iSticker Studio vs Image Stickers for iMessage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSticker Studio
Create personalized stickers for iMessage and FaceTime. Easily design custom stickers using your photos, adding text and filters to express yourself. Make your conversations more fun and unique with your own creations.
- Create custom stickers
- Use photos from camera roll
- Add text and filters
- Zoom and crop tools
- Save and send stickers
- iMessage and FaceTime integration
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iSticker Studio lives right inside Messages: make your own stickers from any photo, Live Photo, video, text or emoji – and send them without leaving the conversation. GOOD TO KNOW iSticker Studio is an iMessage app. You find it in Messages: tap + next to the text field, then iSticker Studio. It has no icon on the Home Screen. CUT OUT ANYTHING • Pick a photo and the subject pops right out, fully on your device • Several people or pets in one shot? Choose who makes it onto the sticker • Or go round: circle, rounded or the whole photo THE REAL STICKER LOOK • White outline in four strengths – or any color you like • Soft drop shadow • Meme-style captions in seven bold fonts MAKE IT MOVE • Live Photos and videos become animated stickers • Every frame is cut out, with boomerang and speed controls • Automatically sized to fit Messages SIX WAYS TO CREATE • Photo and camera • Live Photo and video • Text stickers with bold outlines • Emoji and Genmoji • Doodles with Apple Pencil or your finger MADE FOR MESSAGES • A new sticker lands straight in your message, ready to send • Tap a sticker to send it, or touch and hold to peel it onto a bubble • Packs with covers, move and delete in bulk • Copy a sticker and paste it into any other app PRO Free: unlimited photo, text, emoji and drawing stickers, three packs and three animated stickers. Pro is a one-time purchase – no subscription – and unlocks unlimited animated stickers and unlimited packs. Bought Pro in an earlier version? It is still yours: tap Restore Purchases. Your photos and stickers stay on your device – cutouts are made on-device. Made in Switzerland by treeinspired.
Image Stickers for iMessage
Easily create custom iMessage stickers by cropping your own photos. Drag and drop your unique creations into conversations and resize them before sending.
- Smart photo cropping
- Generate unique iMessage stickers
- Drag and drop sticker insertion
- Resize stickers before sending
- Create from your own images
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Make your Image Sticker by Smart Cropping your own images and generate unique iMessage Stickers. How to add a sticker to a conversation: 1. Open Messages and tap the Compose button to start writing a new message. Or go to an existing conversation. 2. Swipe left or right over the app drawer to find the one that you want to use. 3. Then tap the app to open it. If you want to add a sticker, touch and hold the sticker and then drag it to the message bubble. The sticker will automatically be sent after you've added it to the message. You can also pinch or zoom to resize stickers before sending.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Image Stickers for iMessage at 50% against iSticker Studio's 4%. Image Stickers for iMessage also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). iSticker Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. iSticker Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Image Stickers for iMessage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Image Stickers for iMessage holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of iSticker Studio's written reviews are positive against 50% of Image Stickers for iMessage's.
iSticker Studio ships an update every 9 days, Image Stickers for iMessage every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSticker Studio | Image Stickers for iMessage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (23 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | treeinspired GmbH | Laszlo Tuss |
Customer experience
iSticker Studio
Image Stickers for iMessage
In-app purchases
iSticker Studio
- iSticker Studio Pro$0.99
Image Stickers for iMessage
No in-app purchases
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