Text vs Layer.s
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Layer.s
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Text ships an update every 3 weeks, Layer.s every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Text | Layer.s |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (341 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 341 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cosmoshark | Lewis Luther-Braun |
In-app purchases
Text
- 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
- Text PRO: Full access$299.99
Layer.s
No in-app purchases









