Sugar vs iusethis
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.
iusethis
Discover recommendations for products and services from your friends. See what people you know are actually using and enjoying.
- Friend recommendations
- Discover popular items
- See what friends use
- Product discovery
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Our mission is to help people find good stuff. See what your friends actually use!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iusethis at 5.0 against Sugar's 2.4. Sugar's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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.
iusethis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sugar has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sugar ships an update every 2 days, iusethis every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sugar | iusethis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | amo | William Cai |
Customer experience
Sugar
iusethis
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
iusethis
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sugar
No in-app purchases
iusethis
No in-app purchases
