Comparison

Marquee vs 手持弹幕*_^

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

Head to head
About

Marquee

Create a vibrant, eye-catching LED scrolling display on your phone. Customize text, effects, and colors for concerts, events, or personal messages. Save and export your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Customizable LED scrolling text
  • Multiple dynamic effects (snow, fireworks, etc.)
  • Adjustable text size, speed, and color
  • Scene presets for common use cases
  • Save and manage text creations
  • Export as image, long image, or GIF
Features
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Make your message shine with Marquee. Turn your iPhone or iPad into an LED-style sign for concerts, airport pickups, birthdays, shop signs or quiet conversations. • Give your words more room Choose a text size up to 320, available to everyone. At 0x speed, new banners automatically size their text to the available canvas. Banners saved in earlier versions keep their previous sizing behavior until you choose a text size. • Adapt to a larger screen On Duo and wider screens, horizontal banners follow the canvas shape. Style and Settings move to a side panel when there is enough space, and the library adjusts its columns. Editing controls and saved banner titles support larger system text sizes. • Start with a scene Preview eight ready-to-use scenes and apply the one that fits your moment. Four scenes are free; animated premium scenes require PRO. • Make it yours Adjust direction, speed, text size, font, colors and effects. Tap the canvas to hide or show the controls. • Save your favorites Keep text, styles and effects together. Rename, favorite, update or duplicate saved banners. The free version saves up to three banners; PRO removes the limit. Your text history stays available. • Share a picture or GIF Export the current frame, a full-text image, or a complete scrolling loop as a GIF. Full-text images include text and background. Free exports include a watermark. • Lifetime PRO One purchase unlocks unlimited saved banners, premium scenes, fonts, themes and effects, watermark-free exports and an ad-free experience. No recurring subscription. Existing lifetime PRO users keep their access. Available in English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Choose a language in Settings or follow your device language. Your own text and saved banners stay as written. No app account is required.

About

手持弹幕*_^

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A good confession artifact, in the subway, the bus met you interested in him (she), embarrassed to open how to do, confession artifact to help you solve. Whether in concert, fans, fans meet, esports live, airport pick up, mobile phone, tablet, you can easily handle. Features: 1. Text size, color and font can be set 2, you can set the background color, dynamic background, add background border, select a custom picture as the background 3, you can adjust the speed and direction of text scrolling 4, mirror function, can let the text in the mirror normal display of rolling, chat up more convenient 5, can be cast to the TV, confession is easier Some color templates and dynamic templates have been integrated for better use 6,Shot prompter function: By setting the lines, font size, font color, background color, scroll speed, scroll direction, etc. that need to be prompted in advance in the app, then generate the prompter board. Assist users to shoot videos and live broadcasts. In addition, when shooting, you can enlarge or shrink the prompter board by double-clicking the prompter plate, and adjust the volume key to realize the scroll and pause of the text Use the tutorial:https://jacklee18.gitlab.io/blog/2023/12/08/Hand-barrage-use-Tutorial/ Email address: zhangsande18@163.com

Screenshots

Marquee4 screens
手持弹幕*_^4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 手持弹幕*_^ at none against Marquee's shown. 手持弹幕*_^ also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Marquee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 手持弹幕*_^ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Marquee ships an update every 10 days, 手持弹幕*_^ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Marquee versus 手持弹幕*_^: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarquee手持弹幕*_^
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerxiangshang娇娇 王

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Marquee

One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO$2.99
1 purchases

手持弹幕*_^

One-time1
  • shoot hint$1.99

Questions

Is Marquee free?
Marquee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 手持弹幕*_^ free?
手持弹幕*_^ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Marquee or 手持弹幕*_^ have ads?
Marquee shows ads; 手持弹幕*_^ does not.
Which is updated more often, Marquee or 手持弹幕*_^?
Marquee ships an update every 10 days, and 手持弹幕*_^ fortnightly. Most recently, Marquee was updated on October 25, 2026 and 手持弹幕*_^ on October 27, 2026.

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