Daze vs Paperclipped
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daze
Engage in creative conversations with friends. Send messages, customize fonts, draw, and share videos, audio, and GIFs. This platform offers a fun and flexible way to express yourself through chat.
- Freeform message placement
- Font customization
- Drawing tools
- Video messaging
- Audio messaging
- GIF support
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Quickly type something and press send or drag the message anywhere! You can customize your fonts, draw and so much more! We support video, audio messages, gifs, etc. This is the place to chat with your friends and get creative. We hope you love it :)
Paperclipped
Share your current mood with a single emoji and see your friends' real-time status. This app focuses on presence without the clutter of chat or social media feeds. Connect privately with friends and stay updated on their vibes instantly.
- One emoji status updates
- Real-time friend status sync
- Private invite code connections
- Push notifications with granular control
- Home screen widget for quick glances
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Paperclip: one emoji, for the friends you choose. Share how you're doing with a single emoji. See your friends' emoji the moment they change. No chat, no feed of strangers, no likes. Just presence. GETTING YOUR PEOPLE IN • Invite links and QR codes. Tap a friend's link, get the app, paste, and you're in their feed • Find friends who are already here from your phone number or contacts (both optional) • Screenshot your Messages list and Paperclip suggests who to invite. Names are read on your iPhone and never uploaded • Add by @username, or pair with someone nearby A STATUS THAT KEEPS ITSELF FRESH (optional) Auto status can pick your emoji for you when you haven't in a while: asleep, out for a run, in a meeting, listening to music. Paperclip works with Apple Health: with your permission it reads sleep, workouts, steps, daylight, activity rings and more, on your iPhone, to choose one emoji. Your Health readings never leave your phone. Friends see only the emoji, marked "auto," and a one-word hint. It learns the emoji YOU use for each kind of moment, on your phone, and you can tell it "Bad pick." It starts on "Ask me first," and you can turn it off any time. FEEL IT • Reactions that fly across the screen • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Control Center "show my code" control, and Siri Shortcuts • Bots for company: world mood, the moon, the sun PRIVACY & SAFETY • Sign in with Apple • No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics SDKs • Your phone number is never shown to anyone • Block and report built in, reviewed within 24 hours • Delete your account and all its data from Settings in one tap
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paperclipped at 5.0 against Daze's 3.9. Daze's advantage is ratings volume (249 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paperclipped holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daze has 249 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daze | Paperclipped |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (249 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Marble Media Inc | Edward Fox-Helbig |
Customer experience
Daze
Paperclipped
Bugs and requests
Daze
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/sign-up issues
- Syncing contacts problems
- Slow message sending/loading
Requested features
3 requests- Add voice/video calling
- Allow skipping contact sync
- Optional phone number requirement
Paperclipped
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daze
No in-app purchases
Paperclipped
No in-app purchases









