Emoji for Message vs Skadoodle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji for Message
Enhance your messages with a vast collection of emojis, text faces, and symbols. Access over 1000 emoticons, 200 text faces, and thousands of unique symbols to personalize your communication.
- 1000+ Emoticons
- 200+ Text Faces
- 2000+ Symbols
- 50000+ Characters
- Extra Keyboards
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This app gives you extra keyboards with emojis and symbols. √ Over 1000 Emoticons √ Over 200 Text Faces √ Over 2000 Symbols √ Over 50000 Characters
Skadoodle
This app lets you draw anything without needing artistic skill. An AI then generates a caption and tags for your creation. You can keep your drawings private in a diary or share them with a global community.
- AI-generated captions and tags
- Personal doodle diary
- World gallery for sharing
- Drawing tools (pen, eraser, undo/redo)
- No artistic skill required
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Everyone gets the same prompt. Every doodle tells a different story. Welcome to Skadoodle—the daily drawing game where creativity wins. Each day brings a new prompt. Create your doodle before time runs out, then discover everyone's creations, vote for your favorites, and see which doodle takes the win. Express yourself with dozens of unique pens including watercolor, chalk, neon, spray paint, confetti, braided rope, calligraphy, and more. Build with layers, add emoji, text, and photo cutouts, then let AI write a caption inspired by your masterpiece. Save your favorites, share them with the world, discover incredible artists, and build a following of your own. Features • Daily Doodle challenges • Unique artistic pens and brushes • Layers for professional-style editing • Emoji, text, and photo cutouts • AI-generated captions • Personal and global galleries • Like, comment, and follow other doodlers Whether your doodle takes five seconds or fifty minutes, today's prompt is waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Skadoodle at none against Emoji for Message's shown. Skadoodle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). Emoji for Message's advantage is ratings volume (6K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Skadoodle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji for Message has 6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Emoji for Message ships an update monthly, Skadoodle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji for Message | Skadoodle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | Edward Brayman |
Customer experience
Emoji for Message
Skadoodle
Bugs and requests
Emoji for Message
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard not showing up for some users
- Issues with certain apps/platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to submit custom characters
- Implement a favorites or recents section
- Integrate keyboard directly into messaging apps
- Add dark mode option
Skadoodle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji for Message
No in-app purchases
Skadoodle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Emoji for Message free?
Is Skadoodle free?
Which has better reviews, Emoji for Message or Skadoodle?
Do Emoji for Message or Skadoodle have ads?
Which is updated more often, Emoji for Message or Skadoodle?
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