Stixel vs CollaboWrite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stixel
Design unique pixel art stickers with a retro 80s aesthetic for messaging apps. Unleash your creativity to craft masterpieces or simple drawings and animations to share with friends.
- Pixel art sticker creation
- Retro 80s aesthetic
- Drawings and animations
- Share to WhatsApp
- Share to Messages
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Create your own stickers in pixel art style, like it’s the 80's again! Wait…there wasn't WhatsApp or Messages stickers back in the 80's. Boom! An even more interesting experience then: A mashup of cultures. A triumph of art over time!!! Check out our very amateurish samples: you think you can do better? Let your creativity run wild, create masterpieces or just very simple, kiddish-like drawings and animations. It's your board and you do what you want with it. Then you can send your stickers to Whatsapp and share them with your BFFs. Have fun! Yours, The Stixel team.
CollaboWrite
Collaborate with friends or strangers to write stories remotely. Players take turns adding to a narrative, starting with a prompt and passing it on until the story is complete. Save and share your creations.
- Remote story collaboration
- Turn-based writing
- Story prompts and genre selection
- Add media to stories
- Save stories as PDF
- Share stories online
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Write stories together remotely using your phone or mobile device. Similar to the classic game “pass the story”, up to six collaborators take turns writing parts of a story. The player that starts is given a story prompt such as “Once Upon a Time…” they write their portion of the story which can be as long or as short as they like. When their story entry is complete, they then pass the story to the next player who continues the story and the cycle repeats until all the writers feel the story is finished. CollaborWrite can be used for both serious writers looking to create a masterpiece or even a group of friends looking for a fun party game! Features: - Choose the genre of your story using prompt bundles - Write stories with friends or ask to join other users online - Send pictures or short videos to add to the story during your turn - Save your finished story as a PDF - Share your story to the online catalog so other users can read your work
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stixel at none against CollaboWrite's 5. Stixel also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 2). CollaboWrite's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. CollaboWrite sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Stixel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stixel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stixel has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Stixel's written reviews are positive against 100% of CollaboWrite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Stixel | CollaboWrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (25 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karina Palladino | CollaboWrite Inc |
Customer experience
Stixel
CollaboWrite
In-app purchases
Stixel
No in-app purchases
CollaboWrite
- Fantasy Prompts Bundle$0.99
- Drama Prompts Bundle$0.99
- Fairy Tale Prompts Bundle$0.99
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- Horror Prompts Bundle$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99









