# Message Makeover for iMessage - Colorful Bubbles

> Customize iMessage bubble and font colors with a simple interface. (iPhone/iPad app by Andrew Halligan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/message-makeover-for-imessage-colorful-bubbles/id478730981 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Andrew Halligan](https://appshunter.io/developer/383018986)
- Category: Social Networking, Utilities
- Price: $0.99
- Rating: 3.50/5 from 35 App Store ratings · 66 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-11-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/message-makeover-for-imessage-colorful-bubbles/id478730981/reviews.md

## What is Message Makeover for iMessage?

Message Makeover for iMessage is ON SALE celebrating our launch! Grab it now! 

Tired of the old blue and grey iMessages? Look no further. Message Makeover for iMessage is bringing beautiful messaging to iPod Touch, iPad and iPhone.

Be the envy of all your friends by sending them bold, colorful messages that they can only dream of. 

Features 
- Custom iMessage Background Color 
- Custom iMessage Font Color
- Beautifully designed, simple interface 
- Preview your message before you want to send! 
- Launch Messages app directly from the app 
- Vast array of Color Choices - If we don't have it, ask us and we'll add it! 
- Best of all, our beautiful iMessages are absolutely 100% free to send and receive! 

Why wait? Download Message Makeover for iMessage today and start composing not only messages but pieces of fine artwork that will make messaging a joy to do AND look at!

## Key features

- Custom iMessage background color
- Custom iMessage font color
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Message preview functionality
- Direct launch to Messages app
- Wide range of color options

## Chart rankings

- #69 in Top Paid · Social Networking (US App Store)

## What do users think of Message Makeover for iMessage?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 💖 Fun for holidays
- ✨ Impressive compliments
- 🎨 Match loved one's colors
- 👍 Works great
- 😍 Cute patterns
- 🌟 Great app

