Sugar vs Daze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sugar
Express yourself beyond traditional chat bubbles. This app allows you to combine text, images, GIFs, videos, and drawings on an unlimited canvas for a more creative and artistic way to communicate with friends.
- Unlimited canvas for messages
- Combine text, images, GIFs, and videos
- Freehand drawing tools
- Customizable text styles
- Artistic conversation experience
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Why are our messages with friends constrained to generic green and blue chat bubbles? It’s time to add some color (and chaos) to your conversations with Sugar. On Sugar, chat outside the box by dropping text, images, GIFs, videos, and drawings anywhere on the unlimited canvas. Pick a text style as unique as your own voice (or keep it old school with a green or blue bubble). On Sugar, conversation is art.
Daze
Express yourself with creative messaging features. Send text, video, audio, and GIFs, and customize your experience with unique fonts and drawing tools. Connect with friends in a fun, freeform chat environment.
- Freeform message placement
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Drawing and editing tools
- Video and audio messages
- GIF support
- Multimedia messaging
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Quickly type something and press send or drag the message anywhere! You can customize your fonts, draw and so much more! We support video, audio messages, gifs, etc. This is the place to chat with your friends and get creative. We hope you love it :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daze at 3.9 against Sugar's 2.4. Daze also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 32%) and ratings volume (253 vs 10). Sugar's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daze holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daze has 253 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Sugar's written reviews are positive against 57% of Daze's.
Sugar ships an update every 2 days, Daze fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sugar | Daze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (10 ratings) | 3.9 (253 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 253 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 284 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | amo | Marble Media Inc |
Customer experience
Sugar
Daze
User reviews
Sugar
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Innovative concept
- 👍 Fun and refreshing social experience
- 💡 Unique way to interact with friends
Room to improve
- 🔒 Forced access to contacts
- 🔒 Privacy concerns
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🤔 Unclear value proposition
- 😕 Frustrating onboarding process
Daze
From 253 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and creative messaging
- 👍 Customizable fonts and colors
- 💡 Innovative drawing/editing features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 🤔 Confusing sign-up process
- 🇬🇧 Lack of support for British phone numbers
Bugs and requests
Sugar
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- Crashes and freezes
- Disappearing content
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to delete content
- Improve navigation and UI
- Expand customization options
- Allow sign-up without inviting friends
Daze
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/sign-up issues
- Syncing contacts problems
- Slow message sending/loading
Requested features
3 requests- Add voice/video calling
- Allow skipping contact sync
- Optional phone number requirement
In-app purchases
Sugar
No in-app purchases
Daze
No in-app purchases
