GarageDoorBuddy vs Any Text · Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GarageDoorBuddy
Control your garage doors remotely from anywhere using your smartphone. Share access with family and friends by simply sharing your password. No need for multiple physical remotes.
- Remote garage door control
- Access sharing
- Smartphone integration
- Works with most openers
- Companion app for hardware
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Remotely control your garage doors from anywhere in the world! NOTE: THIS APP IS A COMPANION APP TO THE GARAGEDOORBUDDY REMOTE HARDWARE DEVICE. You can purchase one from www.garagedoorbuddy.com Forgot your house keys? Just launch the app on your smartphone. No need to buy a garage door remote control for everyone in the house. Just download the Free app! Family or friends need to drop things off while you are away? Just share your password for the app! GDB v2.0 Supports almost all of the garage door openers on the market except the following models. Please contact us at http://garagedoorbuddy.com/#contact or garagedoorbuddy@gmail.com if you are not certain. 1. Liftmaster/Chamberlain/Craftsman security+2.0 openers are not supported. To support these openers, a customized adapter is required. You can purchase the customized adapter from us. 2. Genie Series III openers are not supported. To support these openers, Genie 38013R Dry Contact Adapter or a customized adapter is required. You can purchase the customized adapter from us.
Any Text · Widgets
Display any text on your Lock or Home Screen to keep important notes, goals, or tasks visible. Customize text with Markdown and utilize 20 different widgets. Integrates with Shortcuts for powerful automations and syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Customizable text widgets
- Lock Screen and Home Screen support
- Markdown styling (bold, italic, strikethrough)
- Live Activity and StandBy support
- iCloud device syncing
- Shortcuts app integration
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Put any kind of text on your Lock Screen or Home Screen so you won't miss it. It could be an important note, your goal, a list of tasks, etc. It also supports Live Activity and StandBy. The app includes 20 widgets that lets you put different text on different Lock Screen configurations or Home Screen. You can style parts of the text bold, italic, or strikethrough using Markdown. Syncs seamlessly across your devices with iCloud. Simply tap the widget to open the app to edit the text. ■ Shortcuts The app is scriptable through the Shortcuts app, enabling a lot of powerful use-cases. For example, you could use an automation to change the text at a certain point in the day or at certain places. The only limit is your creativity. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GarageDoorBuddy at Free against Any Text · Widgets's $4.00. GarageDoorBuddy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). Any Text · Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (450 vs 14) and chart position (#43 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
GarageDoorBuddy is free to download; Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for GarageDoorBuddy against 4.6 for Any Text · Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any Text · Widgets has 450 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of GarageDoorBuddy's written reviews are positive against 82% of Any Text · Widgets's.
GarageDoorBuddy ships an update every 2 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GarageDoorBuddy | Any Text · Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) | 4.6 (450 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #43 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brocel | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
GarageDoorBuddy
Any Text · Widgets
Bugs and requests
GarageDoorBuddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Any Text · Widgets
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not showing on Lock Screen
- Text not updating in a timely manner
- Force show when locked doesn't work
Requested features
6 requests- Allow alternating/rotating text
- Add custom font support
- Provide full-width widget options
- Add custom widget background colors
- Enable editing widgets directly
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- Add Apple Watch widget support
In-app purchases
GarageDoorBuddy
No in-app purchases
Any Text · Widgets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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