Comparison

StampFX vs ALPHABETICON

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

Head to head
About

StampFX

Features
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Whether you're 8 or 80, a complete beginner or seasoned artist, StampFX makes pixel art animation approachable and fun for everyone. Create stunning animated stickers, GIFs, and pixel art with an intuitive frame-by-frame animation tool designed for all skill levels. No artistic experience required. Just tap, draw, and watch your creations come to life. Perfect for animated stickers, reaction GIFs, retro-style animations, and creative projects on your iPhone or iPad. POWERFUL ANIMATION TOOLS Bring your pixel art to life with intuitive creative features: • Frame-by-frame animation with instant preview • 12 specialized drawing tools (pixel, line, circle, rectangle, flood fill, and more) • Customizable brush sizes and shapes for pencil, eraser, ellipse, rectangle, and line tools • Quick frame cloning, duplication, and rearrangement • Pervasive undo for fearless creativity • Mini Sprites: stamp hand-picked 1-bit mini sprites right onto your canvas • Import Image: bring any photo or image onto your canvas to pixelate and remix • Rotation and flipping tools • Two-finger pinch and zoom for precise control • Eyedropper for perfect color matching CREATE FUN ANIMATIONS StampFX is perfect for making: • Animated stickers for iMessage • Reaction GIFs to share with friends • Pixel art characters and animations • Retro-style animated art • Creative projects and personal artwork BEAUTIFUL COLOR PALETTES Create your own, generate a palette from any image, or choose from carefully curated palettes inspired by: • Classic video game consoles • Retro operating systems • Nature themes (fire, ocean, forest) • Monochrome options (17 shades of gray, sepia) • Web-safe colors • Custom hue ranges FLEXIBLE CANVAS SIZES Create at your ideal resolution with canvases up to 512x512: • Tiny (perfect for 16x16 icons) • Small (great for 32x32 sprites) • Medium (ideal for detailed work) • Large (for high-resolution assets) • Custom sizes up to 512x512 pixels ANIMATION SPEED CONTROL Fine-tune your animation timing: • Slow (study details) • Medium (natural motion) • Fast (rapid action) EXPORT & SHARE ANYWHERE Your creations work everywhere: • Animated GIF export • iMessage sticker integration • AirDrop to Mac or other devices • Email sharing • Save to Files app • Compatible with any app that supports GIFs PRIVACY FIRST We respect your creativity: • Zero personal data collection • No analytics or tracking • Your art stays yours • Work offline anytime Whether you're creating animated stickers for messaging, making reaction GIFs for social media, or exploring pixel art as a creative hobby, StampFX gives you powerful frame-by-frame animation tools in a simple, fun iOS app. Download StampFX and start animating today!

About

ALPHABETICON

Transform your text into visually appealing animations with a variety of handcrafted typesets. Easily create and share unique text messages directly from your favorite messengers or iMessage. Explore romantic, aesthetic, creative, cool, funny, and viral styles.

Highlights
  • Animated text creations
  • Handcrafted typesets
  • Multiple style options
  • Direct sharing via messengers
  • iMessage integration
  • In-app purchases for premium content
Features
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Sometimes your text deserves better. Make your text stand out of the bubbles - leave boring text messages to others. With ALPHABETICON you can turn your text into visually appealing little animations. Plenty of carefully curated typesets are available for you to choose from. Romantic? Aesthetic? Creative? Cool? Funny? Viral? Just as the fancy takes you. We have animated each typeset with all our heart. By hand, not with AI. And we are adding constantly new pieces. Most of them are free of charge, some of them can be baught as InApp-purchases. It's as quick and easy, as inserting an emoji and sharing a photo. With three clicks simply type your text, choose your typeset and share your beautiful creations. You can use the app on its own. Soon to come: directly from iMessage or your favorite messenger. No subscription, no advertisement, no hidden costs. Pay once and share as many messages as you like. This app was made possible by a team of genious brains, fast fingers and endless endurance. Idea, concept, design, fontdesign 2d and 3d: Ben Schmuecking (Switzerland) Frontend programming: Dwayne Smith (Gemany) Backend programming: Philip Mancarella @ voltadigitale.de (Germany) Thank you for your perseverance with ALPHABETICON and me over such a long period! 3d artists: Ben Schmuecking (Switzerland) Ahmed Mifrah (Maldives) Dino Pham (Vientam) Raakesh Manoharan Ram @ x-band pixels (India) Ye Pai (Myanmar) This project would not have been possible without the mental and physical support, unwavering backing, patience and understanding of the spouses and children of all the team members (you know who we mean). A huge thank you for that!

Screenshots

StampFX4 screens
ALPHABETICON4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StampFX at Free against ALPHABETICON's $4.99. StampFX also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). ALPHABETICON's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On 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

StampFX is free to download; ALPHABETICON costs $4.99 up front. StampFX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ALPHABETICON sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StampFX ships an update fortnightly, ALPHABETICON every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StampFX versus ALPHABETICON: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStampFXALPHABETICON
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyclic Software Development Inc.Alphabeticon GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

StampFX

One-time1
  • StampFX Pro$1.99
1 purchases

ALPHABETICON

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$1.99

Questions

Is StampFX free?
StampFX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ALPHABETICON free?
ALPHABETICON costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do StampFX or ALPHABETICON have ads?
ALPHABETICON shows ads; StampFX does not.
Which is updated more often, StampFX or ALPHABETICON?
StampFX ships an update fortnightly, and ALPHABETICON every 9 months. Most recently, StampFX was updated on October 27, 2026 and ALPHABETICON on October 30, 2026.

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