Comparison

Ransom vs Sticker Doodle Machine

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

Head to head
About

Ransom

Features
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Create vibrant color ransom notes. Save or email notes to friends. Fully customizable colors, fonts, sizes and backgrounds.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Ransom4 screens
Sticker Doodle Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ransom versus Sticker Doodle Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRansomSticker 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 frequencyEvery 23 months — betterEvery 43 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB66 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJohn Smilanickappikiko LLC

In-app purchases

None

Ransom

No in-app purchases

None

Sticker Doodle Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ransom free?
Ransom costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sticker Doodle Machine free?
Sticker Doodle Machine costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ransom or Sticker Doodle Machine have ads?
Neither Ransom nor Sticker Doodle Machine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ransom or Sticker Doodle Machine?
Ransom ships an update every 23 months, and Sticker Doodle Machine every 43 months. Most recently, Ransom was updated on October 16, 2026 and Sticker Doodle Machine on October 8, 2026.

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