Comparison

Lifecards vs Comic Life 3

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

Head to head
About

Lifecards

Create personalized postcards using your own photos and text. Design imaginative cards with various templates, stickers, and editing tools. Share your creations instantly via social media or export them for printing.

Highlights
  • Design postcards with up to 7 photos
  • Insert text, balloons, and stickers
  • Personalize with filters and blend modes
  • Sign with your finger
  • Export as PDF, JPEG, and PNG
  • Share via social media or email
  • Over 350 templates available
Features
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With Lifecards you can use up to 7 of your photos to design your own imaginative postcard directly on your phone. Share with friends and family using Facebook and other social networks. Freely zoom and pan to get the important details right while you edit. Insert, move, scale, and rotate photos from your photo-album or directly from you camera. Insert texts, balloons, and stickers to personalize your photos. Features: • Select from more than 350 templates • Add up-to 7 photos on one card • Add text and speech balloons • Add stickers • Sign with your finger • Control scale, position, and rotation of photos • Control alignment, color, size, and font of text • Freely pan and zoom while creating card • Apply filters to your photos • Email or submit to Facebook, Twitter, or Flickr • Automatically adapts to landscape and portrait mode • Cards are automatically saved • Advanced text settings (perspective and warp) • Install fonts • PDF, JPEG and PNG export • Advanced blend modes for stickers and images • "Snail mail" cards with Kite.ly ---- What the review sites say ---- "I was really impressed with the feature set and the attention to detail. If you are looking for a post card app, this is the one!" - Epic iPhone apps: "The entire interface from creation to completion of the card is very well thought and implemented. Lifecards will certainly make your friends feel jealous of your iPhone/iPod touch." -Touch Reviews

About

Comic Life 3

Create dynamic photo comics with a powerful and easy-to-use app. Add photos, customize text and graphics, and share your creations. Features include a script editor, image filters, and numerous templates.

Highlights
  • Integrated Script Editor
  • Next-generation image filters
  • Instant Alpha tool
  • Customizable templates
  • Speech balloons and lettering
  • Multi-page comic support
Features
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The Most Powerful Photo Comic Creation App Available. "Of the comic book apps I’ve used, Comic Life, [...], has the most features and works best on an iPad because of the bigger screen... I love the way the app allows you to edit tiny details, from the shape and style of word bubbles to the size and placement of each story cell." - Kit Eaton, The New York Times - Introducing an integrated Script Editor*, next generation image filters and built in Instant Alpha tool. - New graphics features include speedlines, halftones, updated stroke options and more! - Dozens of fully customizable templates. - Everything you need at your fingertips: speech balloons, photo filters, comic lettering, templates, shapes, shadows and effects. Download Comic Life 3 to create dynamic comics with your photos. Packed with fonts, templates, balloons, captions, and lettering art, Comic Life is a fun, powerful and easy-to-use app that makes creating comics easier than ever. And now you can build your comics anywhere you like! Easily go from taking photos to creating full comics all on one device with full page templates and panel layouts. Create original stories with the integrated Script Editor then drag and drop your words to the comic page when you're done. Bring in photos from your photo library or access web photos via Flickr integration, and the app’s powerful editing and design tools to get exactly the look you want. When your work of art is complete, use the integrated reader to review pages on your device. Or share with your friends and family. Choose from Facebook, Twitter, email or open your comic in another app as a PDF. New Tools and Features in Comic Life 3 Script Editor* that recognizes elements as you type 17 Advanced parametric image filters Dozens of full templates with hundreds of panel layout options. Instant Alpha tool built in so you can knock out image backgrounds Speedlines, halftones, and textures Fully customizable fill and borders for balloons, lettering, captions, panels and shapes New balloon variety slider for even more customization Customizable gradient builder Draw shapes Over 60 font options Load photos directly from photo library Integrated camera feature to instantly add photos to your comic Supports multi-page comics Using Comic Life you can: - Read your comics with the integrated e-reader. - Create photo comics in the full featured comic editor. - Share your comics on Facebook, Twitter, via Mail, AirDrop and iTunes File Share. - Transfer your comics to Mac or Windows and keep working with Comic Life 3 on your desktop or laptop. - Send your comics to a printer on your wireless network. - Choose from full page layouts including panels, titles and captions along with complimentary styles for a high end look. - Drag and Drop elements anywhere in your comic page. - Easily add photos from your library with the Place Photo button in panels. - Curve and place balloon tails precisely with advanced tail controls. - Resize and rotate images, clip them in panels along with balloons, captions, and lettering. - Create multilayered color gradients to design the perfect style for lettering, captions or background. - Use smart shapes to add common shapes and the free form shape drawing tool to create any line or shape you can imagine. - Work without worry of losing your creation as documents are automatically saved whenever a change is made. * This feature is available on iPad only

