Comparison

Speech Bubble vs Live Comic Book

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

Head to head
About

Speech Bubble

Add comic-style speech and thought bubbles to your photos. Customize text, fonts, colors, and bubble shapes. Easily share your creations with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Add speech and thought bubbles to photos
  • Customize text, fonts, and colors
  • Multiple bubble styles (thought, cloud, block, shock)
  • Pinch, drag, and rotate bubbles
  • Add multiple bubbles to group photos
  • Share to social media and messaging apps
  • Edit photos from gallery
Features
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ADD SPEECH BUBBLES TO YOUR PHOTOS! Bring everyone's thoughts and words to life with Bubble. Bubble allows you to create comic style captions of whatever text you like and place them on your photos of friends. PINCH, DRAG, ROTATE, ADJUST, AND MUCH MORE. The flexibility of Bubble is limitless. Use different bubble styles such as thought, cloud, block or shock. Change the font and the color of your text. Add multiple bubbles to group photos. Share your creations with family and friends. FEATURES - Bubble creation interface where you add your text to any photo - A vast selection of fonts, colors and bubble styles to choose from - Pinch, Drag, Rotate and Arrow adjustment technology to get your bubbles where you want them - Share your creations to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter - or send them over Email and Text message - Edit your photos at any time from the gallery TRY IT TODAY, FOR FREE! The free version allows you to create as many single bubble photos as you like with the default font, color and style. Start bubbling today and share your pics with family and friends! Subscription pricing and terms: Bubble offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $2.99 per week $6.99 per month $29.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Bubble subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: http://totoventures.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://totoventures.com/privacy-policy/ Our amazing artwork is by: https://www.freepik.com/vectors/pattern - Pattern vector created by macrovector https://www.freepik.com/vectors/book - Book vector created by dgim-studio https://www.freepik.com/vectors/frame - Frame vector created by winkimages

About

Live Comic Book

Design and create your own comic books with a variety of tools. Add custom speech bubbles, stickers, and effects to bring your stories to life. Easily export your creations as images or print them in high resolution.

Highlights
  • Customizable speech bubbles
  • Over 140 stickers
  • 30 predefined layouts
  • Video and photo effects
  • Extract pictures from videos
  • High-resolution printing
Features
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Fully featured comic book creation app. Want to impress your friends with your own creation? Need to send invitation to the party? Want to make a video clip? No problem, Live Comic Book Creator, Editor & Designer is here to help you. Features: - Over 10 different video & photo effects - Customisable speech bubbles - Over 140 Stickers - 30 predefined layouts - AirPrint support with high-resolution printing - Extracts pictures from videos - Easy to use with tutorial - Easy exporting to photo library "This is the best rage creation app I have ever seen" - Kan Biter "My kid loves it, painting was never that easy" - Ali Ginat "Wow, these memes are so cool" - Konaj Bonet Live Comic Book Creator, Editor & Designer is using many free APIs, resources and services including: icons8.com, subtlepatterns.com Background preview music by: By By Baby by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/54266 Ft: Blue_Wave_Theory, Silke Schmiemann

Screenshots

Speech Bubble4 screens
Live Comic Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Speech Bubble at Free against Live Comic Book's $1.99. Speech Bubble also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (990 vs 2). Live Comic Book's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, 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

Speech Bubble is free to download; Live Comic Book costs $1.99 up front. Speech Bubble sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Live Comic Book sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speech Bubble holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speech Bubble has 990 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Bubble ships an update every 4 months, Live Comic Book every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Speech Bubble versus Live Comic Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech BubbleLive Comic Book
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.8 (990 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings990 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToto Ventures Inc.Tomasz Zablocki

Customer experience

Speech Bubble

All ratings971 ratings
Positive66.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative18.0%
Written reviews604 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral11.9%
Negative37.7%

Live Comic Book

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Speech Bubble

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Subscription issues and billing problems
  • Inability to save or edit photos
  • Compatibility problems on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options for bubbles
  • Ability to resize and position bubbles
  • Free version with no limitations
  • Improved sharing and exporting capabilities

Live Comic Book

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Speech Bubble

Subscriptions3
  • Bubble: Make Photo Captions3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bubble Comic Captions on Photo3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Speech Bubble Text Captions3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time6
  • Unlock All Fonts$1.99
  • Unlock All Text Colors$1.99
  • Unlock All Bubble Styles$1.99
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  • Remove All Ads$1.99
  • Unlimited Bubbles$2.99
  • Everything$4.99
7 purchases

Live Comic Book

One-time7
  • Environment pack$0.99
  • Face elements pack$0.99
  • Faces pack$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Flowers pack$0.99
  • Hats pack$0.99
  • Smileys pack$0.99
  • Ads & Watermark$2.99

Questions

Is Speech Bubble free?
Speech Bubble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Comic Book free?
Live Comic Book costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech Bubble or Live Comic Book?
Speech Bubble is rated higher. Speech Bubble averages 3.8 out of 5 from 990 ratings, while Live Comic Book averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Speech Bubble or Live Comic Book have ads?
Neither Speech Bubble nor Live Comic Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Bubble or Live Comic Book?
Speech Bubble ships an update every 4 months, and Live Comic Book every 2 months. Most recently, Speech Bubble was updated on November 10, 2026 and Live Comic Book on November 6, 2026.

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