Ransom vs Sticker Doodle Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ransom
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Create vibrant color ransom notes. Save or email notes to friends. Fully customizable colors, fonts, sizes and backgrounds.
Sticker Doodle Machine
Create custom static and animated stickers for iMessage. Utilize a smooth digital ink engine for a hand-drawn look, with intuitive tools for editing, layering, and animating your creations.
- Create static and animated stickers
- Digital ink engine for hand-drawn look
- Intuitive editing tools
- Layering for scenes
- 2-8 frame animations
- iMessage Sticker Store integration
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Doodle your own iMessage stickers! Classic or animated. Yes, really, you can make a simple animated sticker right on your iPhone or iPad. The Sticker Doodle Machine app utilizes the same beautiful digital ink from the "doodles!" family of apps, which means your doodles will always look great! • Smooth and realistic ink to create a hand-drawn look • Simple paint-bucket fill for crisp graphics • Fully editable vector-like lines • Copy, paste, stretch, scale, move intuitively You can make your own set of themed stickers: • Your personal "catch-phrases" • Inside jokes • Layer your stickers to make a scene • Your signature • A "self-protrait" • Feelings! Make a classic sticker directly in iMessage. All your stickers are always available at your fingertips. The main app is where you have the choice to make an animated sticker. With the vector-like drawing, it is so easy to create an animation. No complicated tools or commands. Just advance the screen and your doodle advances too. Add, delete, stretch, scale, move the doodles intuitively. Make your animation 2 to 8 frames long. Save it as a small, medium or large sticker. Check out our doodles! created stickers available in the iMessage Sticker Store. Yes, we made our own Sticker Packs. . . you try it too!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ransom at 7.0 against Sticker Doodle Machine's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Ransom costs $1.99 and Sticker Doodle Machine $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ransom ships an update every 23 months, Sticker Doodle Machine every 43 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ransom | Sticker Doodle Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Smilanick | appikiko LLC |
In-app purchases
Ransom
No in-app purchases
Sticker Doodle Machine
No in-app purchases
Questions
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