Crying Shrimp vs Bippy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crying Shrimp
Add a touch of summer fun to your messages with animated stickers. This pack features charming shrimp characters enjoying the season. Express your summer vibes with unique visuals.
- Animated summer stickers
- Unique shrimp character designs
- Expressive summer themes
- Enhance messaging with visuals
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Animated sticker pack for summer! Enjoy summer! (Crying shrimp is Crystal red bee shrimp.) [ twitter / instagram : @pikaole ]
Bippy
Express your emotions with a collection of over 500 unique stickers featuring a charming frog character. Easily find the perfect sticker for any situation with organized tabs and a search function. Favorite your most-used stickers for quick access and customize your display.
- Over 500 unique stickers
- Stickers sorted by category
- Search function for stickers
- Favorite commonly used stickers
- Customizable grid display size
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Say hello to Bippy! He is a small and rotund frog who experiences a multitude of emotions and is here to help you express yours. Can never find the right words for what you're feeling? Have no fear, Bippy is here! With over 500 stickers (all included, no in-app purchases!), Bippy can help you get your message across without typing a single word. Send him to your friends, family, crush, boss, neighbor, mailman, food delivery driver person, etc. FEATURES TABS: the stickers are sorted into four categories for easier navigation- basics, activities, seasonal/others, misc SEARCH: With over 500 stickers, a search function is a must! Click the magnifying glass to access the search bar. FAVORITE: You can favorite your commonly used Bippy(s) for ease of use. Swipe up and click the magnifying glass, then click the heart next to the sticker you wish to favorite. GRID SIZE: You can now customize your display grid size, from a 3-column up to an 8-column. Happy texting! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You can follow Bippy and his adventures over on Instagram @bippyandfriends App written in tandem with Ronnie Nguyen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bippy at Free against Crying Shrimp's $0.99. Bippy also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 10). Crying Shrimp's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Bippy is free to download; Crying Shrimp costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Crying Shrimp against 4.9 for Bippy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bippy has 2.6K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Crying Shrimp's written reviews are positive against 95% of Bippy's.
Crying Shrimp ships an update every 38 months, Bippy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crying Shrimp | Bippy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.9 (2.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DAN BEE KIM | Christina Tran |
Customer experience
Crying Shrimp
Bippy
Bugs and requests
Crying Shrimp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bippy
Reported bugs
2 issues- App not opening or loading stickers properly for some users
- Inability to scroll through all the stickers, with the list getting cut off
Requested features
5 requests- Add more sticker options like a 'fart' Bippy, 'fairy' Bippy, 'preppy' Bippy, and stickers for specific emotions/situations
- Implement a search function and categorization to easily find the desired stickers
- Introduce a 'recently used' section for quick access to frequently used stickers
- Create a Bippy plushie or other merchandise
- Add more holiday-themed or seasonal Bippy stickers
In-app purchases
Crying Shrimp
No in-app purchases
Bippy
No in-app purchases
