Comparison

Curved Text vs Vector Q by Imaengine

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

Head to head
About

Curved Text

Easily add beautifully curved text to your photos. Choose from various shapes, styles, and fonts, or create custom curves with your finger. Enhance your images with effects, frames, and stickers using the integrated photo editor.

Highlights
  • Beautiful curve shapes
  • Custom curve drawing
  • Unlimited text additions
  • Artistic and custom fonts
  • Text styling and colors
  • Photo editing tools
  • Background templates
Features
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[Curved Text] helps you to add beautiful curved texts on your photo. With tons of curve shapes, text styles, artistic fonts and background templates, you can add unique texts in ways you've never imagined. You can also apply effects, frames and stickers to your photo with powerful photo editor. [Features] ● Beautiful curve shapes - Free draw - Wave - Arc - Bell - Horizontal/Vertical Line - Semi Circle - Circle - Rectangle ● Create custom curve with your finger touch ● Unlimited number of texts - not just one text! ● Tons of artistic fonts (including all iOS fonts) ● Custom Font - Add any font you want ● Beautiful text styles and colors including gradient color ● Move, resize and rotate each text ● Tons of background templates - optimized for Instagram ● Powerful photo editor - effects, frames and stickers ● Save as full resolution ● Export texts as watermark ● Upload to SNS ** Custom Font - Add any font you want 1. Using iTunes - Open iTunes - Connect your device to your PC - Go to [Devices/Your Device/Apps/File Sharing/CurvedText] - Copy your fonts to app 2. Using Email - Create email and attach your fonts in your PC - Send it to yourself - Open it in your iPhone email app - Select [Curved Text] in the list [User Reviews] - "I've been waiting for an app like this to come along and Curved Text is very well done and simple to use" - "Great set of fonts and works perfect" - "Add curved writing to your messages and photos!" - "So amazing words can't describe it!!! The point is... IT'S AMAZING!!!"

About

Vector Q by Imaengine

Transform pixel images into editable vector graphics with advanced editing tools. Create custom filters for various artistic styles and manipulate paths, shapes, and text with precision. Projects are cross-platform compatible with macOS.

Highlights
  • Raster to vector conversion
  • Customizable vector filters
  • Advanced vector editor
  • Color curves tool
  • Variable weight and color strokes
  • Nested masks
  • Perspective tool
  • Text on path
Features
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Vector Q, (before known as Imaengine) is a fast and powerfull Raster to Vector translator and a complete Vector Editor. The definitive VECTOR TOOL! Turn your pixel-format pictures into fully editable vector drawings. With custom filters you can get from a standard vectorization with unlimited colors, crispy grayscale images, two-tone stencils, original Pop-Art drawings and amazing polygonal shapes. New redesigned EDITOR, probably the most powerfull vector editor for iPhone and iPad with exclusive and unique features: - COLOR CURVES, a new tool to apply color to paths and shapes. - Variable WEIGHT and COLOR strokes.  - Nested masks, everything can be a mask, a group can be a mask, even a mask can be mask! - Perspective tool with two modes, apply perspective to paths, shapes, groups, pictures.. and more - Text , text on path, colored text on path Projects are fully compatible between iOS and MacOS, There is a Vector Q version for Mac! Record video with rotoscoping-like effect. * PDF and SVG files are vectorial graphics and you can enlarge as much as necessary and edit in Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator and others. APP CRASH? please send me email with device model and iOS version to : support@vectorqueue.com

Screenshots

Curved Text4 screens
Vector Q by Imaengine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vector Q by Imaengine at Free against Curved Text's $2.99. Vector Q by Imaengine also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (80% vs 62%). Curved Text's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Vector Q by Imaengine is free to download; Curved Text costs $2.99 up front. Curved Text sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Vector Q by Imaengine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vector Q by Imaengine holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vector Q by Imaengine has 1.7K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Curved Text's written reviews are positive against 80% of Vector Q by Imaengine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curved Text ships an update every 6 weeks, Vector Q by Imaengine monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Curved Text versus Vector Q by Imaengine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurved TextVector Q by Imaengine
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.8 (72 ratings)4.2 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings721.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongwook ChoLuis Rivas

Customer experience

Curved Text

All ratings72 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative51.4%
Written reviews241 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral11.2%
Negative26.6%

Vector Q by Imaengine

All ratings1,671 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews1,024 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.1%

User reviews

Curved Text

From 72 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Unique curved text feature unavailable in other apps
  • 🎨 Wide variety of fonts and color options
  • 👍 User-friendly interface and intuitive design
  • 🖼️ Built-in photo editing and cropping tools
  • ✨ Multiple text effects including shadows and gradients

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes when saving photos
  • 📏 Inconsistent and uneven letter spacing
  • ❌ Cannot save with transparent backgrounds
  • 🔤 Low resolution/blurry text output
  • ⚙️ Limited customization of preset curves

Vector Q by Imaengine

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful vectorization capabilities
  • 🎨 Variety of creative filters and effects
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 💡 Useful for Cricut and other crafting projects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🔒 Paywall to save or export images
  • 🤔 Overly complicated after recent updates
  • 🙄 Removal of popular features/presets

Bugs and requests

Curved Text

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes when attempting to save photos to camera roll
  • Only first letter of text displays after updates
  • Text fails to appear on photos during export
  • Custom curve feature glitches and malfunctions
  • App freezes during photo editing with multiple lines
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  • Text editing selection becomes unresponsive after placement
  • Interface language switches to Asian characters unexpectedly
  • Incompatibility with iOS 10.2 and older devices
  • Black bars appear on iPod touch 5 despite bigger screen support
  • App crashes when using draw-your-own-curve feature
  • Pinch-to-zoom enlarges text but spaces letters excessively
  • Preset text styles cannot have border/shadow colors changed independently

Requested features

18 requests
  • Transparent background export option
  • Automatic text centering and balancing
  • Eraser tool for artistic effects
  • Ability to resize text boxes independently
  • Letter spacing/kerning adjustment controls
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  • Plain or no background options
  • Text rotation and angle adjustment
  • 3D text rotation capability
  • Save/autosave functionality with checkpoints
  • Support for Arabic language
  • Support for Chinese fonts and characters
  • Paragraph/multi-line text support
  • Two-finger pinch-to-resize gesture
  • Color picker for more precise color selection
  • More diverse preset shapes and templates
  • Japanese font expansion
  • Photo layering above backgrounds
  • Ability to curve special/custom fonts

Vector Q by Imaengine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to save or export images
  • Freezing and crashing when using certain features
  • Inconsistent behavior when rotating or resizing images

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize color palettes
  • More advanced vector editing tools
  • Improved layer management
  • Export options for different vector formats

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Curved Text

One-time2
  • [Use All Fonts]$0.99
  • [Use All Templates]$0.99
1 purchases

Vector Q by Imaengine

One-time1
  • Vector Q Upgrade$7.99

Questions

Is Curved Text free?
Curved Text costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Vector Q by Imaengine free?
Vector Q by Imaengine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Curved Text or Vector Q by Imaengine?
Vector Q by Imaengine is rated higher. Curved Text averages 2.8 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Vector Q by Imaengine averages 4.2 from 1.7K ratings.
Do Curved Text or Vector Q by Imaengine have ads?
Neither Curved Text nor Vector Q by Imaengine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curved Text or Vector Q by Imaengine?
Curved Text ships an update every 6 weeks, and Vector Q by Imaengine monthly. Most recently, Curved Text was updated on October 16, 2026 and Vector Q by Imaengine on October 8, 2026.

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