Comparison

Callout! vs Angry Zen

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

Head to head
About

Callout!

Transform your typed messages into dynamic, animated text stickers for iMessage. Express yourself with custom animations using any text, emoji, or ASCII art.

Highlights
  • Animated text stickers
  • Customizable text input
  • Supports emoji and ASCII art
  • iMessage integration
  • Dynamic conversation enhancement
Features
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Spice up your conversations - Callout! brings animated text stickers to iMessage. Anything you can express in words (or emoji, or characters, or ASCII Art, or whatever you can type and what fits the sticker box, really) will be turned into an animated text sticker!

About

Angry Zen

Add expressive comic-style stickers to your messages. These can be layered on top of conversations, images, or even other stickers to enhance your communication.

Highlights
  • Expressive comic-style stickers
  • Stickers can be peeled and placed
  • Layer stickers on messages
  • Layer stickers on images
  • Layer stickers on other stickers
Features
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Express yourself with brief strips × grawlixes. You can peel and place these stickers on anything in your conversation — bubbles, images, or even other stickers. BE WELL.

Screenshots

Callout!1 screens
Angry Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Callout! at free against Angry Zen's paid. Angry Zen's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 25 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Angry Zen holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Callout! ships an update every 25 months, Angry Zen every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Callout! versus Angry Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCallout!Angry Zen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertelethon k.k.Eval'das Sichyunas

Customer experience

Callout!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Angry Zen

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Callout!

No in-app purchases

None

Angry Zen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Callout! free?
Callout! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Angry Zen free?
Angry Zen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Callout! or Angry Zen?
Angry Zen is rated higher. Callout! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Angry Zen averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Callout! or Angry Zen have ads?
Neither Callout! nor Angry Zen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Callout! or Angry Zen?
Callout! ships an update every 25 months, and Angry Zen every 3 weeks. Most recently, Callout! was updated on October 11, 2026 and Angry Zen on October 11, 2026.

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