Comparison

Daily Sound Notes Professional vs Any Text · Widgets

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

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About

Daily Sound Notes Professional

Features
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EASY TO RECORD, SIMPLE TO PLAY Record & Play from Apple Watch,iPhone and iPad. Record the daily sound as soon as possible. In iPhone or iPad, Make the note for the sound. Listen the talking of the note. Listen the playback of sound. Save our wonderful experience in the device. Long press the table cell to play the single sound note. Tap the play button of main view to play all the notes repeatedly. Features For iPhone and iPad: 1 Record the sound 1.1 Tap the record button to record 1.2 Pinch the screen to record 1.3 Shake the device to record 1.4 Add the new note and tap the record button in the single view. In this case, the user could input the text and record the sound at the same time. In the 1.1 1.2 1.3 , we will record first and input the text later. In the 1.4, we could add the text first and record the sound. 2 Add the text for the sound 2.1 If already record the sound, tap the single table cell, then the single note view will be displayed , so input text. By tapping the textview, we could input text by soft keyboard, or using dictation from microphone, or using camera scanning text. 2.2 If add a new note, tap the + button at the bottom right corner, then the single note view will be displayed, so input the text by soft keyboard or camera.  In the latest iOS devices, when we need to input the text content, we could just long press the text view, the live text scan button will be displayed, so we could capture the text content from the camera directly. In iOS 16, The languages currently supported by Live Text include English, French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Korean. Several old iOS devices may not support this feature. 3 Play the sound, talk the text 3.1 Tap the play button at the bottom tool bar in the main view, all of the sound and text note will be played and talked one by one. 3.2 Long press the single cell of the main list view, the sound and text in this cell will be displayed and talked repeatedly. 3.3 In the single note view, tap the play button to play the sound, tap the talk button to talk the text. 4 Other features: 4.1 Export the sound file by iTune File Sharing, Email the sound file, or to iCloud Drive. Using the email, need to already set the default email box of the device. 4.2 Rename the sound file 4.3 Share the sound file with iTunes 4.4 Only Talk text from the main view 4.5 Select the channel for the sound file: 1 channel or 2 channel 4.6 Select the sample rate for the sound file. 44100 or 8000 4.7 Select the specific language for the text. So different notes could have the different languages. 4.8 Select the codec: MPEG4AAC (*.m4a) or Linear PCM ( *.aif) 5 Incoming phone call 5.1 When this App is recording the sound , a phone call is coming, then the App will stop the recording job and save the sound file.  5.2 Accept a phone call, then start talking feature, both sides could hear the talking. 6 Background recording should be used only when it is necessary. 6.1 When the App is recording, then the user press the home key, the recording action could work in the background status. At this time , the user could use other Apps. 6.2 When the App in the background status, the recording action is out of control, the user should let the App reactive as soon as possible. 6.3 If the recording action is in the background, the user uses other sound related App, the recording action in the background will be stop and the sound file will be saved. Features For Apple Watch 1 Continue to record the sound when the watch screen is off. When record the sound in background, sometimes, at the top middle of watch screen , a red icon of microphone will be displayed. just tap this icon, our app will be displayed. 2 Play the sound in the background status by using blue tooth devices. 3 Display the list of sound files in Watch 4 Delete the sound file 5 Transfer the sound file to iPhone automatically 6 If we need, could transfer again by tapping the transfer button.

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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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Daily Sound Notes Professional4 screens
Any Text · Widgets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Any Text · Widgets at #33 against Daily Sound Notes Professional's unranked. Any Text · Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Daily Sound Notes Professional's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.00) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Daily Sound Notes Professional costs $1.99 and Any Text · Widgets $4.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Sound Notes Professional ships an update every 3 months, Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Daily Sound Notes Professional versus Any Text · Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Sound Notes ProfessionalAny Text · Widgets
Price$1.99 — better$4.00
Rating4.6 (450 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews
Number of ratings450 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
Best chart rank#33 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer方 沈Sindre Sorhus

Bugs and requests

Daily Sound Notes Professional

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

None

Daily Sound Notes Professional

No in-app purchases

None

Any Text · Widgets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Sound Notes Professional free?
Daily Sound Notes Professional costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Any Text · Widgets free?
Any Text · Widgets costs $4.00, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daily Sound Notes Professional or Any Text · Widgets have ads?
Neither Daily Sound Notes Professional nor Any Text · Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Sound Notes Professional or Any Text · Widgets?
Daily Sound Notes Professional ships an update every 3 months, and Any Text · Widgets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Daily Sound Notes Professional was updated on August 27, 2026 and Any Text · Widgets on September 20, 2026.

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