Speech Bubbles Photo Editor vs Emotiface
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speech Bubbles Photo Editor
Easily add captions, speech bubbles, and thought bubbles to your photos. Customize text with various styles, fonts, and frames. Share your creations directly to social media or save them to your device.
- Add and style text easily
- Speech and thought bubbles
- Multiple caption styles
- 25 creative fonts
- 6 free frame styles
- Share to social networks
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Text on Pics is the fast, fun way to add captions, speech bubbles, and eye-catching text to your photos. A full photo-text studio that's still simple enough to make a great pic in seconds. SAY IT WITH YOUR PHOTOS Drop text straight onto your picture, bend it along a curve, wrap it in a speech bubble, or frame it like a comic panel. Move, resize, and rotate anything with your fingers. Everything is a layer, so you can stack, reorder, and tweak until it's exactly right. WHY YOU'LL LOVE TEXT ON PICS: - Speech & Thought Bubbles: Point them at anyone (or anything) in your photo. - Gorgeous Text Styles: One-tap looks with colors, gradients, outlines, and shadows — or design your own and save it for next time. - Curved Text: Bend your words along arcs, waves, and circles. - Fonts for Every Mood: A big collection, neatly organized by category. - Frames & Captions: Classic caption styles and frames for meme-ready pics. - Emoji Stickers: Drop in any emoji and make it as big as you like. - Draw on Your Photos: Doodle right over your picture in any color. - Real Photo Editing: Apply filters, then fine-tune brightness, contrast, warmth, and more. - Total Control: Reorder layers anytime, and undo/redo every single step. - High-Resolution Export: Your photos come out sharp, ready for anywhere. FROM SNAP TO SHARE IN SECONDS 1. Pick: Choose a photo from your library or snap a new one. 2. Caption: Add text, bubbles, emoji, or a frame. 3. Style: Choose fonts and colors, or apply a whole look with one tap. 4. Share: Save your creation or send it straight to your favorite apps. Make your photos talk. Download Text on Pics and start captioning. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION INFO: - You can subscribe for unlimited access to all premium features, with no ads - The subscription is billed yearly - Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription PRIVACY POLICY: http://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/textapic/privacy.html TERMS OF USE: http://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/textapic/terms.html Have you found a bug, got a suggestion, or want a new feature? Email us at: support@honkhonkpunch.com
Emotiface
Transform your photos into hilarious comics with animated effects and speech bubbles. Express your emotions in a fun, automatic way and share your creations with friends. It's an easy and entertaining way to make original selfies.
- Automatic animated effects
- Speech bubble customization
- Multiple feeling effects
- Photo import and editing
- Instant funny picture creation
- Preview effects before capture
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Emotiface turns your photos into funny comics that will make you laugh like crazy! Taking original and cool selfies has never been so easy and fun. Using face detection, Emotiface makes it easy to add animated effects and speech bubbles with the tap of a button. Through the use of custom made art and funny animations, the effects were created to let you express what you feel in the most original way. Whether you are in love, feeling creative, sleepy, confused, bored, or maybe mad at someone, Emotiface has something for you. You can share the Emotiface photos you create with your friends instead of emojis. Unlike “photo editor” apps, which require many steps to create a cool photo, the whole process with Emotiface is automatic. Just pick how you are feeling in this moment, and the app will take care of the rest. Emotiface makes creating cool comic photos as simple as taking a regular photo. You just need to share your photo with your friends. Features: - Take funny pictures of you or your friends instantly! - Preview the effects even before you take your picture! - Effects are previewed with cool and funny animations. We dare you not to laugh!! - Sixteen original feeling effects: Cool, Love, Hungry, Music, Angel, Creative, Geek, Sleepy, Sick, Confused, Crying, Bored, Stressed, Angry, Sports Fan and SportsFan+! - Effects are applied automatically. - Hand selected emojis and phrases to go with each effect. - Speech bubbles are automatically inserted and oriented towards your mouth. - Choose your own bubble shape: Regular, Shouting, Cool, Dreaming... - Write your own phrases in the bubble. - Use a funny phrase from the suggested phrases menu. - Fully customize your speech bubble with fonts and font colors. - Insert photos from your Photo Album in the speech bubble. - Import photos from your library and apply effects to them. - Share on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and more. Emotiface - Let the world know how you feel!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emotiface at none against Speech Bubbles Photo Editor's 2. Emotiface also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Speech Bubbles Photo Editor's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 9). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Speech Bubbles Photo Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Emotiface asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Speech Bubbles Photo Editor against 4.3 for Emotiface. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speech Bubbles Photo Editor has 200 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Speech Bubbles Photo Editor's written reviews are positive against 75% of Emotiface's.
Speech Bubbles Photo Editor ships an update every 2 months, Emotiface every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speech Bubbles Photo Editor | Emotiface |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (200 ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Cushway | Samir Shaker |
Customer experience
Speech Bubbles Photo Editor
Emotiface
Bugs and requests
Speech Bubbles Photo Editor
Reported bugs
9 issues- Missing buttons on iPad (dome button in share section)
- Bottom buttons disappearing on iPad after update
- Text rendering blurry when saved to photos
- Frame option not working on iPhone 11 Pro
- App crashes on iOS 10.3.3
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- App won't open - stuck on logo screen
- Performance slowdown after new update
- Ad close button not registering properly
- Occasional crashes on iPhone 5s
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to flip or rotate speech bubbles
- More bubble design styles and shapes
- More color options for bubbles
- Arrow drawing tool
- Better integration with camera roll editor
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- Additional font options (LOT font mentioned)
- Desktop/iMac version support
- Clearer user instructions or tutorial
- Frame feature improvements
Emotiface
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speech Bubbles Photo Editor
- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro Upgrade$49.99
Emotiface
No in-app purchases
Questions
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