# Simple text widget

> Multiple text widgets on home screen with cool fonts and many options to design

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.light.textwidget](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.light.textwidget)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.light.textwidget`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Neelam Govind Bhanushali
- **Category:** PERSONALIZATION
- **Downloads:** 61,637
- **Rating:** 4.46 / 5 (1,857 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-24
- **First published:** 2019-11-10
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 3.39 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.light.textwidget)
- **Website:** [https://sites.google.com/view/paidappsfree/home](https://sites.google.com/view/paidappsfree/home)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/paidappsfree/privacy-policy](https://sites.google.com/view/paidappsfree/privacy-policy)

## Description

Simple Text Widget is a versatile Android widget app that lets you add multiple customizable text widgets to your home screen. Featuring a selection of over 40 curated cool fonts, the app provides comprehensive design options including text color, background customization, transparency, and advanced shadow effects with adjustable position and color.

Designed with simplicity and material standards in mind, Simple Text Widget helps you beautifully personalize your Android home screen. Organize multiple home screens by adding distinct text headings with unique fonts and settings for each widget. Enhance your device's look by combining stylish text widgets with your favorite wallpapers for a truly personalized experience.

## Rankings

- #274,253 — Overall
- #132 — Personalization (Paid)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `com.light.textwidget.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app's simplicity, customization options, and functionality for adding stylish text widgets to the home screen with a one-time, affordable purchase. Common drawbacks include inability to use system fonts, no font preview during selection, limited text alignment and positioning, and tap actions that cannot be disabled or customized well. Editing existing widgets is also inconvenient, requiring recreation. Overall, it serves its intended purpose well but could be improved with more font flexibility, better user interface enhancements, and more control over widget behavior.

### Pros

- Simple, straightforward and easy to use widget for displaying text on the home screen.
- Highly customizable with options for fonts, colors, opacity, and font sizes.
- Allows launching other apps via the widget tap action.
- Does the basic job of labeling or adding titles to home screen pages effectively.
- Affordable with a one-time payment and no ads.

### Cons

- Lack of option to use native/system fonts; only application's own fonts available.
- No font preview in the font selection dropdown, making font choice harder.
- Can't disable or customize tap actions effectively; tap often opens widget settings unintentionally.
- No way to edit or modify existing widgets without recreating them.
- Limited text alignment and positioning options within the widget.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.light.textwidget)