Comparison

Small Seal vs Hermit & Crab

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

Head to head
About

Small Seal

Express your emotions with a collection of cute and animated seal stickers. Share adorable emoticons with friends, family, and loved ones to add a personal touch to your messages.

Highlights
  • Animated seal stickers
  • Cute emoticons
  • Collection of seal stickers
  • Share with friends and family
  • Express emotions
Features
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Small Seal - Animated Stickers And Emoticons Cute seal emoticon! Express your emotion with seal emoticon! :D + The most mesmerizing and cutest collection of Small Seal Stickers. + Cute and adorable Stickers, I love it. + Cool stickers for your lover, relative, friends, family, cousin etc.

About

Hermit & Crab

Add charming animated stickers featuring a hermit crab and its crab friends to your messages. Express yourself with these fun, character-driven packs.

Highlights
  • Animated sticker packs
  • Hermit crab characters
  • Crab characters
  • Expressive animations
  • Fun messaging additions
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Crab and Hermit crab animated sticker packs. Have fun with little crab! twitter / instagram : @pikaole

Screenshots

Small Seal2 screens
Hermit & Crab3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hermit & Crab at 4.9 against Small Seal's 3.0. Hermit & Crab also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and update cadence (every 19 months vs every 39 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Small Seal costs $0.99 and Hermit & Crab $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hermit & Crab holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hermit & Crab has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Small Seal ships an update every 39 months, Hermit & Crab every 19 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Small Seal versus Hermit & Crab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmall SealHermit & Crab
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 19 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKien NguyenDAN BEE KIM

Customer experience

Small Seal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Hermit & Crab

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Small Seal

No in-app purchases

None

Hermit & Crab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Small Seal free?
Small Seal costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hermit & Crab free?
Hermit & Crab costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Small Seal or Hermit & Crab?
Hermit & Crab is rated higher. Small Seal averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Hermit & Crab averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do Small Seal or Hermit & Crab have ads?
Neither Small Seal nor Hermit & Crab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Small Seal or Hermit & Crab?
Small Seal ships an update every 39 months, and Hermit & Crab every 19 months. Most recently, Small Seal was updated on November 2, 2026 and Hermit & Crab on November 2, 2026.

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