Annotate for iMessage vs BubbleX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Annotate for iMessage
Enhance your photos and messages with a collection of shapes, arrows, and scribbles. Easily draw attention to specific details, mark locations, or highlight faces. These interactive stickers can be resized, rotated, and placed directly into conversations.
- Shapes and arrows for emphasis
- Scribble tool
- Resize and rotate stickers
- Direct iMessage integration
- Annotate photos and screenshots
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Annotate is a super useful pack of shapes, arrows, and more to help draw attention to specific parts of a picture. These stickers make it easy to pinpoint a good meeting point on a landscape shot or circle your face in a crowded photo. You can even use it to scribble out your friend’s messages if you’re feeling cruel! It’s easy to use: press and hold to grab a sticker, pinch to resize or rotate, and place it straight into the conversation! You can use these stickers to annotate photos, screenshots or even message bubbles. Get creative!
BubbleX
Create personalized text stickers for your messages with a vast array of customization options. Easily design unique stickers with custom text, backgrounds, fonts, colors, and effects to express your emotions and enhance conversations.
- Create personalized text stickers
- Customizable text, fonts, colors, and effects
- Add emojis and graphics
- Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- Share creations on messaging platforms
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Welcome to BubbleX, the ultimate text stickers maker app that lets you create fun and personalized stickers to add to your messages. With BubbleX, you can make your conversations come alive with a huge range of customizable text stickers that perfectly express your emotions. With our intuitive interface, it's easy to create your own text stickers in just a few taps. Simply choose a background image, add some text, and customize your design with a variety of font styles, colors, and effects. You can even add emojis and other fun graphics to make your stickers even more unique. Our app is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive, so you can focus on creating the perfect sticker for any occasion. Whether you want to say "I love you", "Happy birthday", or just want to send a silly message to your friends, BubbleX has the perfect sticker for you. Key features of BubbleX include: - A huge library of pre-designed stickers to choose from - Easy-to-use customization tools for creating your own text stickers - A wide range of font styles, colors, and effects to choose from - Share your creations with friends on social media and messaging platforms With BubbleX, you can take your messaging game to the next level and express yourself like never before. Download the app today and start creating your own personalized text stickers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Annotate for iMessage at 5.0 against BubbleX's 3.8. Annotate for iMessage also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). BubbleX's advantage is ratings volume (132 vs 4). On price 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. BubbleX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Annotate for iMessage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Annotate for iMessage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BubbleX has 132 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Annotate for iMessage's written reviews are positive against 62% of BubbleX's.
| Parameter | Annotate for iMessage | BubbleX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.8 (132 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 62.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 132 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Intelligenti Ltd | Cao Tran |
Customer experience
Annotate for iMessage
BubbleX
Bugs and requests
Annotate for iMessage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BubbleX
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes on launch for some users
- Stickers fail to load in iMessage
- Stickers appear mixed with other selections
- Sticker placement goes to the side instead of covering text
- App kicks users out when trying to access stickers
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- Stickers too small to cover original messages
- Automatic responses feature malfunctions
- App doesn't uninstall properly
- Stickers send as pictures to recipients instead of appearing as overlays
- Text cutoff for longer messages
- Stickers don't show on recipient's device
- App incompatible with some iPhone models
Requested features
13 requests- Increase character limit for custom text (30+ characters)
- Increase custom sticker limit (more than 10-20)
- Add ability to upload personal pictures as stickers
- Create custom emoji functionality
- Dark mode option
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- Improve sticker placement and sizing controls
- Better visibility preview before placing stickers
- Monthly sticker additions/updates
- Make stickers replace text instead of overlaying
- Remove or reduce ads
- Add ability to delete custom stickers easily
- Change sticker colors
- Larger text message spaces for longer sentences
In-app purchases
Annotate for iMessage
No in-app purchases
BubbleX
- BubbleX Pro$5.99
Questions
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