Comparison

Banner Basic vs Feel

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

Head to head
About

Banner Basic

Create custom LED-matrix-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, dates, times, tweets, and music information with various customization options for speed, appearance, and display settings.

Highlights
  • Customizable LED-matrix display
  • Show user-defined messages
  • Display date and time
  • Show tweet feeds
  • Display music information
  • Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
  • Customizable LED appearance (size, shape, color)
Features
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.

About

Feel

Features
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Say what you feel, without having to find the words. Feel is made for two people. You touch a sphere, it takes the color of your mood, and the other person sees it change on their phone. That's all, and it's already a lot — because the days when you don't have the strength to explain are exactly the days it should be said. A SPHERE, NOT A FORM Nothing to fill in. Your finger goes where it wants: the direction picks the emotion, the distance tells how strong it is. Nine families, dozens of shades — from "I feel good" to "I've had enough", from "I'm at peace" to "I miss you". And when the wheel doesn't have the right word, tap three times and write your own. YOUR BOND, AT A GLANCE The Us tab looks at what flows between you: sharing, listening, balance, warmth. Never a score, never a reproach. Words, and the light of the sphere. YOUR MEMORIES A day, a few words, a photo, kept together. A year later, to the day, Feel brings them back, and each month gets its recap in colors. TALK, TOO Texts, voice messages, photos, GIFs, reactions. Photos can be sent as view once: seen once, then erased on both sides. WHAT FEEL DOESN'T DO No ads. No selling of data. No news feed, no likes, nobody but the two of you. Your moods and messages are hosted in France. YOU STAY IN CONTROL Pause sharing when you need some air, without losing anything. Part ways without losing your account or your moods. Delete your account from the menu, immediately and for good — not a deactivation. WITH THE HEALTH APP If you like, the moods you share are also logged in the Health app on your iPhone, as a State of Mind. Feel only writes there and never reads anything, and words of love stay between the two of you. It stays off until you turn it on. Feel is lived as two, but works alone too: track your mood, and invite someone the day you want to. One of you can be on iPhone, the other on Android.

Screenshots

Banner Basic4 screens
Feel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Feel at none against Banner Basic's shown. Feel also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Banner Basic's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Banner Basic ships an update every 2 months, Feel daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Banner Basic versus Feel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBanner BasicFeel
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMasayuki AkamatsuAdam Krusoer

Bugs and requests

Banner Basic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Distorted text display
  • Incompatibility with iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Speed control for scrolling
  • Color and font customization
  • Ability to save/recall preset messages
  • Orientation and display options
  • Improved performance and stability

Feel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Banner Basic

No in-app purchases

None

Feel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Banner Basic free?
Banner Basic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Feel free?
Feel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Banner Basic or Feel have ads?
Banner Basic shows ads; Feel does not.
Which is updated more often, Banner Basic or Feel?
Banner Basic ships an update every 2 months, and Feel daily. Most recently, Banner Basic was updated on October 27, 2026 and Feel on October 25, 2026.

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