Cutouts vs Sprout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cutouts
Instantly react to messages with your own face. Snap a picture, then drag and drop it directly into your iMessage conversations to express yourself in a fun, personalized way.
- Snap photos for reactions
- Drag and drop into iMessage
- Personalized face cutouts
- React with your face
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Welcome to Cutouts for iMessage! Simply snap a pic and drag it on a message to react with your face.
Sprout
Record and share custom selfie stickers directly within your messaging conversations. Add fun filters to your reactions and send them to friends and family to make your texts more engaging.
- Record selfie stickers
- React with custom stickers
- Use favorite filters
- Directly within iMessage
- Send to friends and family
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Sprout is an iMessage app that enables you to record and react with selfie stickers, right inside the messaging app. It makes texting with friends and family more fun and filled with more rich reactions. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open a conversation in the Messages app 2. Swipe right over the app bar to find Sprout 3. To record a selfie sticker, tap the camera button and record a sticker with your favorite filter 4. Tap or drag the sticker to the chat!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sprout at 100% against Cutouts's 68%. Sprout also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Cutouts's advantage is ratings volume (715 vs 23) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sprout holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cutouts has 715 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Cutouts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sprout's.
Cutouts ships an update every 4 days, Sprout every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cutouts | Sprout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (715 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 715 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Wellnest, Inc. | Sprout Technologies Inc |
Customer experience
Cutouts
Sprout
Bugs and requests
Cutouts
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not working properly with iOS 17
- Glitches with message sending and keyboard issues
- Compatibility problems with iPad
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back library and copy/paste functionality
- Add search/browse option for stickers
- Improve sticker size consistency
- Allow deletion of individual reactions/images
Sprout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cutouts
No in-app purchases
Sprout
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cutouts free?
Is Sprout free?
Which has better reviews, Cutouts or Sprout?
Do Cutouts or Sprout have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cutouts or Sprout?
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