Screenshots

Lifecards4 screens
Comic Life 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Comic Life 3 at 4.3 against Lifecards's 3.8. Comic Life 3 also leads on ratings volume (239 vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Lifecards's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 64%) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ads, 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

Lifecards costs $1.99 and Comic Life 3 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Comic Life 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Life 3 has 239 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Lifecards's written reviews are positive against 64% of Comic Life 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lifecards ships an update every 7 months, Comic Life 3 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Lifecards versus Comic Life 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifecardsComic Life 3
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.3 (239 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews — better63.8% of reviews
Number of ratings4239 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#74 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB97 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVivid Appsplasq LLC

Customer experience

Lifecards

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative7.4%

Comic Life 3

All ratings239 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews185 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral12.4%
Negative23.8%

User reviews

Lifecards

From 4 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Creative and fun
  • 🚀 Fast creation and sending
  • 🖼️ Great templates and designs
  • ✉️ Excellent for e-cards

Room to improve

  • 👴 Old-fashioned borders
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🖨️ Poor printing quality
  • ❓ Some features unclear
  • 🌐 Limited language support

Comic Life 3

From 239 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 💡 Versatile for various purposes
  • 🎨 Helpful for creating comics and graphics
  • 👍 Great for students and educators

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find features
  • 🔍 Unintuitive controls and menus
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced features compared to desktop version

Bugs and requests

Lifecards

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Pictures not showing up
  • Cannot resize postcards
  • Text function is buggy
  • Text size changes put spaces
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  • Left side of text cut off when printing
  • Poor quality and blurry when printing
  • Facebook posting issues
  • Program shuts down when trying to put on Facebook
  • Non-English text prints garbled
  • Crashes with some font changes
  • Crashes when changing fonts
  • Text display terrible at any resolution
  • Program crashed when looking at font options
  • Interface with Facebook issues
  • Non-functional since OS 3.0 update
  • Pan/zoom button awkward

Requested features

102 requests
  • New and modern borders
  • Ability to add/use custom borders
  • More card variety
  • Option to move frames
  • Option to move text
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  • More stickers
  • More professional templates
  • Ability to change backgrounds
  • GPS location maps as option
  • HDR support
  • Option to choose number of photos per template
  • More templates
  • Ability to delete templates
  • Create own layouts
  • Choice of stamps
  • Ability to design own templates
  • Modify existing templates with backgrounds
  • Cropping area for text
  • More frames (pet type)
  • Sell frame packs
  • Free version with limited frames
  • More card designs
  • Ability to move around pictures
  • Ability to move text
  • More templates for children's section
  • Option to print & mail
  • More calendar templates
  • Tap on date to enter text
  • Add small cliparts
  • Small photo on special dates
  • Send small music file
  • More professional templates
  • Allow different fonts in same text box
  • Creation of custom templates
  • Email directly from app (hi-res)
  • Make cards larger (hi-res)
  • Ability to transfer e-card to actual postcard
  • Add stamp with place and date
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices

Comic Life 3

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and data loss
  • Issues with placing and resizing elements
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding or editing content
  • Problems with syncing and opening projects across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved stability and reliability
  • More customization options for text, layouts, and templates
  • Ability to import and use custom fonts
  • Better integration with cloud storage (e.g., iCloud, Dropbox)
  • Streamlined export and sharing options

In-app purchases

None

Lifecards

No in-app purchases

None

Comic Life 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lifecards free?
Lifecards costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comic Life 3 free?
Comic Life 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lifecards or Comic Life 3?
Comic Life 3 is rated higher. Lifecards averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Comic Life 3 averages 4.3 from 239 ratings.
Do Lifecards or Comic Life 3 have ads?
Neither Lifecards nor Comic Life 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lifecards or Comic Life 3?
Lifecards ships an update every 7 months, and Comic Life 3 every 2 months. Most recently, Lifecards was updated on September 29, 2026 and Comic Life 3 on September 28, 2026.

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