# Large Text: Signboard

> Show big messages and banners fullscreen for phones and tablets.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.bloco.largetext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.bloco.largetext)

## Overview

- **ID:** `io.bloco.largetext`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bloco Studio
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 1,240,302
- **Rating:** 4.82 / 5 (8,912 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-20
- **First published:** 2016-12-28
- **Publisher country:** PT
- **Size:** 11 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.bloco.largetext)
- **Website:** [http://bloco.io](http://bloco.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://bloco-privacy-policy.web.app/large-text.html](https://bloco-privacy-policy.web.app/large-text.html)

## Description

Large Text: Signboard turns your phone or tablet into a bright, easy-to-read signboard. Write and display big messages and banners fullscreen in portrait or landscape — perfect for pickups, directions, noisy venues, concerts, taxis, or communicating visually with deaf, hard-of-hearing, nonverbal, or neurodivergent people.

Features include fullscreen LED-style text, bold fonts, blinking effects, smooth scrolling, emoji support, saved messages, image export, share-from-app, and homescreen shortcuts. Privacy-first and offline-friendly: no sign-up, no ads, no permissions, and no tracking. Simple, fast, and accessible — get your message across loud and clear without saying a word.

## Rankings

- #60,354 — Overall
- #12 — sign
- #19 — text expander

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `io.bloco.largetext.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Large Text: Signboard for large, readable text, ease of use, and its usefulness for hearing-impaired or elderly users. The app can be worth the one-time premium for some, especially with ad-free operation. However, many reviews criticize the pricing and feature gating, note limited themes, report reliability problems, and wish for additional features like scrolling text or GIF exports. Overall, strong core functionality is offset by concerns about value and reliability.

### Pros

- Large, easily readable text is the core feature, making signboard text clear.
- Easy to use interface for quick communication.
- Useful for communicating with hearing-impaired or elderly relatives.
- One-time premium option with no ads is appreciated by some users.

### Cons

- Pricing and paywall: many features require payment and the free version is very limited.
- Limited customization/theme options (only a couple of themes) and calls for more variety.
- Reliability issues and data loss (app can fail to open on some devices; history can be deleted).
- Missing expected features (e.g., scrolling text on plain backgrounds, GIF exports) behind paywalls.
- Some users feel the paid upgrade is not worth the money.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.bloco.largetext)