Text Faces for Texting vs Pixel Petz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Faces for Texting
Access a vast collection of ASCII emoticons and emoji art to enhance your text messages. Express yourself with over 10,000 unique creations.
- Over 10,000 emojis
- ASCII emoticons
- Emoji art
- Enhance text messages
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This app gives you extra emojis. √ over 10000 emojis
Pixel Petz
Design and bring your virtual pet creations to life. Share your unique petz with a global community, interact with other artists, and trade to build your ultimate collection. Participate in petz shows to gain recognition.
- Create unique virtual petz
- Share petz photos and posts
- Discover artist and pet lover community
- Interact with likes and comments
- Enter petz shows
- Buy, sell, and trade petz
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Pixel Petz is an online community for creating and trading virtual petz. Watch your designs come to life before your eyes, and discover other pixers from around the world! Join Pixel Petz to: • Create your own unique petz using simple tools. • Share photos and make posts about your petz. • Discover a community of artists and pet lovers. Interact with likes and comments! • Enter petz showz and make your petz famous. • Buy, sell, and trade petz to cultivate your ultimate Petz Collection!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Faces for Texting at none against Pixel Petz's 12. Text Faces for Texting also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 78%). Pixel Petz's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 2.1K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Pixel Petz sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Text Faces for Texting asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Text Faces for Texting against 4.8 for Pixel Petz. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 10K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Text Faces for Texting's written reviews are positive against 78% of Pixel Petz's.
Text Faces for Texting ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Petz every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Faces for Texting | Pixel Petz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 78.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 314 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ShuMei Liang | Minidragon |
Customer experience
Text Faces for Texting
Pixel Petz
User reviews
Text Faces for Texting
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Perfect version with no ads or paywalls
- 👍 Massive selection of emojis
- 👍 Easy to add to keyboard and use anywhere
- 👍 Convenient and cute
- 👍 Organized and has a wide variety of emojis
Room to improve
- 🐛 Keyboard doesn't show up or can't be added to settings
- 🐛 Disables autocorrect
- 🐛 Randomly disappears from keyboard options
- 🐛 Lags and crashes at times
Pixel Petz
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and creative
- 👍 Customizable pets
- 🤝 Engaging community
- 🎨 Ability to design pets
- 🎉 Enjoyable mini-games
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive parts and pets
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🗣️ Toxic community
- 🔍 Lack of search/filter options
- 📢 Inappropriate ads
Bugs and requests
Text Faces for Texting
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard doesn't work on iOS 18
- Doesn't work with Twitter
Requested features
3 requests- Add a delete/backspace button for emojis
- Allow users to add their own emojis and create custom folders
- Add a 'favorites' section for quick access to frequently used emojis
Pixel Petz
Reported bugs
5 issues- Disappearing pets and items
- Incorrect pet details after adoption
- Notifications not working properly
- Crashes and loading issues
- Gem and coin tracking problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add more pet species
- Improve notification system
- Increase pet storage limit
- Implement a private chat feature
- Add more mini-games and activities
In-app purchases
Text Faces for Texting
No in-app purchases
Pixel Petz
- 12 Gemz$0.99
- 8 Day Golden Token$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
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- Artist Petz$2.99
- 60 Gemz$4.99
- 30 Day Golden Token$4.99
- Weekly Minimalz Pack$5.99
- 125 Gemz$9.99
- Rainbow Dragon Egg$9.99
- 260 Gemz$19.99
- 850 Gemz$49.99
- 2100 Gemz$99.99
Questions
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