Comparison

Snap Markup vs Bear

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

Head to head
About

Snap Markup

Easily edit and annotate photos, images, and pictures with a wide array of tools. Add text, shapes, stickers, blur sensitive areas, and magnify details. Save in high quality and share your creations quickly.

Highlights
  • Crop and rotate images in various shapes
  • Add text with customizable styles
  • Pixelate and blur sensitive areas
  • Magnify sections with a loupe
  • Add emoji stickers
  • Draw arrows, shapes, and freehand lines
  • Stitch photos into panoramas
Features
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Snap Markup — Photo Markup & Editor Turn any photo into a polished, annotated image in seconds. Mark up screenshots, documents, receipts, real estate, and snapshots with on-device AI, pro editing tools, and effortless sharing — all in one app. ALL-IN-ONE MARKUP Crop, rotate, draw, add text, stickers, and overlays from one toolbar. Reorder tools in Settings so your favourites are always one tap away. DOCUMENT SCANNER Scan multi-page documents with auto edge detection and straightening. Export as a clean image or searchable PDF. COLLAGE MAKER Combine multiple photos into beautiful grid layouts with adjustable spacing, borders, and ratios. GIF MAKER Turn photos or video clips into animated GIFs. Add text, stickers, and overlays, then export a ready-to-share loop. BATCH RESIZE & EXPORT Resize multiple photos at once. Set custom dimensions and DPI for print or web, and export to PNG, JPG, or HEIC. PHOTO SPLITTER Slice an image into a grid for seamless social posts and carousels. SMART CROP & ROTATE On-device AI detects documents and faces and suggests the perfect crop. Free, fixed-ratio, and shape crops (rectangle, circle, star, triangle). Rotate, flip, or auto-straighten skewed documents. ADJUST & AUTO ENHANCE Fine-tune brightness, contrast, saturation, and exposure with live sliders, or tap Auto Enhance. Cinematic filters in one tap. BACKGROUND BLUR & COLOUR Powered by Apple Vision AI — blur the background for a portrait look, or swap it for any solid colour. ANNOTATE LIKE A PRO Arrows, shapes, lines, freehand pen, curves, and numbered step callouts. Customise stroke colour, thickness, and opacity. Annotate large images without cropping first. HIGHLIGHT & HIDE Spotlight key details, or pixelate sensitive info — faces, addresses, account numbers — before sharing. TEXT, STICKERS & OVERLAYS Full text styling with drag, pinch, and rotate. Emoji and shape stickers, plus photo overlays — long-press to remove a background on device. MORE TOOLS Date & location stamp, measurement ruler, speech bubbles, OCR text extraction, code scanner, translate, signature, watermark, frame, collage, photo stitch, webpage & map capture, blank canvas, and searchable PDF export. SHARE WITHOUT FRICTION Save to Photos or Files, print, copy, set as wallpaper, or share anywhere. Export lossless PNG, high-quality JPG, or HEIC. Generate custom PDFs with your choice of name, quality, and orientation. 76 LANGUAGES & THEMES Fully localised in 76 languages. Light, Dark, and Auto themes. PRIVACY FIRST All AI processing runs on device. Your photos never leave your iPhone or iPad. Feedback or suggestions? Contact us at support@appculus.com — we'd love to hear from you.

About

Bear

Enhance your typing with an AI-powered keyboard that integrates web search, synonyms, and text refinement tools. Access AI chatbots and use saved templates without leaving your current app.

Highlights
  • AI Chat (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity)
  • Auto Synonyms
  • Built-in Browser
  • AI Rewrite
  • Templates
Features
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The ultimate AI-powered keyboard designed to supercharge your typing. Access web search, synonyms, rewrites, and templates instantly—no app-switching required. • Stuck on a word? Smart synonyms appear as you type. • Polishing an email? Ask AI to refine it in one tap. • Fact‑check an Instagram comment? Instantly look it up with the built-in browser. 【Features】 1. AI Chat Talk to ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity without leaving the keyboard. 2. Auto Synonyms Live suggestions turn “love” into “passion,” “adore,” “cherish,” and more. 3. Built‑in Browser Perform web searches from any app—Instagram, Gmail, Notes, and more—thanks to the integrated keyboard browser. 4. Rewrite Shorten, formalize, expand, or rephrase any sentence with AI. 5. Templates Save and sync your favorite phrases; insert them with one tap.

Screenshots

Snap Markup4 screens
Bear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bear at Free against Snap Markup's $1.99. Bear also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Snap Markup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 50). On review sentiment, ads 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

Bear is free to download; Snap Markup costs $1.99 up front. Bear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snap Markup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snap Markup holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snap Markup has 3.5K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Snap Markup's written reviews are positive against 64% of Bear's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Snap Markup ships an update every 3 months, Bear fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Snap Markup versus Bear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnap MarkupBear
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (3.5K ratings) — better4.3 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews — better64.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3.5K — better50
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB116 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRaghvendra Bhargavakimihiro kubota

Customer experience

Snap Markup

All ratings3,526 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews286 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative20.3%

Bear

All ratings50 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Snap Markup

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard issues and disappearing controls
  • Inconsistent behavior when drawing or adding text
  • Saving and exporting problems
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to move and edit annotations
  • Improve text editing and formatting options
  • Implement more advanced markup tools (e.g. curved arrows, rounded shapes)
  • Allow color customization and recent color history
  • Integrate with cloud storage and sharing

Bear

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Snap Markup

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bear

One-time1
  • Direct WebSearch from Keybaord$19.99

Questions

Is Snap Markup free?
Snap Markup costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bear free?
Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Snap Markup or Bear?
Snap Markup is rated higher. Snap Markup averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Bear averages 4.3 from 50 ratings.
Do Snap Markup or Bear have ads?
Neither Snap Markup nor Bear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Snap Markup or Bear?
Snap Markup ships an update every 3 months, and Bear fortnightly. Most recently, Snap Markup was updated on October 22, 2026 and Bear on October 16, 2026.

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