Comparison

Comic Caption Meme Maker vs Spektrel Art

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

Head to head
About

Comic Caption Meme Maker

Easily transform photos into comic strips with word balloons, stickers, and filters. Offers an intuitive interface and professional comic book styling for creative and humorous creations.

Highlights
  • Authentic comic book look
  • 11 types of word balloons
  • 88 unique comic book fonts
  • Over 1,000 stickers
  • Over 30 comic filters
  • Intuitive step-wise interface
Features
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Transform your pictures into authentic looking comics! Add word balloons, stickers, and filters to turn even the most mundane photo into a hilarious / clever / cute creation! Take advantage of an intuitive, step wise user interface to make professional style comics within minutes! All of the above and more is possible with Comic Caption Creator, a comic creation app which is able to stand above the competition due to its unique features which include: (SHORT DESCRIPTION) • A licensed, authentic comic book look • 11 different types of words balloons • 88 unique comic book fonts • Over 1,000 stickers (many of which change color) • Over 30 dynamic, comic filters • A step wise, intuitive user interface (LONG DESCRIPTION) • A comic book look based on the stylings of professional comic book letterers John Roshell and Richard Starkings. Expensive licensing was obtained to ensure that all word balloons, fonts, and effects added up to produce a look which resembled the comic book lettering from major publishers such as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc. • 11 different types of words balloons. Insert a shout balloon to convey deep seeded rage, a thought balloon to express innermost contemplation, or a caption to narrate the happenings in your photo. Resize or rotate your balloon, or change the color of its background, border, or text. • 88 unique comic book fonts. Caption your photos with the same authentic, professional comic style lettering featured on the pages of Batman and other major comic book titles. The wide variety of unique type faces featured within the app allow you to express a full range of emotions when creating your masterpiece. • Over 1,000 stickers, many of which change color. Add a cat sticker to your photo and change the color of its fur, eyes, nose, or, ears. Sticker categories include: animals, bugs, cars, characters, dinosaurs, effects, fishes, food, glasses, hats, masks, memes, monsters, mustaches, rages, sounds. and weapons. • Over 30 dynamic, comic filters to add to your photos. Apply one of the many filters in Comic Caption Creator to transform your photo into a cartoon, sketch, painting, or poster. • A step wise, intuitive user interface that allows for the creation of comics within minutes and is fully supported with instructional alerts that appear throughout the app as well as a full set of help documents accessible from any screen. ------------------ “This app's design is very user friendly. Anyone can create an amusing comic in minutes using this app's functionality and great features.” - Apps Happens (http://tinyurl.com/n3qlo8v) “This is another one of those apps where reviewing it takes four times as long as it should because I end up getting sucked in and wind up playing with it for ages! Comic Caption Creator Lite is incredibly easy to use and is definitely capable of producing some fantastic results.” - App Picker (http://tinyurl.com/mzxjsc5) ------------------ Comic Caption Creator was created by Push the Edge LLC. The graphic design was done by Nevertheless (http://nevertheless.com.au). The comic font, balloon shapes, and effects were provided by Comicraft (http://www.comicraft.com).

About

Spektrel Art

Transform your photos into dazzling, otherworldly art with intersecting lines of light. This app offers powerful adjustments to create unique imagery filled with movement, sparkling life, and divided color spaces.

Highlights
  • Intersecting light lines
  • Adjustable taper length and sharpness
  • Lighten and brighten controls
  • Color boost for enhanced hues
  • Dramatic glow effect
  • Pre-set styles
  • Infinite artistic variations
Features
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Spektrel Art is an extravagant otherworldly display of webbed light that glistens and gleams with intersecting lines of tapered light. Applied to photos, this medium of imaginative and magical art form transcends the ordinary to extraordinary creating something wild with movement, sparkling life and divided color spaces. Powerful adjustments allow you to fine-tune to create your own imagery filled with tapered points of bright intersecting lines, fluid streaming ones, and phantasmal qualities. INCLUDES • Detail slider increases the amount of intersecting lines • Taper Length and Sharpen sliders to add twinkle to the effect • Lighten and Brighten sliders to make it illuminate • Sharpen slider to exaggerate the lines • Smoothing slider to softens lines • Color Boost for enhanced color • Dramatic glow slider to add a dreamy quality • Presets to start you off • Infinite variation to create art with illuminated twinkles, fluid lines or ethereal softness

Screenshots

Comic Caption Meme Maker4 screens
Spektrel Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spektrel Art at none against Comic Caption Meme Maker's 2. Spektrel Art also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Comic Caption Meme Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (452 vs 128). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Comic Caption Meme Maker costs $5.99 and Spektrel Art $2.99 up front. Comic Caption Meme Maker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Spektrel Art asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Comic Caption Meme Maker against 4.7 for Spektrel Art. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 452 and 128 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Comic Caption Meme Maker's written reviews are positive against 88% of Spektrel Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comic Caption Meme Maker ships an update every 9 days, Spektrel Art every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Comic Caption Meme Maker versus Spektrel Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic Caption Meme MakerSpektrel Art
Price$5.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.8 (452 ratings) — better4.7 (128 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews87.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings452 — better128
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB15 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPush the Edge LLCJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

Comic Caption Meme Maker

All ratings452 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative13.8%

Spektrel Art

All ratings129 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Comic Caption Meme Maker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to save edited photos
  • Fonts disappearing after updates
  • Cropping tool not working as expected
  • Stickers and filters not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to copy and paste text
  • Improve text wrapping and bubble resizing
  • Provide more font and sticker options
  • Implement cloud sync and project management
  • Add support for multiple images per panel

Spektrel Art

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Comic Caption Meme Maker

One-time2
  • Unlock Premium Font SetsFree
  • Unlock Premium Fonts$4.99
None

Spektrel Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comic Caption Meme Maker free?
Comic Caption Meme Maker costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Spektrel Art free?
Spektrel Art costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Comic Caption Meme Maker or Spektrel Art?
Comic Caption Meme Maker is rated higher. Comic Caption Meme Maker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 452 ratings, while Spektrel Art averages 4.7 from 128 ratings.
Do Comic Caption Meme Maker or Spektrel Art have ads?
Neither Comic Caption Meme Maker nor Spektrel Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Comic Caption Meme Maker or Spektrel Art?
Comic Caption Meme Maker ships an update every 9 days, and Spektrel Art every 6 months. Most recently, Comic Caption Meme Maker was updated on November 9, 2026 and Spektrel Art on November 6, 2026.

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