Sugar vs Cackle Messaging
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.
Cackle Messaging
A private social media platform designed for authentic connections with your inner circle. Share genuine moments without the distractions of public feeds. Focus on meaningful interactions with the people who matter most.
- Private social space
- Authentic connections
- Share real moments
- Inner circle focus
- Ad-free experience
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Your private social space for authentic connections with the people who matter most. Share real moments with your inner circle, away from the noise. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cackle Messaging at 100% against Sugar's 32%. Cackle Messaging also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Sugar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cackle Messaging sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sugar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cackle Messaging holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Sugar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cackle Messaging's.
Sugar ships an update every 2 days, Cackle Messaging every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sugar | Cackle Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 285 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | amo | James Elijah Andre Jarrett |
Customer experience
Sugar
Cackle Messaging
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
Cackle Messaging
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sugar
No in-app purchases
Cackle Messaging
- Cackle Premium (monthly)$4.991 Month
- Cackle Premium (yearly)$49.991 Year
- Cackle Coins 100$0.99
- Cackle Coins 500$3.99
- Cackle Coins 1200$7.99
