Comparison

Swapper vs StickHub

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

Head to head
About

Swapper

Enhance your iMessage conversations with a fun collection of stickers. Overlay these "swapper" stickers onto existing messages, images, or even other stickers to express emotions and ideas in a unique way. Resize them with a simple pinch gesture for perfect placement.

Highlights
  • Overlay stickers on messages
  • Add stickers to images and photos
  • Peel and stick over other stickers
  • Resize stickers with pinch gesture
  • Express emotions and ideas
  • Add iMessage Effects
Features
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Elevate your iMessage conversations with Swapper! Create expressively custom text bubble stickers designed to bring personality, humor, and style to every chat. DESIGN YOUR OWN TEXT BUBBLES Turn your words into eye-catching stickers using a wide variety of fun fonts, color palettes, and custom styling options. KEY FEATURES: • Fun & Unique Fonts: Choose from a growing collection of typography styles to match your vibe. • Custom Bubble Styles: Apply vibrant gradients, modern glass effects, subtle shadows, and stylish borders. • Color Palettes: Customize text and background colors to make your stickers pop. • Custom Gallery: Save your favorite creations for quick, seamless access directly inside iMessage. • Seamless iMessage Integration: Drag and drop or tap to send your custom stickers right from your keyboard. GO PREMIUM (UNLIMITED CREATIVITY) Unlock full creative freedom with our Non-Consumable Premium Purchase: - Save unlimited stickers to your personal gallery. - Access exclusive font collections, premium gradients, and advanced styling options. - Pay once, enjoy forever! Make every message stand out. Download Swapper today and start designing your custom text stickers!

About

StickHub

Create and send custom stickers for iMessage, including text-based reverse stickers. Explore a vast library of animated packs and emojis, and personalize your creations with unique fonts and colors. React to messages with playful emojis.

Highlights
  • Custom sticker creation
  • Reverse text message stickers
  • Hundreds of sticker packs
  • Animated emojis
  • Customizable fonts and colors
  • Message reactions with emojis
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StikHub - Top sticker library for iMessage With StikHub you will be able to use hundreds of sticker packs for iMessage StikHub will let you create your own reverse stickers, text stickers. You will be free to create your stickers with custom colors and fonts. Send them to friends or use them to reverse messages EXPLORE: - Hundreds of animated sticker packs, emojis for you to use in iMessage chats - New sticker packs update regularly CREATE: - Use beautiful fonts and elegant colors to create your stickers - Send stickers immediately after creating or save them for repeated use - Create text message to reverse message. REACTION: - You can react to messages with an emoji, like a smiley face, to make it more visual and playful. - To use this: Open Reaction Bubble packs -> Drag & Drop emoji to message bubble

Screenshots

Swapper4 screens
StickHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Swapper at none against StickHub's shown. StickHub's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Swapper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StickHub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swapper ships an update every 6 weeks, StickHub fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Swapper versus StickHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwapperStickHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.8 (198 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.5% of reviews21.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—198 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB62 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperArturo Estrada De LeonTrang Dao

Customer experience

Swapper

Written reviews442 reviews
Positive16.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative79.6%

StickHub

All ratings199 ratings
Positive17.1%
Neutral5.5%
Negative77.4%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive21.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative71.8%

User reviews

Swapper

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 🚀 Prank friends
  • 👍 Variety of stickers

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Most stickers locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Stickers don't properly cover text
  • 🐛 App not visible on home screen, hard to delete
  • 🐛 Stickers have distracting animations

StickHub

From 198 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Good for tricking friends
  • 👍 Useful stickers
  • 🚀 Can create custom text stickers
  • 👍 Cute stickers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lots of ads
  • 🤔 Confusing and hard to understand
  • 🤔 Can't create own stickers
  • 🤔 Can't delete the app
  • 🤔 Stickers don't cover messages fully

Bugs and requests

Swapper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Stickers don't align properly over text
  • App randomly makes purchases without user input

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to create custom stickers
  • Option to disable sticker animations
  • Easier way to delete the app

StickHub

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App doesn't show up on home screen
  • Stickers don't work as intended
  • Can't delete the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • More variety of stickers
  • Ability to create own stickers
  • Better explanation of how to use the app

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swapper

One-time1
  • Swapper Premium$1.99
1 purchases

StickHub

One-time1
  • StickHub Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Swapper free?
Swapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StickHub free?
StickHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Swapper or StickHub have ads?
StickHub shows ads; Swapper does not.
Which is updated more often, Swapper or StickHub?
Swapper ships an update every 6 weeks, and StickHub fortnightly. Most recently, Swapper was updated on October 22, 2026 and StickHub on October 25, 2026.

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