Comparison

Imprint vs Add Text

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

Head to head
About

Imprint

Easily add text, captions, and quotes to your photos. Customize text color, size, and font to create personalized images for social media, documentation, or memes. Your original photos remain untouched.

Highlights
  • Add unlimited text
  • Customizable text color, size, and font
  • Easy sharing to social media
  • Original photos unmodified
  • No subscriptions or ads
Features
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Imprint is an easy-to-use image editor that allows you to add text and captions to your photos. - Add cute captions to pet pics - Create perfect photos to post - Write meaningful quotes on your own background - Name people in group pictures - Document your vacation - Make personalized memes - Watermark or sign your photos - Annotate important documents - And much more! Features • NO subscriptions, in-app purchases, or advertisements • Add as much text as you want • Color your text with millions of colors using hue, saturation, and brightness sliders • Make text tiny, huge, and every size in-between • Font Quick-Select lets you easily find the best font for your picture, and the detail menu lets you browse all font options • Easily send to Photos, Messages, Email, Instagram, Facebook, and any other social network or app • Share photos with family and friends • Your original photos are unmodified How to Use: 1. Pick photo from library 2. Add, move, and edit text, color, font and size 3. Profit! We are just getting started with Imprint so please leave a review with what you like or email us at help@imprintphotos.com with what you think could be improved!

About

Add Text

Easily add stylish text and captions to your photos. Customize with hundreds of fonts, colors, and formatting options to create unique visual artworks. Offers a free version with optional premium features.

Highlights
  • Unlimited text layers
  • Hundreds of free fonts
  • Customizable colors
  • Adjustable letter spacing and line height
  • 3D perspective text
  • Shadow effects
Features
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Add beautiful text layers and captions to your photos with Add Text. With hundreds of unique fonts and colors, you can turn your photos into artworks! TEXT LAYERS Add and style an unlimited number of text layers. Simply double tap on the screen to create a new text layer and use your finger to position it on the photo. FONTS Hundreds of unique fonts that will make your artworks stand out. They are all for free! COLORS Bring life to your photos by using the hand-selected colors from the color palette. FORMAT Change the letter spacing and line height of your text layers. PERSPECTIVE Give your text layers a 3D feel by changing their perspective. Rotate your text in all dimensions! SHADOW Add shadow and change the opacity of your text layers. ----------------- While Add Text is completely free to use, some additional design elements (such as premium fonts and graphics) require a paid subscription. Please see the subscriptions details below. - The subscription is automatically renewed every month or year until cancelled. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Apple ID account settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. About Subscriptions - http://appostrophe.se/add-text/subscriptions.html Terms of Use - http://appostrophe.se/add-text/terms.html Privacy Policy - http://appostrophe.se/add-text/privacy.html

Screenshots

Imprint4 screens
Add Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Imprint at none against Add Text's 7. Imprint also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Add Text's advantage is ratings volume (65K vs 5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Add Text sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Imprint asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Imprint holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Add Text has 65K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Imprint's written reviews are positive against 69% of Add Text's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Imprint versus Add Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImprintAdd Text
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (65K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings565K — better
Update frequencyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim GostonyAppostrophe AB

Customer experience

Imprint

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Add Text

All ratings65,447 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews413 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative25.4%

Bugs and requests

Imprint

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Add Text

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to paste text
  • Text color changes unexpectedly when saving
  • Difficulty moving and resizing text boxes
  • Glitches with recent iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to adjust text alignment
  • Implement zoom and layer tools
  • Allow importing custom fonts
  • Add more advanced editing features
  • Fix color changing issues when saving

In-app purchases

None

Imprint

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Add Text

Subscriptions7
  • Extra7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Extra7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Extra7 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Extra7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Extra7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Extra7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Extra7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Imprint free?
Imprint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Add Text free?
Add Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Imprint or Add Text?
Imprint is rated higher. Imprint averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Add Text averages 4.7 from 65K ratings.
Do Imprint or Add Text have ads?
Add Text shows ads; Imprint does not.

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