Essential Stencil vs Totally Dazzled
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Essential Stencil
Discover and shop for premium, reusable sign stencils made from flexible mylar. These durable stencils are designed for repeated use, saving you time, effort, and reducing waste while ensuring beautiful results for your projects.
- Premium reusable sign stencils
- Durable mylar material
- Flexible and rugged design
- Save time and effort
- Reduce waste
- Achieve gorgeous results
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Shop our premium Reusable Sign Stencils: Made of flexible mylar, these amazingly durable stencils are rugged enough to reuse over & over. You'll save time, effort & waste... and get gorgeous results every time.
Totally Dazzled
Discover a wide selection of sparkling rhinestone embellishments and jewels to add a dazzling finishing touch to your crafts and DIY projects. Explore a variety of rhinestone napkin rings perfect for weddings, events, and home decor, all offered at affordable prices.
- Dazzling rhinestone embellishments
- Sparkly jewels for crafts
- Rhinestone napkin rings
- Ideal for weddings and events
- Home decor accents
- Affordable prices
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Totally Dazzled provides dazzling rhinestone embellishments for your crafts and DIY projects. These sparkly jewels provide the perfect finishing touch to all your projects. We also have a large variety of rhinestone napkin rings for weddings, events, and home decor. All at dazzlingly low prices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Essential Stencil at every 3 weeks against Totally Dazzled's every 5 months. Essential Stencil also leads on ratings volume (751 vs 114). Totally Dazzled's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Essential Stencil against 4.9 for Totally Dazzled. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Essential Stencil has 751 ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Essential Stencil's written reviews are positive against 100% of Totally Dazzled's.
Essential Stencil ships an update every 3 weeks, Totally Dazzled every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Essential Stencil | Totally Dazzled |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (751 ratings) | 4.9 (114 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 751 — better | 114 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Essential Stencil | Totally Dazzled Inc. |
Customer experience
Essential Stencil
Totally Dazzled
Bugs and requests
Essential Stencil
Reported bugs
1 issue- Login screen not working for some users
Requested features
2 requests- More children/nursery themed designs
- Expanded product lines
Totally Dazzled
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Essential Stencil
No in-app purchases
Totally Dazzled
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Essential Stencil free?
Is Totally Dazzled free?
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