom background colors, background images, font colors, text styles, and sizes - Lock Screen Effects - Typewriter effect makes text appear character by character TASK MODE - Interactive Checklists - Check off completed tasks with a simple tap - Smart Sorting - Uncompleted items automatically stay on top - Drag to Reorder - Organize your priorities with drag and drop HANDWRITING MODE - Free Drawing - Write, sketch, or draw anything with your finger - Creative Freedom - Perfect for quick doodles, diagrams, signatures, or artistic expressions ADVANCED FEATURES - Date Variables - Live countdowns and anniversaries ("in 20 days", "Day 365"), recurring yearly or monthly events, plus today's date and more right in your text - One-Tap Editing - Simply tap any widget to open the app and edit your content instantly - Advanced Tap Actions - Edit content, open a specific URL, run a Shortcut, or disable tap actions completely - Shortcuts Integration - Create powerful automations to dynamically update your widget content based on time, location, or any trigger you define - Timed Widget - Schedule different widgets to automatically rotate by time of day, set custom time slots to display the right content at the right moment SYNC & APPLE WATCH - iCloud Sync - Widgets, styles, and schedules stay in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch automatically - Apple Watch - View and edit widgets, check off tasks, and pin complications on your watch face Support available through App Suggestions in settings. https://any-text-widget-privacy-policy.vercel.app/ https://any-text-widget-term-of-use.vercel.app/

About

Rousel

Features
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Rousel wakes you by name. Save your name once and your alarm greets you with it — "Bhasker, wake up!" — in a voice you choose. If you've set up Personal Voice on your iPhone, it can even be your own. RINGS WHEN IT MATTERS Rousel is built on iOS 26's alarm system, so alarms sound through the silent switch and through Focus and Do Not Disturb. Most alarm apps can't do this. That's the difference between an alarm and a notification you'll sleep through. ANY TIME OF DAY A 7am alarm and a twenty-minute nap before a call are the same thing here. Tap a preset — 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60 minutes — and you're counting down. No arithmetic, no scrolling to find a time. SOUNDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY YOURS • Your own voice — record it, keep it, wake to it • Music you own, imported from Files • Original built-in tones, generated on your device GREETINGS IN ENGLISH AND हिन्दी Pick a phrase or write your own. Names that get mispronounced can be respelled the way they sound, so "Bhasker" stops coming out as "Basker". BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Live countdowns on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. On iPad, a proper two-column layout rather than a stretched phone screen. WORLD CLOCK See the time where the people you work with are, alongside your own. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No analytics. No servers. Your name, your recordings and your alarms never leave your device, because there is nowhere for them to go. Free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Requires iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Any Text Widgets4 screens
Rousel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rousel at none against Any Text Widgets's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Any Text Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Rousel asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Any Text Widgets versus Rousel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAny Text WidgetsRousel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (641 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings641 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer喜兰 梁BHASKER CHAURASIA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Any Text Widgets

One-time2
  • Lifetime Promo$2.99
  • Lifetime$3.99
None

Rousel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Any Text Widgets free?
Any Text Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rousel free?
Rousel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Any Text Widgets or Rousel have ads?
Neither Any Text Widgets nor Rousel shows ads.

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