Comparison

Text on Photo vs Annotable

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

Head to head
About

Text on Photo

Easily add multiple decorated text elements to your photos. Customize fonts, colors, outlines, and shadows. Resize, rotate, and position text for creative photo editing.

Highlights
  • Add multiple texts
  • Variety of fonts
  • Text outlines
  • Shadow editing
  • Resize and rotate text
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◇ Text on Photo lets you add multiple decorated texts to your photos—quickly and easily. ◇ This is the paid, ad-free version. ◇ Features - Many different fonts - Add multiple texts on one photo - Add an outline - Edit shadow ◇ How to use 1. Tap “Background” to add a photograph 2. Tap “Add Text” to add a text 3. Edit the color/style, font size, and font name 4. Add an outline to the text 5. Resize, rotate, and move the text (Repeat steps 2–5 as needed) 6. Tap “Save”

About

Annotable

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for annotating and marking up images. It offers a wide range of customization options for common annotation elements and unique features like text highlighting on screenshots. The app supports various iOS system integrations for a seamless user experience.

Highlights
  • Common annotation tools (rectangles, text, arrows)
  • Customizable colors, sizes, and fonts
  • Blur and pixelation for obscuring information
  • Spotlights and Loupes for highlighting
  • Text highlighting on screenshots
  • High-resolution output
  • Support for all image types
Features
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Annotable is the most full-featured all-in-one image annotation tool. Featured by Apple in many places: ● Best of 2016 ● New Apps We Love ● Best Apps to Edit Your Photos ● Best Productivity Apps ● Best Utilities "I’ve finally found the best all-in-one image annotation tool for iOS – Annotable for iPhone and iPad." —— Federico Viticci of MacStories Features (many are free, some are unlocked with purchases): ◉ All the expected common tools: rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and texts. ◉ Fully customizable: colors, sizes, outlines, fonts… ◉ Stylishly obscure private information with Blur and Pixelation. ◉ Or on the contrary, highlight something with Spotlights. ◉ If you really want to focus on a particular spot use a Loupe. ◉ You can even highlight text on screenshots of apps like Notes, Twitter, and Safari. It feels like magic, and can really save the day when you want to share a web page screenshot with some words highlighted but forgot to select the words when you took the screenshot. ◉ Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes, 3D Touch, Wide Color…Annotable utilizes your powerful iOS system to the extreme. Distinctions from many other similar Apps: ◆ All the results are high-resolution images. ◆ Not only screenshots but all images are supported. ◆ Large images can be directly annotated and do not have to be cropped.

Screenshots

Text on Photo2 screens
Annotable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Annotable at Free against Text on Photo's $2.99. Annotable also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Text on Photo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (84% vs 75%). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Annotable is free to download; Text on Photo costs $2.99 up front. Annotable sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Text on Photo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text on Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 702 and 894 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Text on Photo's written reviews are positive against 75% of Annotable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Text on Photo versus Annotable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText on PhotoAnnotable
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (702 ratings) — better4.6 (894 ratings)
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews — better75.1% of reviews
Number of ratings702894 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperhandyCloset Inc.凌 王

Customer experience

Text on Photo

All ratings702 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative13.1%

Annotable

All ratings885 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive75.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative19.0%

Bugs and requests

Text on Photo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Annotable

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Blur broken ios26
  • Can't save edits on iPad Pro, 14.5.1
  • In-App Purchases do not work
  • Loss of work
  • App freezes occasionally on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open the app directly to the camera
  • Save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images
  • Make a Mac version
  • Add insert photo option
  • Add flexible pointers lines
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  • Add an eraser
  • Add undo/redo action buttons
  • Add crop
  • Add a way to adjust transparency of fonts for watermarking
  • Add rotate image
  • Add a way to draw solid boxes with a color of your choosing
  • Add a way to adjust text size
  • Add a way to center the text
  • Add a way to insert and resize images
  • Add a way to make shapes a solid color in addition to outline

In-app purchases

None

Text on Photo

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Annotable

One-time8
  • Color Customization$1.99
  • Text Highlighter & Redaction Tool$1.99
  • All Obscuration Styles$1.99
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  • Blur Tool$1.99
  • Spotlight Tool$1.99
  • Loupe Tool$1.99
  • All Text Styles & Fonts$1.99
  • All Features$9.99

Questions

Is Text on Photo free?
Text on Photo costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Annotable free?
Annotable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text on Photo or Annotable?
Text on Photo is rated higher. Text on Photo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 702 ratings, while Annotable averages 4.6 from 894 ratings.
Do Text on Photo or Annotable have ads?
Neither Text on Photo nor Annotable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text on Photo or Annotable?
Text on Photo ships an update every 2 months, and Annotable every 2 months. Most recently, Text on Photo was updated on September 25, 2026 and Annotable on September 24, 2026.

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