Comparison

Microsoft Designer vs NCD

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

Head to head
About

Microsoft Designer

Visually create and edit anything imaginable with AI. Generate unique images from text, design personalized cards and wallpapers, and enhance photos by removing distractions or backgrounds.

Highlights
  • AI image generation
  • Custom sticker creation
  • Generative erase tool
  • Background removal
  • Custom wallpaper design
  • Greeting card creation
  • Photo restyling
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Unleash your creativity — visually create, design, and edit just about anything you can imagine with AI. Use the power of generative AI to create eye-catching images with your words, craft next-level designs that pop like personalized birthday cards, holiday cards, wallpapers for your phone, and even use AI to edit photos like an expert - removing backgrounds and erasing distractions from photos. Create what you want, when and where you need it. Key capabilities: • Images: Create any image you can imagine. Sci-fi art, surreal scenes, funny images? Dream it, describe it, and create it with AI. Your imagination is limitless! • Stickers: Create something that sticks. Make custom stickers that help you stick out on messaging apps, social, and more. • Edit with AI: make your photos and images picture perfect with AI. o Generative erase: Erase distractions to make objects you don’t want in your image disappear. o Remove background: Say bye-bye to bad backgrounds. Easily remove unwanted image backgrounds in one step. o Blur background: Bring what’s most important into focus. Blur the background of any image to make your subject pop. o Add filters, adjust brightness, resize: Customize to fit your creative vision, including resizing to turn your creations into a square or custom size that fits just right. • Wallpapers/Backgrounds: Put it all on display. Create custom wallpaper or background to fit your current mood, make a statement, or to keep a special occasion front and center on your phone screen. • Greeting cards: Craft the perfect greeting for any occasion. From birthday cards to holiday cards and beyond, create a thoughtful greeting card with personalized messages and images even if you’re at a loss for words. • Restyle image: Transform photos into a work of art—like turning portraits, landscapes, and pet photos into artwork. • Monograms: Make your mark. Add some personal pop to your everyday life or for a special occasion like a wedding with custom crafted monograms that use letters and more to define your mark. • Invitations: Create invitations that wow. Customize your invitations for every occasion and any event like birthdays, weddings, and anything else big or small. • Social posts: Stand out online. Elevate and craft your next social post with Designer to create the perfect image and text to share online. • Icons: Express yourself visually. Create icons to easily communicate your vision and decorate your designs. • Emojis: Express yourself! Have the perfect reaction on hand with custom crafted emojis to fit any mood. • Coloring book pages: Color it in and get in your flow. Create custom coloring book pages to make coloring more exciting. Great for all ages. • Frame image: Turn your photos into a customized framed memory that you can share everywhere. • Collages: Bring your favorite photos, styles, and descriptions together create a custom collage from your favorite memories. • Banners: Create banners for newsletter headers, social profiles, and more to grab attention and stand out. Microsoft Designer is available for free with a Microsoft account. Your Microsoft account provides 5 GB of free cloud storage that you can use to save your designs, files, and photos across your devices. Additional information about terms of use can be found here: https://designer.microsoft.com/consumerTermsOfUse/en-US/consumerTermsOfUse.pdf Download Designer and create something new today!

About

NCD

This app connects interior design professionals with a decor network. Professionals earn points by referring clients to partner stores, redeemable for travel and other rewards. It also features leaderboards for top performers and information on partner stores and program regulations.

Highlights
  • Refer clients to partner stores
  • Earn points for rewards
  • Redeem points for travel and prizes
  • View leaderboards and rankings
  • Consult partner and associated stores
  • Access program regulations
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O aplicativo tem por objetivo integrar os profissionais de decoração (arquitetos e designer de interiores) com o Núcleo Carioca de Decoração - NCD. Os profissionais indicam seu clientes para as lojas Associadas e recebem pontos que podem ser trocados por viagens aéreas e outros prêmios nas lojas Parceiras. Além do resgate de prêmios, os profissionais mais pontuados ganham prêmios. Os prêmios são bimestrais e anual. As principais funcionalidades do aplicativo são: 1) Solicitar resgate dos prêmios, 2) Consultar extrato de pontos e prêmios, 3) Consultar posição nos rankings bimestrais e anual. 4) Consultar Lojas Parceiras e Lojas Associadas 5) Consultar Regulamento do programa 6) Consultar quais serão os prêmios bimestrais e anual.

Screenshots

Microsoft Designer4 screens
NCD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NCD at none against Microsoft Designer's 6. NCD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Microsoft Designer's advantage is ratings volume (557 vs 1) and chart position (#146 vs unranked). On price 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

Both are free to download. Microsoft Designer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. NCD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NCD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Designer has 557 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Microsoft Designer versus NCD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicrosoft DesignerNCD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (557 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings557 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#146 — better—
DevicesiPhone — better—
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB56 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMicrosoft CorporationMarco Pestana

Bugs and requests

Microsoft Designer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent performance and loading issues
  • Inability to view or manage past designs on mobile
  • Unexpected content restrictions and rejections

Requested features

4 requests
  • AI-powered video editing capabilities
  • More advanced image editing tools
  • Improved handling of diverse character designs
  • Better organization and navigation of past projects

NCD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Microsoft Designer

Subscriptions6
  • Microsoft 365 Basic Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Family Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
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  • Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Family Yearly1 Month trial$129.991 Year
None

NCD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Microsoft Designer free?
Microsoft Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NCD free?
NCD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Microsoft Designer or NCD?
NCD is rated higher. Microsoft Designer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 557 ratings, while NCD averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

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