**Cons**

- 💸 Waste of money
- 🚫 Not integrated
- 😵 Too much work
- 🖼️ Sends as a picture
- 🐌 Slow to send
- 🤏 Tiny font size
- 🪲 Doesn't work
- ❌ Useless
- 😩 Frustrating
- 🤯 Confusing to use
- 👎 Bad app
- 😞 Ripped off
- 🐌 Not worth the effort
- 😵 Copy and paste required
- 😵 Has to be sent from app only
- 😵 No options to change default colors
- 😵 Not worth a dollar
- 😵 Mucking around involved
- 😵 Too much work to text
- 😵 Doesn't even send anything
- 😵 Complete waste of time
- 😵 Offends aesthetic
- 😵 Worthless
- 😵 Doesn't change iMessage window look
- 😵 Just send as a pic
- 😵 Sucks so much
- 😵 Don't working
- 😵 Total waste
- 😵 Picture message
- 😵 Can't read
- 😵 Someone should make one that works
- 😵 Sent as an image
- 😵 Wish I didn't pay
- 😵 Doesn't even work
- 😵 Sends as a picture like other apps
- 😵 No description on how to use
- 😵 Messages show as pictures
- 😵 Words are really tiny
- 😵 Rubbish
- 😵 Doesn't work properly
- 😵 Terrible app
- 😵 Takes a lot of time
- 😵 Not worth it
- 😵 Pain
- 😵 Creates an image to copy
- 😵 Good for teeny boppers
- 😵 AWFUL
- 😵 Doesn't even work
- 😵 Clever idea
- 😵 Picture
- 😵 Stupid
- 😵 Font is WAY 2 small
- 😵 Says it's an attachment
- 😵 Sooo frustrating
- 😵 Confusing
- 😵 Takes a while to get on iMessage
- 😵 Not overly good
- 😵 Sends as a picture so useless
- 😵 Can't figure out how to send
- 😵 No instructions
- 😵 Useless until explained
- 😵 Makes message a picture
- 😵 Not worth it
- 😵 Victim
- 😵 Open two apps
- 😵 Not a text, it's a picture
- 😵 Boring
- 😵 Waste of a buck
- 😵 Font size is a little small
- 😵 Have to paste it
- 😵 Worth the effort
- 😵 Larger font needed
- 😵 Font style and size choices needed
- 😵 Have to use two different screens
- 😵 Won't let you send it
- 😵 Good idea, bad app
- 😵 Copy and paste a whole text
- 😵 Pastes half the size
- 😵 Font isn't same size as iMessage
- 😵 Looks wrong
- 😵 Not same type of font
- 😵 Lame app
- 😵 Needs a makeover
- 😵 Picture message
- 😵 Font size needs to be normal
- 😵 Bubbles need resizing
- 😵 Text too close to bubble borders
- 😵 Copy & paste app
- 😵 Looking for the real thing
- 😵 Doesn't change color of font
- 😵 Fonts don't work
- 😵 Shadows don't work
- 😵 Copy and paste is frustrating
- 😵 Want choices directly from iMessage
- 😵 Can't figure out how to use
- 😵 Don't know where pasteboard is
- 😵 Text isn't so small
- 😵 Not difficult
- 😵 Comes out as a cute message image
- 😵 Girls you will love it
- 😵 Copy & paste is not hard
- 😵 Someone needs to come up with an app
- 😵 Truthfully changes color of font
- 😵 DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
- 😵 Font size too small
- 😵 Can't send it out
- 😵 Undecided
- 😵 Fonts are a little small
- 😵 Option to choose font size would be better
- 😵 No option not to have a shadow
- 😵 If these changes were made I would use it
- 😵 Poor app
- 😵 Save money don't buy
- 😵 Total rip off
- 😵 Maybe apple will let us change this one day
- 😵 Colour
- 😵 Rubbish
- 😵 COMPLETE RUBBISH
- 😵 HIDDEN CHARGES FROM NETWORK
- 😵 Separate thing
- 😵 Takes forever to send
- 😵 Sends as an attachment
- 😵 MMS charge
- 😵 Save ur pennies
- 😵 Garbage
- 😵 Horrible
- 😵 Awful
- 😵 Extra time to switch between apps
- 😵 Constantly change the message
- 😵 Further disappointment
- 😵 Not worth it
- 😵 Font size and type
- 😵 Looks wrong
- 😵 Way too small
- 😵 Not the same type of font
- 😵 Makeover
- 😵 Lame app
- 😵 Needs a makeover
- 😵 Waste of a penny
- 😵 Picture message
- 😵 Text
- 😵 Text size needs to be normal
- 😵 Bubbles need to be resized
- 😵 Text is way too close to the bubbles borders
- 😵 App is decent
- 😵 Love it
- 😵 Copies it for you
- 😵 All you have to do is paste it
- 😵 Love the striped pattern background
- 👊 Hate it
- 👎 Is a copy & paste app
- 👎 DO NOT get it
- 👎 Someone needs to come up with an app
- 👎 That truthfully changes the color of your font
- 👎 DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
- 👎 Waste of money
- 👎 Can only get the color bubble to change
- 👎 Fonts don't work
- 👎 Shadows don't work
- 👎 Copy and paste is frustrating
- 👎 I want an app that will give me choices directly from iMessage
- 👎 Waste of money
- 👎 Can't figure out how to use it
- 👎 Don't know where the "pasteboard" is
- 👎 So far complete waste of money
- 👎 I think it could be cool
- 👎 The app is good
- 👎 Many colors and patterns to choose from
- 👎 It would be great if the text wasn't so small
- 👎 Finally
- 👎 Something for those of us not wanting to jail break
- 👎 Super cute patterns
- 👎 Yes, you have to copy and paste but so what
- 👎 It's not difficult
- 👎 Comes out as a cute message image
- 👎 Girls you will love it
- 👊 Hate it
- 👎 Is a copy & paste app
- 👎 DO NOT get it
- 👎 Someone needs to come up with an app
- 👎 That truthfully changes the color of your font
- 👎 DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
- 👎 Waste of money
- 👎 Can only get the color bubble to change
- 👎 Fonts don't work
- 👎 Shadows don't work
- 👎 Copy and paste is frustrating
- 👎 I want an app that will give me choices directly from iMessage
- 👎 Waste of money
- 👎 Can't figure out how to use it
- 👎 Don't know where the "pasteboard" is
- 👎 So far complete waste of money
- 👎 I think it could be cool
- 👎 The app is good
- 👎 Many colors and patterns to choose from
- 👎 It would be great if the text wasn't so small
- 👎 Finally
- 👎 Something for those of us not wanting to jail break
- 👎 Super cute patterns
- 👎 Yes, you have to copy and paste but so what
- 👎 It's not difficult
- 👎 Comes out as a cute message image
- 👎 Girls you will love it

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Letters too large
- Not compatible with later iOS versions
- Bubbles not same size
- Cannot receive messages
- Has to write message from app only
- No change from regular default colors when replying
- Doesn't work
- Doesn't send anything
- Sends as a picture message
- Cannot see words after typing and pasting
- Sent as an image rather than a text/iMessage
- Doesn't work
- Messages show as pictures
- Words are really tiny
- Sends as a picture
- Can't read
- Doesn't work properly
- Takes a lot of time
- Has to paste and copy
- Creates an image to copy
- Leaves the app, goes into iMessages, and then pastes
- Message doesn't send
- Says it's an attachment, not message
- Can't send it out
- Fonts are a little small
- No option not to have a shadow
- Text size needs to be normal iPhone text size
- Bubbles need to be resized to fit like the iPhone
- Text is way too close to the bubbles borders
- Won't let you send it
- Can only get the color bubble to change
- Fonts don't work
- Shadows don't work
- Can't figure out how to use it
- Don't know where the "pasteboard" is
- Text isn't so small
- Comes out as a cute message image
- Is a copy & paste app
- Truthfully changes the color of your font
- I want an app that will give me choices directly from iMessage

