Comparison

Message Animator vs Figgles

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

Head to head
About

Message Animator

Easily create vibrant, animated text messages with a variety of presets and fonts. Make your conversations more colorful and engaging by sending animated GIFs to supported messaging apps.

Highlights
  • Create animated text messages
  • Multiple animation presets
  • Variety of fonts
  • Customizable font and background colors
  • Export as GIF for messaging apps
Features
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Message Animator App is a great tool for creating animated Text Message. Choose from lots of ready made text animation presets with plenty of nice fonts to choose from. You can now replace the normally boring text messages with nice text animation that will add colors to your conversations. Your animated text messages can be used in all the messaging apps that support gif animated graphic type, such as Discord, WhatsApp, iMessage, etc. Message Animator App contains plenty of ready made animations for the text message. There are plenty of beautiful fonts to choose from and users can also customise the font's color and the animation background color. Some of the text animations available are typewriter left to right animation, words zoom effect, random dancing words animation, words shaking animation, marquee left to right effect, mexican wave words animation, blinking words animation, and much more. Enjoy!

About

Figgles

Transform ordinary text into stylized ASCII art with a variety of fonts and colors. Easily share your creations on social media or in messages. Offers a free version with limited fonts and an affordable option for the full set.

Highlights
  • Convert text to ASCII art
  • Variety of fonts and colors
  • Easy sharing to social media
  • Messages extension integration
  • Free with limited fonts
  • Affordable full font access
Features
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Transform Your Text Into Retro Art Unleash your creativity with Figgles, the ultimate tool for turning ordinary text into eye-catching, stylized ASCII art. Whether you're spicing up social media posts, crafting unique messages, or adding flair to your digital creations, Figgles makes it fun and easy. Feeling nostalgic about vintage email signatures circa 1985? Wanting to add some Unix Terminal charm to your text messaging game? Look no further. Why Figgles? • Instant Art: Convert any text into stunning ASCII art with just a tap. • Fun & Customizable: Personalize your text with a variety of fonts and colors • Easy to Share: Share your creations instantly on social media, in messages, or anywhere else! • FREE! Unlimited use for as long as you have the app on your device for a handful of fonts. • Super affordable access to the full set of fonts. • Installing the app also installs a handy Messages extension so you can Figgle directly from your text chains. • Likewise, installing the Messages app also installs the iOS app. Make your words stand out from the crowd. Download Figgles today and start creating your own text masterpieces! Figgles is based on the beloved Unix command-line tool FIGlet. __ __ __ __ _____ /\ \ /\ \ /\ \/ / /\ ___\ \ \ \____ \ \ \ \ \ _ '-. \ \ __\ \ \_____ \ \ \__\ \ \__\ \__\ \ \_____\ \/_____ / \/__/ \/__/\/___/ \/_____/ ______ __ __ __ ______ /\__ __\ /\ \_\ \ /\ \ /\ ___\ \/_/\ \/ \ \ __ \ \ \ \ \ \___ \ \ \_\ \ \_\ \_ \ \ \_ \ \/\_____\ \/__/ \/_/ \/_ / \/_ / \/_____/ Early praise for Figgles: "Figgle me this, Batman!" -The Riddler "All the Figgles in the world are made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust." – J.M. Barrie, "Peter Pan" "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no Figgles and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson "I think, therefore I Figgles." – René Descartes "Imagination is more important than Figgles." – Albert Einstein "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car... and are there any attorneys who could weigh in on possible confusion between this app and our band name?" Greg Page (Yellow Wiggle), frontman of The Wiggles "We can talk, we can dance, don't matter the circumstance. We don't let it change us, there's always a Figgle, there's always a Figgle." – Jason Mraz, "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" This app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Message Animator4 screens
Figgles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Figgles at 5.0 against Message Animator's 4.3. Figgles also leads on ads (none vs shown). Message Animator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume 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. Figgles sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per year. Message Animator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Figgles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Message Animator versus Figgles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMessage AnimatorFiggles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings610 — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperaZeR DiLLsProject Box

Customer experience

Message Animator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Figgles

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Message Animator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Figgles

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock Fonts7 Days trial$0.491 Year

Questions

Is Message Animator free?
Message Animator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Figgles free?
Figgles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Message Animator or Figgles?
Figgles is rated higher. Message Animator averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Figgles averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Message Animator or Figgles have ads?
Message Animator shows ads; Figgles does not.

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