iSticker Studio vs smilizard
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.
smilizard
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Cute lizard will make you and the recipient smile. This is useful when greeting or replying with a message app. Enjoy Japanese "Yurukawa" culture! "Yurukawa" means relaxed and cute. It is one of the otaku pop culture in Japan.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: smilizard at none against iSticker Studio's 1. smilizard also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, 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
Both are free to download. iSticker Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. smilizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
iSticker Studio ships an update every 9 days, smilizard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSticker Studio | smilizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 4.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | treeinspired GmbH | kupaberu |
In-app purchases
iSticker Studio
- iSticker Studio Pro$0.99
smilizard
No in-app purchases
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