**Most requested features**

- Set size of font
- Change default colors
- Integrated into iMessage
- Actual message bubble change
- Larger font size
- Font style and size choices
- Option to not have a shadow
- Normal iPhone text size
- Bubbles resized to fit iPhone
- More font options
- Direct choices from iMessage

## Recent user reviews (10 of 66)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/message-makeover-for-imessage-colorful-bubbles/id478730981/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Terrible for  16.7.4  letters too large

*2024-01-26, version 2.0.0*

How to set size of font?   This app hasn't been updated in 6 years.  Maybe it is not compatible with later ios versions.  Not recommended.

### 5/5 — TEXTING is an ADVENTURE NOW

*2022-12-26, version 2.0.0*

So much fun to match a loved ones favorite colors to their texts. Plus, holidays are more special also! It’s VERY IMPRESSIVE! Love the complements❣️
Kathy Sullivan 💜🎀OKC

### 1/5 — Awful

*2019-06-14, version 2.0.0*

Do not waste your money. The app is not integrated as it shows. The bubbles are not the same size and anybody not on the same iOS as you cannot receive it. I want my money back

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2018-11-18, version 2.0.0*

My iPhone supports this app but I have to write a msg from the app only. Even to reply there is no change from the regular default colours. No options for me to change default colours. Waste of $1.39!  I could have bought chocolate.

### 2/5 — Not bad

*2018-05-01, version 2.0.0*

Would rather use iPhone messenger. It’s especially annoying you have to enter the persons name you are texting everytime you text plus I thought the available colours and fonts would be installed into default messenger but you have to text from the  messenger makeover app. It’s not worth a dollar for all the mucking around involved.

### 1/5 — Don’t purchase!

*2017-09-29, version 2.0.0*

I wish I could get my money back! Using 2 apps to change color in iMessage? Why bother. I wish I had read the other persons review before buying. Open their app type a message, find who to send it to, then go to the iMessage and it’s there, go back to the app to type again, then go back to iMessage. Good Lord! Way too much work to text someone! Please return my money!

### 5/5 — Sweet

*2017-09-02, version 2.0.0*

Fun to send colourful messages! Works great!

### 1/5 — This app

*2016-10-20, version 1.1*

It doesn't even send anything

### 1/5 — X

*2016-09-12, version 1.1*

Complete waste of money and time. You have to have two apps open at the same time. I just want something that will change the actual message bubble in imessage. All this green and blue offends my aesthetic.

### 1/5 — Omg what a s@ t app!!

*2016-08-24, version 1.1*

Do not buy! Worthless.

## Frequently asked questions about Message Makeover for iMessage

### What does Message Makeover for iMessage do?

This app allows you to customize the appearance of your iMessages. You can change the background color of your message bubbles and the color of the text within them, making your conversations more visually engaging.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include custom iMessage background and font colors, a simple interface for easy use, a preview function to see your message before sending, and the ability to launch the Messages app directly from within the application. It also offers a vast array of color choices.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is completely free to use. Sending and receiving messages customized with this app is 100% free, meaning there are no additional costs associated with its core functionality.

### What devices is Message Makeover for iMessage compatible with?

The application is designed for use on iPod Touch, iPad, and iPhone devices. It enhances the native iMessage experience on these Apple mobile devices.

### How can I make my iMessages stand out?

You can make your iMessages stand out by using the app's customization options. Select unique background and font colors from the extensive palette to create bold, colorful messages that are distinct from standard iMessage appearances.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.0.0 — 2017-09-01

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

- Added the ability to directly insert your iMessages into the Messages app for sending (no more copy and paste!)
- Completely revamped the application to support the latest version of iOS and beyond!

Thanks to all of our Message Makeover fans! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any suggestions or feedback!

### 1.1 — 2011-12-16

Version 1.1
- Six New Holiday Christmas Background Patterns
- Send Beautiful Festive Greetings to all of your Contacts!

### 1.0.0 — 2011-11-15

No release notes.

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## More apps by Andrew Halligan

- [Message Makeover - Colorful Text Message Bubbles](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/message-makeover-colorful-text-message-bubbles/id473563535)

All apps by Andrew Halligan: https://appshunter.io/developer/383018986

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