Comparison

Strip Designer vs Comicish (basic)

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

Head to head
About

Strip Designer

Create your own comic books using photos, text, stickers, and drawings. Design custom layouts, add speech balloons, and apply filters to tell your stories. Export your creations as high-quality PDFs or share them directly with friends.

Highlights
  • 100+ page templates
  • Custom panel layouts
  • Customizable speech balloons
  • 3D warped text
  • 150+ stickers
  • Photo filters and effects
  • Drawing and masking tools
  • PDF export
Features
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Create amazing comic books with your photos and share with friends and family. Tell exciting stories with balloons, stickers, drawings, and warped 3D lettering. Strip Designer offers the complete comic creation experience on iOS and macOS. And no in-app purchases -- Everything is included! You'll begin by selecting one of the many included comic book page templates or create your own custom layout. Next, you'll add photos from the camera, your album, or create a drawing. Apply filters, or even paint on and mask your photos for atmosphere, style and retouching. Add balloons and text anywhere you want and in any direction and size. Play with the colors and fonts until you get the perfect look. Add stickers like "Boom", "Splash", or "Bang" to spice up the action -- Even create your own library using photos from your photo-album and the built-in masking and drawing tools. Use 3D warped text with thick borders and gradient color-fill to give your comic the extra super-hero feel. Download and add additional free fonts easily within the app, to give your text a unique look! While you work, you can freely pan and zoom to control even tiny details. Once you have finished your masterpiece you can save it to your photo album or share it with your friends. Use PDF to share entire comic books in high-quality. -- All from within Strip Designer. Key Features: • More than a 100 page templates with 1 to 9 photo cells • Multipage books • Create your own panel layout with up-to 12 cells or use one of the standard layouts • Many balloon types with customizable tails and heads • Balloons can have multiple tails and be combined • Flexible text options with per-letter colors and fonts • Adjust ballon size, rotation, color, and transparency • Add text (3D, warped, and perspective) for a superhero vibe • Use any iOS font or install additional fonts for unique touch • More than 150 stickers to insert for additional impact • Page effects to give your pages old look • Dropbox and WebDAV download/upload support • Export to PDF to create real comic books • Import PDFs (for both cells and custom stickers) • Control scale, position, and rotation of photos • Integrated drawing and masking tools to create your own drawings, paint on photos, or make your own stickers • Auto mask and feather photos (to remove background) • Many different cell styles • Photo filters • Fluidly pan and zoom to manage even the smallest details • Insert maps for additional context • iCloud sync across devices • Support for iOS's third party document providers • Layers view to lock or reorder layers • Shared iPad (for education) setup through MDM configuration No in-app purchases -- Everything is included! - What the reviewers say - "Strip Designer is worth every penny it costs, and then some. I would pay a couple more bucks for Lifestrips. It's stable, it's easy, it's fun, and for all that I couldn't come up with anything witty for my comic text, I love the look of my comics. Someone with a better imagination than I apparently have could really do fabulous things with this app. I rate it a solid five stars out of five.", Pamela Flora, iPhoneography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "We were simply blown away by this application and the detail that has gone into the editing options and templates. We enjoyed the fact that a comic can be created very easily with photos and simple text effects, however there is real opportunities to really drill down into the editing options where the user can explore the apps true potential. There are many comic strip applications available on the Appstore but this is by far one of the best and great value for money. This app comes highly recommended by The Educational Appstore.", - See more at: http://www.educationalappstore.com/app/strip-designer#sthash.2KqjbU5Q.dpuf" --------------------------

About

Comicish (basic)

Transform your videos and pictures into comic strips with this easy-to-use tool. Select templates, extract frames, add text and stickers, apply filters, and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Comic templates
  • Extract video frames
  • Add dialogue boxes and stickers
  • Apply filters and color adjustments
  • Export to JPEG or PDF
  • Share to social media
Features
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Comicish is a simple tool that allows you to turn your own ideas and favorite videos/pictures into a comic strip in as little time as possible . How it works: Every video clip contains many frames of your memories. Now you can take advantage of its features (actors, scenes and locations) to direct your own story in a fun way! 1- Begin by selecting one of the many included comic templates 2- Then extract specific frames from the clips or pictures in your iPhone photo albums. 3- Add dialogue boxes, text messages as well as stickers to your stories. Play with the fonts and colors available to make your stories truly shine. 4- Apply filters and color adjustments. 5- After creating your great artwork, it’s time to share! Comicish’s powerful export engine provides you with high resolution canvases, which can be printed or shared through your social media. Features: In-app guide 21 page templates (More than 80 page templates in PRO version) Save up to two projects (Save unlimited projects in PRO version) Extracting video frames Control scale, position, and rotation of frames/images Different dialogue box shapes (More shapes in PRO version) Cool fonts with adjustable text colors Change dialogue boxes size, rotation, color and transparency Emojis & stickers (More than 50 Emojis & stickers in PRO version) Filters that make your stories look more comicish Export to JPEG or PDF to create comic books Easy to publish on Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox Easy to save in your photo gallery

Screenshots

Strip Designer4 screens
Comicish (basic)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Comicish (basic) at Free against Strip Designer's $3.99. Comicish (basic) also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15). Strip Designer's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (73 vs 3). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Comicish (basic) is free to download; Strip Designer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strip Designer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strip Designer has 73 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strip Designer versus Comicish (basic): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrip DesignerComicish (basic)
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (73 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB41 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVivid AppsShahed Mohseni Zonoozi

Customer experience

Strip Designer

All ratings73 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews336 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.4%

Comicish (basic)

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Strip Designer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to change comic name
  • Issues with photo import and orientation
  • Problems with text resizing in speech bubbles

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and save custom templates
  • Option to organize projects into folders
  • More advanced drawing/editing tools
  • Improved navigation for browsing past projects
  • Wireless printing or export options

Comicish (basic)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Strip Designer

No in-app purchases

None

Comicish (basic)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strip Designer free?
Strip Designer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comicish (basic) free?
Comicish (basic) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strip Designer or Comicish (basic)?
Strip Designer is rated higher. Strip Designer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Comicish (basic) averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Strip Designer or Comicish (basic) have ads?
Neither Strip Designer nor Comicish (basic) shows ads.

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