Emoji Studio vs Mapper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji Studio
Unleash your creativity by designing custom stickers, editing emojis, and crafting personalized avatars and wallpapers. Mix and match elements to create unique designs and share your creations with a community.
- Create unique stickers
- Edit and mix emojis
- Design personalized avatars
- Generate custom wallpapers
- Browse user-shared sticker posts
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Emoji Studio is the App for expressing your creativity, letting you craft unique stickers, edit emojis, mix designs, and create personalized avatars and wallpapers. - [Maker]: Easily create your own unique stickers. Deconstruct emoji elements, mix them together, and craft new designs. - [Editor]: Dive into an extensive emoji library, switch between styles effortlessly, combine emoji expressions and stickers, and add custom text for a personalized touch. - [Emoji Mix]: Merge two emojis into one innovative design. - [Posts]: Browse sticker posts shared by other users, get inspired. - [Avatar]: Make an avatar easily. - [Wallpaper]: Make an emoji or solid color wallpaper. Terms of Use (EULA): https://emojistudio.app/terms/
Mapper
Design custom wallpapers using maps of your favorite locations. Explore curated landmarks and apply artistic filters to create unique map art for your phone.
- Create map art wallpapers
- 3D landmarks widget
- Curated landmark collection
- Artistic filters
- Seamless iPhone export
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Mapper: Create Stunning Wallpapers from Your Favorite Places Explore handpicked landmarks & filters and create beautiful map wallpapers that tell your story. - 3D landmarks widget, renew daily - Curated collection of iconic landmarks, cities, and satellite imagery, powered by Apple Maps - Artistic filters that enhance place character - Seamless export for iPhone wallpapers From your dream city to your favorite street, turn memorable places into your own artwork - wallpaper, poster, and more. Download Mapper and make every glance at your screen a journey! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mapper at 4.6 against Emoji Studio's 4.0. Mapper also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (85% vs 76%). Emoji Studio's advantage is ratings volume (239 vs 17) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Emoji Studio sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mapper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mapper holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji Studio has 239 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Emoji Studio's written reviews are positive against 85% of Mapper's.
Emoji Studio ships an update every 2 weeks, Mapper fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji Studio | Mapper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (239 ratings) | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 239 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文华 李 | 鉴 袁 |
Customer experience
Emoji Studio
Mapper
Bugs and requests
Emoji Studio
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes when saving emojis
- Performance degradation with extended use
- Elements move unexpectedly when selecting nearby items
- Glitches when dragging/moving objects
- Fingerprint recognition not working
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- Blank screens in posts and tools sections
- App restarts randomly during use
- Unskippable ads that appear on launch
- Lag increases significantly over time
- Inability to access certain features on iPad
Requested features
10 requests- English language support
- Animated emoji maker
- Ability to use emojis directly in chat bubbles
- More hairstyle options
- Yellow emoji base with black fade effect
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- Direct emoji usage without saving as image
- Improved element organization and categorization
- Better sticker integration
- Smaller editing box for better precision
- Emoji merge feature (mentioned as missing)
Mapper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji Studio
- 30-Day Premium$0.99
- 90-Day Premium$2.49
- 365-Day Premium$5.99
Mapper
- Mapper+ Weekly$0.997 Days
- Mapper+ Yearly$2.991 Year
- Mapper+ Lifetime$3.99
