Strip Designer vs ToonCamera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 100+ page templates
- Custom panel layouts
- Customizable speech balloons
- 3D warped text
- 150+ stickers
- Photo filters and effects
- Drawing and masking tools
- PDF export
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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" --------------------------
ToonCamera
Transform your photos and videos into live cartoons with real-time art effects. Choose from various styles, customize them, and share your creations instantly. Convert existing media or capture new moments with artistic filters.
- Live cartoon and art effects
- Real-time preview
- Multiple art styles (pencil, ink, stipple)
- Customizable effects
- Convert existing media
- Direct sharing to social media
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Transform your world into a live cartoon. Selected by Apple for iTunes Rewind Hot Trends In Apps and as an App Store Essential. "An amazing piece of technology." - Terry White, www.bestappsite.com "Best toon app out there, and totally worth the price!" - Robin Rhys, AppAdvice Daily ToonCamera is an amazing video and photography app that turns your world into a live cartoon. Apply real-time cartoon and art effects to your camera feed, record video, snap photos, and convert existing video and photos from your albums to create instant works of art. Save your creations and share them with friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube, all from within ToonCamera. Features: • Choose from multiple cartoon, pencil, stipple, and ink effects • Customize your effects with unique line art styles • Take photos and record videos with a real-time preview of the effects • Convert existing photos and videos from your albums • Save your creations and share them with friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube • Create canvas prints, posters, and more See a video of ToonCamera: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mo7OAQGDGsQ Subscribe or purchase ToonCamera to unlock all features. Find out more about ToonCamera and our other apps at www.codeorgana.com and follow us on Twitter @codeorgana. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ToonCamera at Free against Strip Designer's $3.99. ToonCamera also leads on ratings volume (8.6K vs 73) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). Strip Designer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
ToonCamera is free to download; Strip Designer costs $3.99 up front. ToonCamera sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Strip Designer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Strip Designer against 4.8 for ToonCamera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ToonCamera has 8.6K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Strip Designer's written reviews are positive against 86% of ToonCamera's.
Strip Designer ships an update every 2 months, ToonCamera every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Strip Designer | ToonCamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (73 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.8% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 8.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vivid Apps | Code Organa |
Customer experience
Strip Designer
ToonCamera
User reviews
Strip Designer
From 73 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 💡 Customizable fonts and stickers
- 👍 Versatile for various projects
- 🚀 Consistent updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🐛 Issues with saving/loading projects
- 🐛 Problems with image quality or resolution
- 💡 Lack of advanced features (e.g., motion lines, more stickers)
ToonCamera
From 8.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Wonderful tool for enhancing and developing images
- 👍 Amazing, fun, and easy to use
- 👍 Excellent, intuitive, and versatile
- 👍 Great for creating interesting and artistic photos
- 👍 Fantastic for transforming photos into cartoons/art
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes when trying to save multiple images
- 🐛 Glitches with video recording and sound
- 🔍 Limited filter options and effects
- 🔍 Mediocre and basic filter results
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
ToonCamera
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to save multiple images
- Issues with video recording and sound
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit/manipulate specific areas of photos
- Improve video recording quality and features
- Provide more advanced filter and editing options
- Add ability to search and use photos from camera roll
In-app purchases
Strip Designer
No in-app purchases
ToonCamera
- ToonCamera2 variants$4.997 Days
- ToonCamera2 variants$9.991 Month
- ToonCamera3 Days trial2 variants$19.991 Year
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- ToonCamera3 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
- ToonCamera2 variants$49.99
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