Comparison

StickLing Sticker Maker Studio vs SidecarBridge

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

Head to head
About

StickLing Sticker Maker Studio

Create custom stickers for your favorite messaging apps using your own photos. Features include advanced cutting tools, text, emojis, filters, and meme support. Now with augmented reality to use your stickers in the real world.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality sticker usage
  • Create stickers for iMessage, WhatsApp, Line, etc.
  • Free form and pre-defined cutting tools
  • Image filters and text with emoji support
  • Meme support
  • Sticker pack management
Features
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Make your own stickers in seconds – from any photo, Live Photo, video, text or emoji – and send them in Messages, paste them anywhere or share them with friends. 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 SEVEN 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 • Imagine: describe a sticker and Image Playground creates it (Apple Intelligence required) USE THEM EVERYWHERE • iMessage app with all your packs – tap to send or peel onto a bubble • Copy and paste into any app, drag and drop, share sheet • "Make Sticker" right from the share sheet in Photos and Safari • Shortcuts and Siri: "Make a sticker with StickLing" • Sticker of the Day widget ORGANIZED AND SYNCED • Packs with covers, move and delete in bulk • Synced across iPhone and iPad with iCloud PRO Free: unlimited photo, text, emoji and drawing stickers, three packs, three animated stickers and three AI stickers per day. Pro unlocks unlimited animated and AI stickers and unlimited packs. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Your photos stay on your device – cutouts are made on-device. Made in Switzerland by treeinspired.

About

SidecarBridge

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SidecarBridge turns your iPhone or iPad into a private local viewer and remote-control surface for your Mac. Pair once with the companion Mac app, then connect over the same Wi-Fi or a nearby peer-to-peer link. View your desktop and control it with touch, a trackpad, Magic Keyboard, or Apple Pencil. FEATURES • One-time-code pairing with encrypted local sessions and remembered trusted devices • Direct local-network and nearby peer-to-peer connection paths • Adaptive, hardware-encoded Mac screen streaming with quality and frame-rate controls • Touch and trackpad gestures: click, drag, scroll, pinch-to-zoom, and left/right/double click • Standard and special on-screen keyboard controls, with hardware keyboard support • Chinese/English input switching and common modifier/navigation keys • Encrypted file transfer with visible transfer progress and an in-app file area • Recovery after short app switches or network stalls PRIVACY AND REQUIREMENTS Both devices need SidecarBridge. The Mac companion requires Screen Recording permission to stream the display and Accessibility permission for remote input. Sessions stay on your local or nearby link; SidecarBridge does not relay your screen through a cloud server. SidecarBridge mirrors the Mac's main display. It does not create a native extended display and does not bypass Apple's security, code-signing, device-management, or App Store protections.

Screenshots

StickLing Sticker Maker Studio4 screens
SidecarBridge1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SidecarBridge at none against StickLing Sticker Maker Studio's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StickLing Sticker Maker Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SidecarBridge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StickLing Sticker Maker Studio ships an update every 5 days, SidecarBridge every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
StickLing Sticker Maker Studio versus SidecarBridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStickLing Sticker Maker StudioSidecarBridge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertreeinspired GmbHchienchung Yu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

StickLing Sticker Maker Studio

One-time1
  • StickLing Pro - Remove Ads$1.99
None

SidecarBridge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StickLing Sticker Maker Studio free?
StickLing Sticker Maker Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SidecarBridge free?
SidecarBridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StickLing Sticker Maker Studio or SidecarBridge have ads?
Neither StickLing Sticker Maker Studio nor SidecarBridge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StickLing Sticker Maker Studio or SidecarBridge?
StickLing Sticker Maker Studio ships an update every 5 days, and SidecarBridge every 6 days. Most recently, StickLing Sticker Maker Studio was updated on October 17, 2026 and SidecarBridge on October 16, 2026.

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