Comparison

Text vs Layer.s

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

Head to head
About

Text

Easily add stylish text, captions, and word art to your photos and videos. Choose from hundreds of free fonts, trendy stickers, and backgrounds to create unique designs for social media, blogs, and business. Save your projects and utilize templates for quick content creation.

Highlights
  • Add text to images and videos
  • Hundreds of free fonts
  • Trendy stickers and backgrounds
  • Save projects
  • Templates for blog and business
  • Cropping mask
  • Augmented reality features
Features
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Add text and captions to photos, videos and any images! Use for free hundreds of beautiful fonts, many trendy stickers and various backgrounds. Save layouts you're working on. Easy-to-use text editor and settings for each layer. Write text on any image and video, create collages and postcards and invitations, design unique content for your blog and business. ADD TEXT to images and videos. LARGE COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL FREE FONTS. Also you can add your own fonts and add your preferred fonts to your favorites! EASY PASTE from the buffer: just copy and paste any images into your collages. AUGMENTED REALITY (for iPhone X and later models). Take your selfies to the next level. Stylish captions and collages around your face: add text and stickers to selfies (with rotation option). Create unique content for social networks! SETTINGS for any part of text: change colors and letter spacing, add stroke and shadow. TEMPLATES. Hundreds of ready-made templates for your blog and business. CROPPING MASK. Put your image in the form of a sticker or text. BACKGROUNDS (+ transparent background) Beautiful backgrounds for creating a collage are already in the app. Choose a background, choose stickers, write text, and your collage is ready. SAVE PROJECTS. Keep projects you're working on, so you can continue at any time. CREATE COLLAGES, posters & flyers, postcards, posts, Instagram stories, and share with friends. MAXIMIZE YOUR INSTAGRAM EXPOSURE! Mention us with @text.cs in your post, stories and reels for a chance to get your artwork reposted and seen by more people. We are continuously working to enhance our app. We would greatly appreciate your feedback and any ideas you may have. Feel free to share them in reviews or through Instagram: Text.cs Terms of use: http://text.cosmoshark.org/terms Privacy policy: http://text.cosmoshark.org/privacy

About

Layer.s

Features
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Lightweight content editor specifically designed to enhance social media stories. Add multiple layers of text, shapes, images or drawings with the ability to add gradients, mask and use different blend modes and effects.

Screenshots

Text4 screens
Layer.s3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text at Free against Layer.s's $0.99. Layer.s's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, 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

Text is free to download; Layer.s costs $0.99 up front. Text sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Layer.s asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text ships an update every 3 weeks, Layer.s every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Text versus Layer.s: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextLayer.s
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (341 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings341 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCosmosharkLewis Luther-Braun

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Text

Subscriptions4
  • Text PRO: Full access Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Text PRO: Full access Weekly2 variants$19.997 Days
  • Text PRO: Full access - Yearly2 variants$59.991 Year
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  • Text PRO. Yearly. Promo1 Year trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Text PRO: Full access$299.99
None

Layer.s

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text free?
Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Layer.s free?
Layer.s costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text or Layer.s have ads?
Neither Text nor Layer.s shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text or Layer.s?
Text ships an update every 3 weeks, and Layer.s every 5 days. Most recently, Text was updated on November 3, 2026 and Layer.s on November 3, 2026.

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