Comparison

WOWSHI vs Microsoft Designer

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

Head to head
About

WOWSHI

This app offers a relaxing and creative design experience inspired by washi tape. Choose from a wide variety of tape collections and patterns to fill in templates, creating unique art for cards, memories, and more. It's a fun way to express yourself and relieve stress.

Highlights
  • Washi tape inspired design
  • 90+ unique pattern templates
  • 200+ curated tape collections
  • Adjustable pattern density
  • Shuffle mode for pattern combinations
  • Creation process recap
  • Crafty sound effects
Features
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Download the latest free coloring app now! Welcome to WOWSHI - an immersive design experience inspired by washi tape, a decorative Japanese adhesive tape popular for crafting and journaling. ◈ Simple, creative, and fun! ◈ WOWSHI provides an immersive design experience for craft lovers and washi tape enthusiasts alike! To create your own special washi art, simply choose your favorite tape collection and fill in the blocks with decorative patterns. ◈ The possibilities of WOWSHI are endless! ◈ Your creations can be used for greeting cards, recording memories, and much more. WOWSHI is a relaxing creative outlet to express yourself and relieve stress all with the ease of opening an app. ---------------- Did you know that while you immerse yourself in art you can also relax, relieve stress, and improve your focus? WOWSHI offers all that and more: ◈ Explore Numerous Unique Pattern Designs◈ -90+ curated templates, with more coming in the future! -Festive Fun: Templates and tapes for Christmas celebrations! -Artsy illustrations : Artwork for every day life such as plants, animals, desserts and fun art in general! -Photo frames : Personalize photo frames for a handmade touch! ◈ Craft with Specially Curated Tape Collections ◈ -200+ different tapes available for every need. -Adjust the pattern density to your liking. -Shuffle mode to get creative and switch between different pattern combinations. ◈ Enjoy the Immersive Creation Process from Start to Finish ◈ -Look: refresh your work with a set of carefully handpicked washi tape. -Feel: enjoy the good vibes as you color! -Listen: create on a deeper level with authentic crafty sound effects, your own playlist, or in peace with the silent mode option. ◈ Relive the Fun by Watching A Recap of Your Creation Process ◈ -The beauty of the artwork lies not only in the finished product but also in the fun along the way!

About

Microsoft Designer

Visually create and edit anything imaginable with AI. Generate unique images from text, design personalized cards and wallpapers, and enhance photos by removing distractions or backgrounds.

Highlights
  • AI image generation
  • Custom sticker creation
  • Generative erase tool
  • Background removal
  • Custom wallpaper design
  • Greeting card creation
  • Photo restyling
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Unleash your creativity — visually create, design, and edit just about anything you can imagine with AI. Use the power of generative AI to create eye-catching images with your words, craft next-level designs that pop like personalized birthday cards, holiday cards, wallpapers for your phone, and even use AI to edit photos like an expert - removing backgrounds and erasing distractions from photos. Create what you want, when and where you need it. Key capabilities: • Images: Create any image you can imagine. Sci-fi art, surreal scenes, funny images? Dream it, describe it, and create it with AI. Your imagination is limitless! • Stickers: Create something that sticks. Make custom stickers that help you stick out on messaging apps, social, and more. • Edit with AI: make your photos and images picture perfect with AI. o Generative erase: Erase distractions to make objects you don’t want in your image disappear. o Remove background: Say bye-bye to bad backgrounds. Easily remove unwanted image backgrounds in one step. o Blur background: Bring what’s most important into focus. Blur the background of any image to make your subject pop. o Add filters, adjust brightness, resize: Customize to fit your creative vision, including resizing to turn your creations into a square or custom size that fits just right. • Wallpapers/Backgrounds: Put it all on display. Create custom wallpaper or background to fit your current mood, make a statement, or to keep a special occasion front and center on your phone screen. • Greeting cards: Craft the perfect greeting for any occasion. From birthday cards to holiday cards and beyond, create a thoughtful greeting card with personalized messages and images even if you’re at a loss for words. • Restyle image: Transform photos into a work of art—like turning portraits, landscapes, and pet photos into artwork. • Monograms: Make your mark. Add some personal pop to your everyday life or for a special occasion like a wedding with custom crafted monograms that use letters and more to define your mark. • Invitations: Create invitations that wow. Customize your invitations for every occasion and any event like birthdays, weddings, and anything else big or small. • Social posts: Stand out online. Elevate and craft your next social post with Designer to create the perfect image and text to share online. • Icons: Express yourself visually. Create icons to easily communicate your vision and decorate your designs. • Emojis: Express yourself! Have the perfect reaction on hand with custom crafted emojis to fit any mood. • Coloring book pages: Color it in and get in your flow. Create custom coloring book pages to make coloring more exciting. Great for all ages. • Frame image: Turn your photos into a customized framed memory that you can share everywhere. • Collages: Bring your favorite photos, styles, and descriptions together create a custom collage from your favorite memories. • Banners: Create banners for newsletter headers, social profiles, and more to grab attention and stand out. Microsoft Designer is available for free with a Microsoft account. Your Microsoft account provides 5 GB of free cloud storage that you can use to save your designs, files, and photos across your devices. Additional information about terms of use can be found here: https://designer.microsoft.com/consumerTermsOfUse/en-US/consumerTermsOfUse.pdf Download Designer and create something new today!

Screenshots

WOWSHI4 screens
Microsoft Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WOWSHI at none against Microsoft Designer's 7. WOWSHI also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). Microsoft Designer's advantage is ratings volume (555 vs 33) and chart position (#140 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Microsoft Designer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WOWSHI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for WOWSHI against 4.5 for Microsoft Designer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Designer has 555 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of WOWSHI's written reviews are positive against 76% of Microsoft Designer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WOWSHI ships an update monthly, Microsoft Designer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
WOWSHI versus Microsoft Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWOWSHIMicrosoft Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (33 ratings) — better4.5 (555 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better76.1% of reviews
Number of ratings33555 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#140 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB76 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCardinal BlueMicrosoft Corporation

Customer experience

WOWSHI

All ratings33 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Microsoft Designer

All ratings556 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews364 reviews
Positive76.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative18.1%

Bugs and requests

WOWSHI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Microsoft Designer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent performance and loading issues
  • Inability to view or manage past designs on mobile
  • Unexpected content restrictions and rejections

Requested features

4 requests
  • AI-powered video editing capabilities
  • More advanced image editing tools
  • Improved handling of diverse character designs
  • Better organization and navigation of past projects

In-app purchases

None

WOWSHI

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Microsoft Designer

Subscriptions7
  • Microsoft 365 Basic Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Family Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
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  • Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Family Yearly1 Month trial$129.991 Year

Questions

Is WOWSHI free?
WOWSHI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microsoft Designer free?
Microsoft Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WOWSHI or Microsoft Designer?
WOWSHI is rated higher. WOWSHI averages 4.6 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Microsoft Designer averages 4.5 from 555 ratings.
Do WOWSHI or Microsoft Designer have ads?
Neither WOWSHI nor Microsoft Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WOWSHI or Microsoft Designer?
WOWSHI ships an update monthly, and Microsoft Designer every 3 weeks. Most recently, WOWSHI was updated on October 21, 2026 and Microsoft Designer on October 23, 2026.

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