Comparison

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite vs Meme Maker

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

Head to head
About

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite

Transform your photos into professional-looking comic strips. Add word balloons, captions, stickers, and filters to create hilarious or clever visual stories. An intuitive interface makes comic creation quick and easy.

Highlights
  • Authentic comic book look
  • Multiple word balloon types
  • Professional comic book fonts
  • Over 1,000 stickers
  • Dynamic comic filters
  • Intuitive step-by-step interface
Features
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Transform your pictures into authentic looking comics! Add word balloons, captions, stickers, and filters to turn even the most mundane photo into a hilarious / clever / cute creation! Take advantage of an intuitive, step wise user interface to make professional style comics within minutes! All of the above and more is possible with Comic Caption Creator, a comic creation app which is able to stand above the competition due to its unique features which include: (SHORT DESCRIPTION) • A licensed, authentic comic book look • 11 different types of words balloons • 88 unique comic book fonts • Over 1,000 stickers (many of which change color) • Over 30 dynamic, comic filters • A step wise, intuitive user interface (LONG DESCRIPTION) • A comic book look based on the stylings of professional comic book letterers John Roshell and Richard Starkings. Expensive licensing was obtained to ensure that all word balloons, fonts, and effects added up to produce a look which resembled the comic book lettering from major publishers such as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc. • 11 different types of words balloons. Insert a shout balloon to convey deep seeded rage, a thought balloon to express innermost contemplation, or a caption to narrate the happenings in your photo. Resize or rotate your balloon, or change the color of its background, border, or text. • 88 unique comic book fonts. Caption your photos with the same authentic, professional comic style lettering featured on the pages of Batman and other major comic book titles. The wide variety of unique type faces featured within the app allow you to express a full range of emotions when creating your masterpiece. • Over 1,000 stickers, many of which change color. Add a cat sticker to your photo and change the color of its fur, eyes, nose, or, ears. Sticker categories include: animals, bugs, cars, characters, dinosaurs, effects, fishes, food, glasses, hats, masks, memes, monsters, mustaches, rages, sounds. and weapons. • Over 30 dynamic, comic filters to add to your photos. Apply one of the many filters in Comic Caption Creator to transform your photo into a cartoon, sketch, painting, or poster. • A step wise, intuitive user interface that allows for the creation of comics within minutes and is fully supported with instructional alerts that appear throughout the app as well as a full set of help documents accessible from any screen. ------------------ “This app's design is very user friendly. Anyone can create an amusing comic in minutes using this app's functionality and great features.” - Apps Happens “This is another one of those apps where reviewing it takes four times as long as it should because I end up getting sucked in and wind up playing with it for ages! Comic Caption Creator Lite is incredibly easy to use and is definitely capable of producing some fantastic results.” - App Picker ------------------ Comic Caption Creator was created by Push the Edge LLC. The graphic design was done by Nevertheless (http://nevertheless.com.au). The comic font, balloon shapes, and effects were provided by Comicraft (http://www.comicraft.com).

About

Meme Maker

Easily add captions to popular images and GIFs to create custom memes. Customize text size, color, location, and font before sharing your creations with friends and family via social media, email, or text. Includes a large library of GIFs and stock photos to get you started.

Highlights
  • Add captions to images and GIFs
  • Customize text size, color, location, and font
  • Access 10,000+ GIFs
  • Use 1,000+ stock photos
  • Share directly to social media, email, and text
  • Save memes to gallery
Features
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Quickly and easily add funny captions to your favorite popular images or GIFs and share with your family and friends! It's super fast and simple: With just a few taps you can add captions to any picture and customize their text size, color, location, and font style. When you're all done, just share them with your friends! We have 10,000+ Gifs and have included 1000+ stock photos from 9 different categories to help get you started. Some popular images included are: - "Bad Luck Brian" - "Aint nobody got time for that" - History Channels "Aliens" guy - And many many new meme's just added! Share all your new creations with your family and friends right from the app. Just upload to Facebook or Twitter within seconds - it's super easy! Memes can also be saved to your gallery and shared on email and text as well. Enjoy! :) ------ There is an option to upgrade to a Pro Monthly Subscription which will give you access to all features of the app. Additional details: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable – https://www.grassapper.com/terms-and-conditions – https://www.grassapper.com/application-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite4 screens
Meme Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite at none against Meme Maker's shown. Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (61% vs 50%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Meme Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite against 4.6 for Meme Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Meme Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite ships an update every 2 weeks, Meme Maker every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite versus Meme Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic Caption Meme Maker LiteMeme Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings)4.6 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews — better50.4% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K11K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPush the Edge LLCGrassapper LLC

Customer experience

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite

All ratings4,611 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative30.9%

Meme Maker

All ratings11,430 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews232 reviews
Positive50.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative44.8%

User reviews

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💯 Great
  • 👍🏼 Awesome
  • 🤩 Fun and cool
  • 🎨 Excellent for making comics
  • 🎉 Highly recommended

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Horrible trash
  • 😡 Annoying, forces payment
  • 🤬 Useless without paying
  • 🙄 Very limited free version
  • 😑 Buggy, crashes often

Meme Maker

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Good quality
  • 💡 Customizable options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 💰 Paywall for many features
  • 📢 Excessive ads
  • 🤔 Unclear subscription model

Bugs and requests

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Camera not working properly
  • Frequent crashes and data loss
  • Restore purchase feature not working
  • Inconsistent behavior across updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • More pages and help to make a book
  • Ability to draw and create custom stickers
  • Increase character limit in speech bubbles
  • Add more backgrounds and panel options
  • Improve text editing and resizing tools
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  • Ability to save and load comics

Meme Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Memes and photos disappearing
  • Subscription not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More font options
  • Ability to move and resize text
  • Better image quality for saved memes
  • Improved sharing options

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite

One-time3
  • Unlock Premium FontsFree
  • Unlock All Features2 variants$4.99
  • Unlock Premium Font Sets$4.99
9 purchases

Meme Maker

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time6
  • Unlock Font$1.99
  • Unlock Size$1.99
  • Unlock color$1.99
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  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Categories$3.99
  • Get Everything$14.99

Questions

Is Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite free?
Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meme Maker free?
Meme Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite or Meme Maker?
Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite and Meme Maker are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4.6K and 11K ratings respectively.
Do Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite or Meme Maker have ads?
Meme Maker shows ads; Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite or Meme Maker?
Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite ships an update every 2 weeks, and Meme Maker every 14 months. Most recently, Comic Caption Meme Maker Lite was updated on October 1, 2026 and Meme Maker on October 3, 2026.

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