Stickymappers vs Kuby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stickymappers
Send animated stickers to express your real-time status, like being late or early. Created by the team behind the popular Citymapper transport app, it offers a fun alternative to texting.
- Animated stickers
- Real-time status sharing
- Alternative to texting
- Created by Citymapper team
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Are you late? Are you early? Did the train eat your homework? Instead of texting (SO boring), send someone a Stickymapper. By the folks that built Citymapper, the ultimate transport app for cities (Apps of the Year, Watch App of the Year, Editor's Choice (surely also Green Animated Stickers of the Year soon... )).
Kuby
Enhance your iMessage conversations with a collection of 96 high-quality animated stickers featuring the trending Kuby cat. Express your emotions vividly and impress your friends with these adorable animated visuals.
- 96 high-quality animated stickers
- Features the trending Kuby cat
- Enhances iMessage conversations
- Expresses emotions vividly
- Cute and adorable designs
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● The Kuby cat is hot trending now on AppStore! ● Set of 96 high quality animated stickers of cute Kuby! This pack sticker will light up your iMessage conversation & take it to the next level! Amaze your friends and show how you REALLY feel with this cute sticker pack of 96 high quality animated stickers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stickymappers at none against Kuby's 2. Stickymappers also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Kuby's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 23 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 50%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Kuby sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Stickymappers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Stickymappers against 4.8 for Kuby. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kuby has 671 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Stickymappers's written reviews are positive against 78% of Kuby's.
Stickymappers ships an update every 23 months, Kuby every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stickymappers | Kuby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better | 4.8 (671 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 671 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Citymapper Limited | Luu Thi Tuyet Minh |
Customer experience
Stickymappers
Kuby
Bugs and requests
Stickymappers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Kuby
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sticker issues after app updates
- Inconsistent sticker behavior across devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add more free sticker options
- Expand sticker availability to other messaging apps
- Introduce mini-games or interactive features
In-app purchases
Stickymappers
No in-app purchases
Kuby
- Quby Donation Pack$0.99
- Quby full pack$1.19
Questions
Is Stickymappers free?
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Do Stickymappers or Kuby have ads?
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