Comparison

Melonade vs Christmas Shining Lights

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

Head to head
About

Melonade

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Message your friends, family and loved ones with this Melonade Summer Sticker Pack for iMessage. 28 stickers will express what you are thinking and feeling in a colorful and joyful manner. The sticker pack includes different sweet stuff. Mmm, Yummy! How to use stickers: – Tap a sticker to add it your message thread – Drag a sticker into the message thread to place it on another sticker, photo or just anywhere you want – Scale and Rotate stickers by using a second finger before you place them in the text bubble ————— Have fun chatting with this sticker pack. Happy summer. Melonade 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

About

Christmas Shining Lights

Enhance your iMessage conversations with animated magical stickers. Share emotions and ideas in a fun style, adding intensity with iMessage Effects. Customize sticker size and placement for a unique touch.

Highlights
  • Animated magical stickers
  • iMessage Effects
  • Peel and stick functionality
  • Resizeable stickers
  • Wide variety of Christmas themes
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This sticker app pack is going to help you sharing your emotions and ideas in a funny style with your iMessage contacts. Give it a twist, with a grain of intensity to your conversations adding iMessage Effects. There is a wide variety of Christmas Shine Stickers you can choose from this app. Peel and stick them over other conversation bubbles, images, photos, even on other stickers. You can resize them, using pinch gesture when you peel them.

Screenshots

Melonade4 screens
Christmas Shining Lights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Melonade at $0.99 against Christmas Shining Lights's $1.99. Melonade also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Melonade costs $0.99 and Christmas Shining Lights $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melonade ships an update every 23 months, Christmas Shining Lights every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Melonade versus Christmas Shining Lights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelonadeChristmas Shining Lights
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—1.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIlya GruzhevskiArturo Estrada De Leon

In-app purchases

None

Melonade

No in-app purchases

None

Christmas Shining Lights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Melonade free?
Melonade costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Christmas Shining Lights free?
Christmas Shining Lights costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Melonade or Christmas Shining Lights have ads?
Neither Melonade nor Christmas Shining Lights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Melonade or Christmas Shining Lights?
Melonade ships an update every 23 months, and Christmas Shining Lights every 12 months. Most recently, Melonade was updated on October 26, 2026 and Christmas Shining Lights on October 19, 2026.

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