Comparison

Sugar vs Curations

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

Head to head
About

Sugar

Express yourself beyond standard chat bubbles. This app lets you draw, add text, images, GIFs, and videos anywhere on an unlimited canvas, transforming conversations into a creative art form.

Highlights
  • Unlimited canvas for messages
  • Draw directly on messages
  • Add text, images, GIFs, and videos
  • Customizable text styles
  • Conversations as art
Features
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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.

About

Curations

Create and share lists of your favorite things, from songs and movies to books and links. Collaborate with friends on shared lists, discover new content based on your taste, and keep your personal recommendations organized.

Highlights
  • Create personalized lists
  • Collaborate with friends on lists
  • Discover content based on taste
  • Control list privacy settings
  • Add notes, links, and photos to lists
Features
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CURATIONS — A SOCIAL SPACE BUILT AROUND LISTS Your favorite things say a lot about you. Give them a home. Curations brings your movies, music, books, places, links, and recommendations together in lists you can keep for yourself or share with others. START WITH WHAT YOU LOVE Your comfort-watch lineup. Restaurants worth crossing town for. Books you keep recommending. Places you want to visit someday. Keep them together with notes, links, and photos, so you remember what caught your eye and why it belongs on your list. MAKE SOMETHING TOGETHER Invite friends to add their picks, compare favorites in the comments, and turn scattered recommendations into shared plans. Build a movie-night shortlist, collect ideas for your next trip, or keep a running list of places to try. FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY Discover lists from people who share your interests—or introduce you to something unexpected. Explore their picks, follow your favorites, and find more lists featuring the things you love. YOUR TASTE, YOUR RULES Choose which lists to share and which to keep private. Some collections are ready for the world. Others are just for you. BUILD YOUR WORLD, ONE LIST AT A TIME From everyday finds to lifelong favorites, Curations is a place to collect what matters to you—and connect with people through it.

Screenshots

Sugar4 screens
Curations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Curations at 5.0 against Sugar's 2.4. Curations also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Sugar's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Curations 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sugar ships an update every 2 days, Curations every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sugar versus Curations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSugarCurations
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB36 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperamoArmaan Sandhu

Customer experience

Sugar

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative60.6%

Curations

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Curations

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sugar

No in-app purchases

None

Curations

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sugar free?
Sugar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Curations free?
Curations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sugar or Curations?
Curations is rated higher. Sugar averages 2.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Curations averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sugar or Curations have ads?
Neither Sugar nor Curations shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sugar or Curations?
Sugar ships an update every 2 days, and Curations every 4 months. Most recently, Sugar was updated on October 18, 2026 and Curations on October 18, 2026.

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