Sugar vs Column Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sugar
Express yourself beyond standard chat bubbles with a unique canvas for text, images, GIFs, and drawings. Personalize your conversations with custom text styles or traditional bubbles. Turn your messages into art with this innovative social experience.
- Unlimited canvas for messages
- Add text, images, GIFs, and videos
- Freehand drawing tools
- Customizable text styles
- Traditional chat bubble option
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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.
Column Social
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Column is a network of private communities that host the most important conversations in the world. Some of the most important conversations in the world are happening in group chats. Column is an app for your group chats so people can subscribe and the chats can go viral to include everyone in the world that should be in the chat. On Column, you can: - Create and join private, paid groups for communities of practice - Post new content in real time in private groups, or publicly - Stay up to date in your field and communities of interest - Upload photos and share links with previews - Chat one-on-one with others from your gropus via DMs Privacy Policy: https://www.joincolumn.com/legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://stage.joincolumn.com/legal/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sugar at none against Column Social's 10. Sugar also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Column Social's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Column Social sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Sugar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sugar ships an update every 2 days, Column Social every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Sugar | Column Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | amo | Column Inc |
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
Column Social
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sugar
No in-app purchases
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