iCaughtTheToothFairy vs Elf Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCaughtTheToothFairy
Easily add realistic Tooth Fairy stickers to your photos to create magical memories. Surprise children with images of the fairy in their own homes. Save and share your creations, with options to purchase additional character packs.
- Realistic fairy photo stickers
- High-quality sticker designs
- Create unlimited pictures
- Save and share photos
- Purchase additional character packs
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Your Photo + Our Tooth Fairy = Proof Positive! Magically insert Tooth Fairy stickers into any photo. Imagine the look of wonder and surprise when a child you love sees a photo of the Tooth fairy in your very own home. + WE HAVE REAL FAIRY PHOTO STICKERS + NO CARTOONS HERE ~ JUST HIGH-QUALITY STICKERS With this app you can create, save and share unlimited pictures made with some of our most popular characters. If you like what you see ~ and we know you will ~ you can purchase dozens more amazing character images for one low price! Created with love at iCaughtTheToothFairy.com ~ "Where Parents get Proof!"
Elf Studio
Create magical videos and photos of Santa and his elves visiting your home using augmented reality. Place characters in any environment, customize their appearance and animations, and record your own festive scenes.
- Add Santa Claus and elves
- Unlimited elves and recording time
- Create custom elves with Elf Workshop
- Customize elf outfits and accessories
- Elves with walking and dancing animations
- Pre-plan or perform animations
- Customize lighting, shadows, and camera filters
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Welcome to Elf Studio! The latest technological marvel to come from the Software Elves here at the North Pole Command Center (Creators of Speak to Santa)! Elf Studio gives you the tools create video or photographic proof of Santa & his elves visiting your house! Using the power of Augmented Reality, you can now place elves & Santa Claus into any environment (as long as it's flat)! After setting your elves down, start recording! It's that simple! Your elves can dance, skip, run, stumble, breakdance, jump, moonwalk and even perform the Thriller dance! Check out these features: - Add Santa Claus as well as his elves to your scenes! - No limit to number of elves that can be placed in a scene, 1, 10, 100, it's up to you! - No recording limits, record for 10 minutes if you want! - Take pictures of your elves as well as recording them on film! - Create your own elves with the Elf Workshop! Thousands of different elf creations are possible! - Completely customise your elf outfits with up to 60 different colours! - Now with Elf Glasses! Add some funky sunglasses, or some nice reading glasses to your elf creations! - Walking elves! Place down some candy canes and your elf will follow them! Endless possibilities when combined with other elves! With tons of different walking animations to choose from! - Standing elves! Place down elves that can perform an action, or just idle with over 200 animations to choose from! - Dancing elves! Place down elves that can perform one of over 50 different dances! From breakdancing to Gangnam Style! - Intuitive system to either preplan animations with candy cane waypoints before recording starts, or perform an animation once recording has already started! - Customise lighting and shadows! Make your elves blend into any environment by changing the lighting direction, lighting colour and brightness! - Camera filters! Its so simple! Scan an environment like a living room, garden, bedroom! Add some elves, set up your lighting and shadows, hit record! Once recording choose more animations to play! Made by the software elves here at the North Pole Command Center!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Elf Studio at none against iCaughtTheToothFairy's shown. Elf Studio also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 268). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. iCaughtTheToothFairy sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Elf Studio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for iCaughtTheToothFairy against 4.7 for Elf Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elf Studio has 3.7K ratings behind it against 268, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of iCaughtTheToothFairy's written reviews are positive against 45% of Elf Studio's.
iCaughtTheToothFairy ships an update every 6 months, Elf Studio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 6, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCaughtTheToothFairy | Elf Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (268 ratings) | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 268 | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catch A Character, LLC | North Pole Command Centre Limited |
Customer experience
iCaughtTheToothFairy
Elf Studio
Bugs and requests
iCaughtTheToothFairy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Elf Studio
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to scan surfaces for elf placement
- Crashes and freezes when trying to use app
Requested features
3 requests- More free customization options
- Ability to save and share created scenes
- Improved surface detection for elf placement
In-app purchases
iCaughtTheToothFairy
- Fairy Sticker Pack 1$0.99
- Santa Sticker Pack 1$0.99
- Bunny Sticker Pack 1$0.99
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- Bundle Sticker Pack 1$1.99
- Sticker Pack 1 (Fairy Lite)$2.99
Elf Studio
- Unlock Elf Studio$1.991 Month
- Elf Studio™ - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Unlock Elf Studio$3.991 Year
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- Elf Studio™ - Annual$6.991 Year
- 50+ Elf Dance Animations$0.99
- 1 Credit - Pro Price$1.99
- 5 Credits - Pro Price$5.99
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- 10 Credits - Pro Price$9.99
- Elf Studio - Lifetime Pass$19.99
- 25 Credits - Pro Price$22.99
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