Big Words vs Social Ring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Words
Display any text or emoji on your Apple Watch with this simple app. It's ideal for quickly grabbing attention, passing messages, or making a statement. Easily edit and sync your messages across devices.
- Display text and emojis on Apple Watch
- Swipe for multiple pages
- Rotate for landscape and portrait
- Double-tap to edit
- Sync to Apple Watch
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Tired of Twitter? Message in real life using Big Words. This simple app is great for quickly grabbing attention, passing messages, and making a statement. + SWIPE for Multiple Pages + ROTATE to Landscape and Portrait + DOUBLE-TAP to Edit + SYNC to Apple Watch Quite simply, Big Words is the easiest way to display any text or emoji on Apple Watch. "I've been addicted to Big Words for years. I've campaigned tirelessly for this app in SF, Berlin, Paris, London, and NY, and cannot stop using it. Someone help me. Seriously, someone help me stop." -@boltron Find out more via @DollarApp on Twitter.
Social Ring
Easily create custom profile picture borders for social media. Choose from over 100 designs across various categories like NBA, colleges, and culture. Save your enhanced image directly to your device.
- Custom profile picture borders
- Over 100 border designs
- Multiple categories (NBA, Colleges, Culture)
- Image resizing with pinch-to-zoom
- Save to photo library
- Monthly border updates
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Social Ring lets you create custom rings for your profile pictures on Clubhouse, Instagram, or your favorite social media platform. Create profile pictures with a variety of custom-made borders with over 100 borders to choose from. Add your image and resize by pinching the screen in or out. Change your border from our list of categories. When you are finished click the save button below the picture. That's it, now you have a custom profile image waiting in your photos library. Take a look at our selection: - NBA - Custom - Clubhouse - Colleges & Universities - Greek Letter Organizations - Divine 9 - Colors - Culture - Social Media - Profession We add new borders every month. You may even get a chance to become the face of our app. Purchases: When you purchase the application it is only a one-time purchase. Periodically, there will be chances to purchase exclusive collections that you will have permanent access to from a one-time purchase. This application is not affiliated with any social media platform. Need support? You can reach us at patton.university@gmail.com and we will do our best to solve any issues or questions you have related to this app. Feedback is welcome, please let us know if you have suggestions, questions, or concerns.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Social Ring at 4.9 against Big Words's 3.4. Social Ring also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). Big Words's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and chart position (#22 vs #107). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Big Words costs $0.99 and Social Ring $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Social Ring holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Big Words's written reviews are positive against 100% of Social Ring's.
Big Words ships an update every 4 months, Social Ring every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Words | Social Ring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (29 ratings) | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #22 — better | #107 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DollarApp | Dominique Hosea |
Customer experience
Big Words
Social Ring
Bugs and requests
Big Words
Reported bugs
10 issues- Text cut off at the top
- Freezes or closes unexpectedly
- Reset button missing after updates
- Does not work on Apple Watch
- Inconsistent swipe functionality
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- Issues with older devices/OS
- App crashes or goes black
- Ads added to paid/free versions
- Double-tapping on iPad brings up keyboard but not text box
- Glitches with special characters like '@'
Requested features
28 requests- Shortcut and Siri support
- Pre-saved lists and customization
- In-app purchase for square layout
- Easy image export
- Update for iPhone X
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- Ability to make lists and edit
- Option to change font
- Option to create different lists
- Reset button functionality
- Control over zooming
- Advanced feature of a text editor
- Shake to advance screen
- Volume buttons to advance/retreat
- Slideshow mode
- Overview mode
- External keyboard support
- Color control
- Emoji enlarging
- Zoom control
- Send directly without saving to camera roll
- Post to Facebook directly
- Store phrases for replay in a list
- Auto-fill method
- Ability to change font color
- Create a slideshow of words
- Save half a dozen messages for quick access
- Vibrate, flash, pulsate options
- Variety of color choices
Social Ring
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Words
No in-app purchases
Social Ring
No in-app purchases
