Tagtool vs Texture Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tagtool
Transform your tablet into a live visual instrument for painting with light and creating spontaneous animations. Collaborate with others for performances or improvised storytelling. Explore a new dimension of digital art.
- Live visual instrument
- Paint with light
- Create spontaneous animations
- Improvised storytelling
- Multiplayer jamming
- Projector connectivity
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Tagtool transforms your iPad into a visual live instrument. Connect a projector to paint with light, draw expressive animations, or tell improvised stories. Jam with friends on a shared canvas, perform live shows, or create pop-up street art. From classrooms and workshops to galleries and live stages, Tagtool fills any space with colorful art, created together. Whether you're a VJ, artist, educator, or just curious — discover a new universe of digital art!
Texture Maker
Design custom textures and apply them as text overlays on your photos. This tool allows for creative customization of images with unique visual elements.
- Create custom textures
- Apply textures to photos
- Add textured text to images
- Image customization tool
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創造自己想要的材質，也可以在照片上放上特別材質的文字 Create the texture you want, you can also put special texture text on the photo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tagtool at 69% against Texture Maker's 0%. Tagtool also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Texture Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Tagtool sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Texture Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tagtool holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tagtool has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Tagtool's written reviews are positive against 0% of Texture Maker's.
Tagtool ships an update every 8 months, Texture Maker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tagtool | Texture Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OMA International | Yihang Huang |
Customer experience
Tagtool
Texture Maker
In-app purchases
Tagtool
- Tagtool Pro$19.99
Texture Maker
No in-app purchases
