Comparison

Strip Designer vs WaterMark

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

WaterMark

Easily protect your photos and digital creations by adding custom text or logo watermarks. Adjust opacity, position, and rotation to safeguard your work before sharing or publishing.

Highlights
  • Add text or logo watermarks
  • Adjust watermark opacity
  • Resize and rotate watermarks
  • Choose from 100+ fonts
  • Define text color
  • Save and share at full resolution
Features
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Protect your photos and digital works with your own watermark in no time before sending them or publishing them! Protect your photos in 4 simple steps: - Select the photo/image you want to protect in your photo library - Select your logo image, or define a text as watermark and adjust its style. Switch between your text and logo by touching the bottom left button - Adjust your watermark on your photos; pinch it, drag it and rotate it. Adjust its opacity precisely with the bottom slider. - Save your photo in your library, send it by email,export it to other apps Special features: - White and black spirals watermark included - Choose the text font among more than 100 different fonts - Define the text color with the sliders - Save and share your watermarked photo at full resolution If you have an issue, question or suggestion, drop us an email at support@seb-appstore.com Check out other great iPhone apps at www.SEB-AppStore.com

Screenshots

Strip Designer4 screens
WaterMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Strip Designer at 88% against WaterMark's 42%. Strip Designer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). WaterMark's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Strip Designer costs $3.99 and WaterMark $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strip Designer ships an update every 2 months, WaterMark every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Strip Designer versus WaterMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrip DesignerWaterMark
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.9 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews — better42.4% of reviews
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1515.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB9 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVivid AppsSebastien BUET

Customer experience

Strip Designer

All ratings73 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews337 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.4%

WaterMark

Written reviews92 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative53.3%

User reviews

Strip Designer

From 73 App Store ratings

What 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)

WaterMark

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Controls watermark intensity
  • 👍 Saves previous templates
  • 👍 Good for copyrighting photos
  • 👍 Simple and quick

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Does not work on newer iOS
  • 🐛 Blurry when saving
  • 🐛 Limited design options
  • 🐛 Not user-friendly

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

WaterMark

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • Crashes on any operation
  • Crashes when trying to upload image
  • Crashes when trying to import photo
  • Crashes when trying to load new one
  • Photos would not save to library
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  • Photos would not post to Instagram
  • App crashes as soon as I try to import a photo
  • App crashes when trying to load a new one
  • App crashes when trying to upload the image from my phone
  • App crashes when trying to import a photo
  • App crashes when trying to load a new one
  • App crashes when trying to save
  • App crashes when trying to apply own personal watermark
  • App crashes when trying to modify text
  • App crashes when trying to save modified text
  • App crashes when trying to open
  • App crashes when trying to make a change
  • App crashes when trying to upload photograph
  • App crashes upon opening
  • App crashes when launched
  • App crashes when Zapfino is used
  • App crashes within minutes and won't re-open
  • App freezes
  • App doesn't open
  • App doesn't work
  • App is non-working
  • App is non-accessible
  • App crashes the moment it opens
  • App won't open
  • App is unresponsive

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to have own watermark
  • Save more than one text watermark
  • Add watermark to videos
  • Ability to change font size
  • Ability to move text around photo
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  • Add landscape view
  • Better coloring options

In-app purchases

None

Strip Designer

No in-app purchases

None

WaterMark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strip Designer free?
Strip Designer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WaterMark free?
WaterMark costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Strip Designer or WaterMark have ads?
Neither Strip Designer nor WaterMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strip Designer or WaterMark?
Strip Designer ships an update every 2 months, and WaterMark every 5 months. Most recently, Strip Designer was updated on October 31, 2026 and WaterMark on November 1, 2026.

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