Text Bytes vs Faces on Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Bytes
Express yourself with a collection of 8-bit style text bubbles and functional replies. This app offers over 100 unique stickers to enhance your messages and make conversations more engaging.
- 100+ all new stickers
- 8-bit text mashup style
- Functional text replies
- iMessage integration
- Old school meets new school design
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Old school meets new school in this 8-bit text mashup. Reply to your friends with these killer 8-bit bubbles and be cooler than cool. Avoid grammar snobs with correct responses in style! 100+ all new stickers and more to come for the all new iMessage!' Lots of functional text replies: • BOUNCE • BOOTS • B4N • LIT • OTP • SUS • WOKE • TTYL • YASSSS • DIME • OBVI • And TONS more!
Faces on Things
Create and share humorous stickers featuring everyday objects with expressive faces. Explore a range of emotions from happy to annoyed, all on common items.
- Stickers with faces on objects
- Expressive emotions
- Shareable content
- Variety of objects
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Share silly stickers that quite simply have faces on things. From a happy orange, to an annoyed orange, all the emotions are covered!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Faces on Things at 5.0 against Text Bytes's 2.9. Text Bytes's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Faces on Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Bytes has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Text Bytes ships an update every 8 days, Faces on Things every 16 months. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Text Bytes | Faces on Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frosty Pop | ZooKeeper Media LLC |
Customer experience
Text Bytes
Faces on Things
In-app purchases
Text Bytes
No in-app purchases
Faces on Things
No in-app purchases
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