Comparison

Timelense vs Stickifax

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

Head to head
About

Timelense

This app transforms physical postcards into interactive experiences. Send and receive personalized cards with exclusive AR content and video feeds. Customize your messages with images, emojis, and stickers for a unique way to connect.

Highlights
  • AR postcard content
  • Personalized video/photo feeds
  • Customizable postcard designs
  • Global postcard delivery
  • Private PenPals feature
  • Live photo and video compatibility
Features
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Capture and share moments in a meaningful, personal way. Timelense brings postcards to life with a sprinkle of magic (and a touch of AR). Send and receive physical postcards that contain exclusive content accessible via the Timelense app. Timelense postcards aren't just physical cards - there's more than meets the eye. If you want to take a closer look and have access to content created just for you, use the Lens within the app to scan the postcard. Send postcards easily - to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime. Customize every aspect of the postcard - bring it to life with images, emojis, stickers, and more! Create a personalized video and photo feed connected to each postcard - sharing stories of what you want with who you want. Don't feel like sharing your address? No worries! The PenPals feature keeps your information private while still allowing recipients to send a follow-up postcard to you. Key Features: - Compatible with live photos and videos - Image editing: high-quality filters, fonts, emojis, and stickers (no design experience required) - High-quality image resolution for printer-friendly designs - Free icons and illustrations included - Delivers to anywhere in the world

About

Stickifax

A simple social space focused on sharing interests through text and photos. Connect with others, join communities, and exchange messages without complex algorithms or infinite scrolling.

Highlights
  • Text and photo posts
  • Direct messaging
  • Community memberships
  • Follower limits
  • Hashtag saving
  • Link sharing
  • Event curation
  • Location pinning
Features
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No videos, no complex algorithms, no infinite scrolling—not chockfull of features. A social space as social should be—simple. You simply get a basic social experience to share interests with text/photo posts and exchange messages with new friends, with limitations set up to help focus your connections on Stickifax: 150 max follows (plus requests), 15 max community memberships (plus requests). Discover new stuff • Share your knowledge and experiences • Serve as a lighthouse for like-minded individuals • Explore the multipotentialite in you. Above all, establish essential friendships; communication is a great way to help oneself with personal improvements. Use Stickifax to: • Follow and connect with others to improve upon mutual interests such as general knowledge, or chat about such things as movies or books. • Join communities that align with your goals or interests, such as a global language-learning group or a community for you and your friends from school. • Share your experiences, ideas, and knowledge with text/photos. • Save hashtags to your profile so you and others may to be able to filter through your posts as you tagged them. • Share links to your favourite videos, or your own videos, on YouTube or Vimeo. • Exchange messages as you foster friendships and communities. • Curate events as they happen in your daily affairs as well as your planned explorations with posts to your personal profile or to a community you joined. • Pin down locations from others' posts from around the world you would love to visit for future reference on the Quest Map. • Store posts you like into named archives for easy future reference. • Check out some of the interactions made by the accounts you follow—the posts they like, comments they make, etc. Enjoy expressing your interests; find your kind of people.

Screenshots

Timelense4 screens
Stickifax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timelense at every 11 days against Stickifax's every 2 months. Timelense also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Timelense against 5.0 for Stickifax. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelense ships an update every 11 days, Stickifax every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timelense versus Stickifax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelenseStickifax
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMathieu DutourAbdullahi Otuoze

Customer experience

Timelense

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stickifax

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Timelense

No in-app purchases

None

Stickifax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timelense free?
Timelense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stickifax free?
Stickifax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timelense or Stickifax?
Timelense and Stickifax are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Timelense or Stickifax have ads?
Neither Timelense nor Stickifax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelense or Stickifax?
Timelense ships an update every 11 days, and Stickifax every 2 months. Most recently, Timelense was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stickifax on November 3, 2026.

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