Permanent Marker Stickers vs Animated Bugs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Permanent Marker Stickers
Enhance your iMessage conversations with a variety of permanent marker stickers. Express yourself by marking up, blacking out, or censoring messages and pictures. Customize placement, rotation, and size for a unique touch.
- Markup messages and pictures
- Blackout and censor content
- Redact sensitive information
- Express yourself with emojis and sayings
- Peel and place stickers
- Rotate and resize stickers
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Markup, blackout, censor, redact, express yourself, and leave a lasting impression with Permanent Marker Stickers for iMessage! Includes over 70 different stickers that you can peel and place on anything in your iMessage conversations. To place a sticker over a message or picture, long press on a sticker, and then drag and drop it where you want it. You can also rotate and resize stickers before dropping them by pulling apart with two fingers. If you enjoy using Permanent Marker Stickers, please take a moment to leave a review in the iMessage App Store. Thank you for the support!
Animated Bugs
Express your emotions with a collection of animated insect stickers. Overlay these creepy crawly emoticons on text or photos, and even resize and rotate them for the perfect message.
- Animated bug stickers
- Overlay on text/photos
- Resize and rotate stickers
- 39 total stickers
- Includes ants, flies, spiders, and more
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A premium set of Animated Bug sticker Emoticons / Emojis. If you love bugs then what better way to express your emotions than to use these creepy animated insect emoticons? Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings? The bugs are here to help. There are 39 fantastic stickers, including 28 animated ones. The pack has ants, flies, spiders, scorpions, bees, wasps and cockroaches. All crawling across your screen. Be the master of texting with a sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom! You can overlay these over text or photos. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker. Another new feature of iOS 10 is the option to send messages with effects, like having the message inflate, appear in a shower of balloons, or be hidden by invisible ink. To access effects, type your message or insert a picture in the text box, then 3D Touch (or tap and hold on older models) the send button instead of just tapping it as usual. If you haven’t used iMessage sticker packs then there are some traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist: 1. I’ve installed my sticker pack but can’t find it! (http://www.reefwing.com.au/?p=356) 2. I bought an iMessage Sticker pack on iTunes and can’t find it on my phone!! (http://www.reefwing.com.au/?p=323) Check out http://www.reefwing.com.au/ for more information. !! Follow us on Twitter. https://twitter.com/reefwing ‼ Like us on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ReefwingSoftware
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Permanent Marker Stickers at 77% against Animated Bugs's 0%. Permanent Marker Stickers also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.0 vs 2.3). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Permanent Marker Stickers is free to download; Animated Bugs costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Permanent Marker Stickers holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Permanent Marker Stickers has 77 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Permanent Marker Stickers's written reviews are positive against 0% of Animated Bugs's.
Permanent Marker Stickers ships an update every 2 months, Animated Bugs every 59 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Permanent Marker Stickers | Animated Bugs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (77 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 59 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Daniel Storm | Reefwing Software |
Customer experience
Permanent Marker Stickers
Animated Bugs
Bugs and requests
Permanent Marker Stickers
Reported bugs
19 issues- Error code 529
- App won't work
- Doesn't show up in stickers
- Erased (app was removed by developer)
- Could not log on for 5 days
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- Icons aren't with the keyboard, it's separate
- App won't open/Pulls up a blank screen
- Unable to access the app directly to remove it
- Sticker section was completely blank
- White stickers don't show up for users on Light theme
- No black marker text
- Can't delete this app
- How to Open It? (takes user to keyboard)
- Can't open or delete
- Does not behave like other stickers
- Where do I open it?
- It's hiding!!! (not in library or settings)
- Can't uninstall and takes $ w/o notice
- The App doesn't work anymore
Requested features
9 requests- Fix app not working issues
- Make stickers appear correctly
- Allow app deletion
- Improve theme compatibility
- Add black marker text
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- Fix login issues
- Make marks small enough for small words
- Add more stickers
- Make stickers available for other apps like Signal
Animated Bugs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Permanent Marker Stickers
No in-app purchases
Animated Bugs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Permanent Marker Stickers free?
Is Animated Bugs free?
Which has better reviews, Permanent Marker Stickers or Animated Bugs?
Do Permanent Marker Stickers or Animated Bugs have ads?
Which is updated more often, Permanent Marker Stickers or Animated Bugs?
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