Shapego vs CanvasFrog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shapego
Generate visually striking word clouds for presentations, marketing, and communication. Customize shapes, fonts, and word placement, then export in various formats including 4K Photoshop files. Ideal for professionals, educators, and anyone needing to communicate ideas visually.
- 20 new shapes
- 12 new fonts
- iPadOS trackpad/mouse support
- Shape text tool
- 4K Photoshop export
- Natural Language Processing for word highlighting
- Vector PDF export
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Massive 4.0 update: - 20 new shapes - 12 new fonts - iPadOS trackpad and mouse support - new shape text tool - 4K Photoshop export - better language detection - new margins tool - new outline tool - easily remove small words Shapego is a full-featured word cloud generator that gives you everything you need to create amazing word clouds for your presentations, marketing, and communication materials. Whether you are a marketing professional, a teacher, a social media manager, or somebody that wants to communicate a message in a visual manner, Shapego is the app you need. Shapego features a streamlined user interface that was built to fine-tune the appearance, shape, and position of the words that compose your word cloud. Once you are satisfied with your creations, Shapego lets you export to images, PDF vector documents or layered Photoshop files. Still have doubts? Here are some real-world use cases: • Need to brainstorm on a document and need a quick way to highlight the words that matter most? Shapego can help you by making a word cloud with only the most recurrent words thanks to iOS state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing technologies. • Need to express your ideas in a different way? Tired of the old PowerPoint thing? Just create a word cloud with Shapego and accurately position the key words of your message. • Need to engage your students? Let them write a description of an object or an animal and use Shapego to have their words laid out in a word cloud that has the shape of what they are describing. Shapego's privacy policy: https://www.libeapps.com/shapego/privacy.html
CanvasFrog
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CanvasFrog is a professional needlepoint mesh canvas design tool. Unlike pixel art editors, CanvasFrog renders authentic + thread intersections on open-weave mesh, which is how real needlepoint painting on a canvas looks. Features: - Paint, erase, and fill on realistic mesh canvas - Import reference images and trace designs - Full color palette with hex input and color picker - Symmetry drawing (vertical and horizontal) - Multiple brush sizes - Undo/redo history - Export as PNG or PDF - Save and open project files
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shapego at Free against CanvasFrog's $14.99. CanvasFrog's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). On ads, 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
Shapego is free to download; CanvasFrog costs $14.99 up front. Shapego sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CanvasFrog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shapego ships an update every 4 weeks, CanvasFrog every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shapego | CanvasFrog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (635 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 635 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Libero Spagnolini | GradeShark LLC |
Bugs and requests
Shapego
Reported bugs
4 issues- Words disappear or don't show up as expected
- App crashes when trying to import custom shapes
- Paid upgrades don't always work as expected
- Inconsistent behavior across devices and versions
Requested features
5 requests- Allow resizing and positioning of individual words
- Add more shape options, including rectangles and portrait orientation
- Improve export options for use in other applications
- Add ability to control word spacing and placement
- Provide better guidance and documentation
CanvasFrog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shapego
- Basic Edition$9.99
- Standard Edition$12.99
- Premium Edition$17.99
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- Commercial Edition$24.99
CanvasFrog
No in-app purchases









