Annotate for iMessage vs Bippy
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!
Bippy
Express your emotions with a collection of over 500 unique stickers featuring a charming frog character. Easily find the perfect sticker for any situation with organized tabs and a search function. Favorite your most-used stickers for quick access and customize your display.
- Over 500 unique stickers
- Stickers sorted by category
- Search function for stickers
- Favorite commonly used stickers
- Customizable grid display size
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Say hello to Bippy! He is a small and rotund frog who experiences a multitude of emotions and is here to help you express yours. Can never find the right words for what you're feeling? Have no fear, Bippy is here! With over 500 stickers (all included, no in-app purchases!), Bippy can help you get your message across without typing a single word. Send him to your friends, family, crush, boss, neighbor, mailman, food delivery driver person, etc. FEATURES TABS: the stickers are sorted into four categories for easier navigation- basics, activities, seasonal/others, misc SEARCH: With over 500 stickers, a search function is a must! Click the magnifying glass to access the search bar. FAVORITE: You can favorite your commonly used Bippy(s) for ease of use. Swipe up and click the magnifying glass, then click the heart next to the sticker you wish to favorite. GRID SIZE: You can now customize your display grid size, from a 3-column up to an 8-column. Happy texting! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You can follow Bippy and his adventures over on Instagram @bippyandfriends App written in tandem with Ronnie Nguyen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bippy at 2.6K against Annotate for iMessage's 4. Annotate for iMessage's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Annotate for iMessage against 4.9 for Bippy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bippy has 2.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Annotate for iMessage's written reviews are positive against 95% of Bippy's.
| Parameter | Annotate for iMessage | Bippy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (2.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Intelligenti Ltd | Christina Tran |
Customer experience
Annotate for iMessage
Bippy
Bugs and requests
Annotate for iMessage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bippy
Reported bugs
2 issues- App not opening or loading stickers properly for some users
- Inability to scroll through all the stickers, with the list getting cut off
Requested features
5 requests- Add more sticker options like a 'fart' Bippy, 'fairy' Bippy, 'preppy' Bippy, and stickers for specific emotions/situations
- Implement a search function and categorization to easily find the desired stickers
- Introduce a 'recently used' section for quick access to frequently used stickers
- Create a Bippy plushie or other merchandise
- Add more holiday-themed or seasonal Bippy stickers
In-app purchases
Annotate for iMessage
No in-app purchases
Bippy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Annotate for iMessage free?
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