LockScreenNotes vs BessyConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LockScreenNotes
Create personalized wallpapers with custom text for daily affirmations, reminders, or goals. Easily set your text-based designs as your lock screen to see your message every time you unlock your phone. Designed for simplicity with curated colors and fonts.
- Create custom text wallpapers
- Set as lock screen or wallpaper
- Choose from 20 curated colors
- Select from various font styles
- No account or learning curve
- Minimalist design
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Turn your wallpaper into a daily affirmation. bg text lets you create simple, beautiful wallpapers with custom text — and pin a note or checklist right on your Lock Screen. Add an affirmation, manifestation quote, goal or to-do — and see it every time you pick up your phone. Your lock screen is the first thing you see dozens of times a day. Make it count. HOW IT WORKS - Tap to type your reminder - Pick from 20 curated colors or use a custom one - Choose a font that fits your style - Save and set as your wallpaper or lock screen - Or tap Show on Lock Screen to keep it there as a live note It takes seconds. No account needed. No learning curve. USE IT FOR - Lock Screen notes: shopping list, today's to-dos, "don't forget the keys" - Daily reminders: "drink water", "take meds", "call mom" - Motivation: "you got this", "keep going", "one day at a time" - Goals: "gym at 6", "no phone before 9am", "read 30 min" - Mindfulness: "breathe", "be present", "let it go" - Manifestation & woo woo: "I am abundant", "universe has my back", "I attract success" - Study focus: "finals in 2 weeks", "stay off socials" - Habit building: "no sugar", "journal tonight", "stretch" - Vision board: put your biggest goal front and center - Relationship reminders: "be patient", "listen more" DESIGNED TO BE MINIMAL No busy templates. No stock photos. No distracting graphics. Just your words on a clean gradient or solid-color background. Pick from 20 hand-picked Pantone-inspired colors, or dial in your own with the custom color picker. FONTS THAT FIT YOUR VIBE Choose from a curated set of fonts — modern, classic, bold, or handwritten. Every wallpaper looks intentional, not generic. NOTES ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Put a note or checklist on your Lock Screen — big, always visible, no unlocking needed. Write a to-do list, shopping list or reminder, style it with your gradient and font, and tick items off right from the Lock Screen. It's a sticky note that never falls off — and never gets buried in a notes app you forget to open. WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT - See your goals every time you pick up your phone - Build habits with visual cues on your home screen - Replace doomscrolling triggers with purpose - Keep it private — no social sharing, no accounts - Notes, memo & to-do list on the Lock Screen — tap to check off COMPLETELY FREE. NO ADS. bg text is free to use and contains no ads, no trackers, no in-app purchases. Just a simple, focused tool that does one thing well. Your phone. Your words. Your reminder.
BessyConnect
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BessyConnect protects your internet. One button. Here's why that matters. When you connect to Wi-Fi you don't own — a café, a hotel, an airport, a train — whoever runs that network can see what you're doing. Which sites you open, where you go. BessyConnect closes your connection so that none of it is visible from the outside. Open the app, press the button, done. There's nothing to set up. BESSY Bessy is a husky. She's our dog, and we drew her for this app. When protection is off, she sleeps. When it's on, she sits up and watches. You can tell what state you're in without reading anything. If the connection drops, she sits down and waits until it comes back. FROM YOUR WATCH If you have an Apple Watch, you can turn it on from there. Not just check the status — actually connect, disconnect, and switch countries. No need to take your phone out. WITHOUT UNLOCKING YOUR PHONE You can put a small indicator on your Lock Screen showing whether protection is on. You can also say "Hey Siri, turn on BessyConnect," and it turns on. Usually the easiest thing is to tap — the app looks at which server is least busy right now and connects you there. But you can pick a country yourself. Each server shows how busy it is, and you can test its speed before connecting. IF THE CONNECTION DROPS This is the worst thing that can happen: protection falls away, you don't notice, and you keep browsing in the open. That won't happen here. If the connection breaks, your internet simply stops working until protection comes back. A few seconds without internet is better than quietly losing your protection. You can also turn on automatic start, so the app switches itself on whenever you join Wi-Fi you haven't used before. THE ASSISTANT There's an assistant inside the app you can ask questions in plain words. To answer, it sends your question to a server — there's no other way to get an answer. Only the question itself is sent, and it isn't connected to you or to anything else. The assistant is optional. If you never open it, nothing is sent anywhere. There's also an ordinary list of common questions and answers, and that one works without internet. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR OWN ACCESS Some people already have access to a server — from work, from a friend, or because they pay for one separately. You can add that access to BessyConnect and use the app with it. Our own servers stay available; you just won't be using them. If you don't know what this is about, you don't need it. Everything works without it. WHAT WE DON'T RECORD We don't save which sites you open. Not anywhere, not ever. You don't need to register: no email, no password, no phone number. The app works right after you install it. You can sign in if you want — with Apple, Google or email — but only for one reason: so your subscription follows you to a new phone. The only thing that leaves your phone is a question to the assistant, if you use it. We say this plainly, because we'd rather not write "we collect nothing" and leave you guessing. MADE FOR THIS APP Every screen, icon and drawing was made for BessyConnect. Bessy exists only here. Nothing came out of a ready-made pack. BessyConnect protects your connection. What you do online, and how that fits the laws where you live, is up to you. SUBSCRIPTION The app works on a subscription, billed through your Apple ID. Plans are available for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. New users get the first [X] days free. Exact prices for your country are shown on the purchase screen in the app. You're charged when you buy. After that the subscription renews itself at the same price unless you cancel. To cancel, go to your Apple ID settings and turn off renewal at least a day before the paid period ends. The charge happens in the last 24 hours of the period. If you cancel during the free days, the remaining free days are lost. Support: https://bessy.my/support Privacy Policy: https://bessy.my/en/docs/privacy Terms of Use: https://bessy.my/en/docs/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockScreenNotes at none against BessyConnect's 4. BessyConnect's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. BessyConnect sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LockScreenNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | LockScreenNotes | BessyConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pairwise Tech | BessyRay |
In-app purchases
LockScreenNotes
No in-app purchases
BessyConnect
- Subsctiption 1 month$4.991 Month
- Subsctiption 3 month$12.993 Months
- Subsctiption 6 month$24.996 Months
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- Subsctiption 1 year$49.991 Year
Questions
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