Comparison

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ vs Animating Reaction Tapback

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

Head to head
About

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆

Enhance your iMessage conversations with a diverse collection of text bubble stickers. Express emotions and ideas in a fun, dynamic style by layering these stickers over messages, photos, or even other stickers. Customize their size for a unique touch.

Highlights
  • Expressive text bubble stickers
  • Enhance iMessage conversations
  • Layer stickers over content
  • Resize stickers with pinch gesture
  • Add intensity to chats
  • Variety of sticker designs
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This sticker app pack is going to help you sharing your emotions and ideas in a funny style with your iMessage contacts. Give it a twist, with a grain of intensity to your conversations adding iMessage Effects. There is a wide variety of Text Bubble Stickers you can choose from this app, peel and stick them over other conversation bubbles, images, photos, even on other stickers. You can resize them, using pinch gesture when you peel them.

About

Animating Reaction Tapback

Enhance your iMessage conversations with animated stickers that mimic Apple's Tapbacks and Reactions. These dynamic stickers add a unique flair to your messages, animating with subtle fades and enlargements.

Highlights
  • Animated stickers for iMessage
  • Mimics Apple's Tapbacks & Reactions
  • Subtle shrinking and enlarging animations
  • Letter-by-letter appearance effect
  • Easy drag-and-drop functionality
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Animating Reaction Tapback is an iMessage sticker pack app which contains animating stickers in the style of Apple’s Tapbacks & Reactions. Each icon fades in and out whilst slightly shrinking and enlarging, and each letter appears after another in order. WHY YOU’LL LOVE ANIMATING TAPBACKS: The sticker pack app mimics Apple’s Tapbacks, while adding a custom spin to it, to make the stickers animate! Drag a sticker to the top left corner of a message to show off your stickers just like Apple's Tapbacks or reactions. GET IN TOUCH: If you have any questions or feedback, I'm all ears. Animating Reaction Tapback was created by an individual in his free time, and I’d love to know what you think. I’m available through Twitter @elohohel.

Screenshots

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆4 screens
Animating Reaction Tapback4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Animating Reaction Tapback at 100% against Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆'s 50%. Animating Reaction Tapback also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆'s advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On 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

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ is free to download; Animating Reaction Tapback costs $2.99 up front. Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Animating Reaction Tapback asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Animating Reaction Tapback holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Animating Reaction Tapback's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ ships an update every 67 months, Animating Reaction Tapback every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ versus Animating Reaction Tapback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech Bubble Stickers ⋆Animating Reaction Tapback
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.9 (10 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 67 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperArturo Estrada De LeonRihab Mehboob

Customer experience

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Animating Reaction Tapback

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆

One-time1
  • Unlock Speech Balloons$0.99
None

Animating Reaction Tapback

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ free?
Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Animating Reaction Tapback free?
Animating Reaction Tapback costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ or Animating Reaction Tapback?
Animating Reaction Tapback is rated higher. Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ averages 2.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Animating Reaction Tapback averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ or Animating Reaction Tapback have ads?
Neither Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ nor Animating Reaction Tapback shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ or Animating Reaction Tapback?
Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ ships an update every 67 months, and Animating Reaction Tapback every 2 months. Most recently, Speech Bubble Stickers ⋆ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Animating Reaction Tapback on October 24, 2026.

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