Comparison

Strip Designer vs Comic Star HD

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

Comic Star HD

Easily create comic strips using your own photos. This app offers a variety of layouts, special effects, stickers, and fonts to bring your comic ideas to life. Share your finished creations with others.

Highlights
  • Create comic strips from photos
  • Multiple layouts
  • Special effects
  • Sticker library
  • Font selection
  • Share creations
Features
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Create Amazing Comic Strips With Your Own Photos! **** The Best Comic Strip Creator On The App Store. **** FEATURES -> Easy To Use -> Lots of Layouts -> Lots of Special Effects -> Lots of Stickers -> Lots of Fonts To Choose From -> Share Your Comic Strips

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Comic Star HD at Free against Strip Designer's $3.99. Comic Star HD also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15). Strip Designer's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 15). On ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Comic Star HD is free to download; Strip Designer costs $3.99 up front. Comic Star HD sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Strip Designer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strip Designer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Strip Designer's written reviews are positive against 68% of Comic Star HD's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Strip Designer versus Comic Star HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrip DesignerComic Star HD
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (73 ratings) — better3.7 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews — better68.2% of reviews
Number of ratings73 — better38
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPad
Requires iOS157.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB26 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVivid AppsIconic Digital

Customer experience

Strip Designer

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

Comic Star HD

All ratings38 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative13.6%

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

Comic Star HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Strip Designer

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Comic Star HD

One-time15
  • Comic Sounds 2$1.99
  • Comic Sounds 3$1.99
  • Speech Bubbles$1.99
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  • Badges Pack$1.99
  • Weather Pack$1.99
  • Poster Pack$1.99
  • Smooth Reality Pack$1.99
  • Sepia Pack$1.99
  • Christmas Pack$1.99
  • Sketch Pack$1.99
  • Sunglasses$1.99
  • Badges 2 Pack$1.99
  • Facial Hair$1.99
  • Abstract Pack$1.99
  • Black and White Pack$1.99

Questions

Is Strip Designer free?
Strip Designer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comic Star HD free?
Comic Star HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strip Designer or Comic Star HD?
Strip Designer is rated higher. Strip Designer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Comic Star HD averages 3.7 from 38 ratings.
Do Strip Designer or Comic Star HD have ads?
Neither Strip Designer nor Comic Star HD shows ads.

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