Text Faces for Texting vs Cute Emoticon Keyboard
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
Cute Emoticon Keyboard
Access thousands of cute emoticons directly from your keyboard. Seamlessly integrate them into your messages and posts across various applications like Mail, iMessage, and Twitter.
- Thousands of cute emoticons
- Custom keyboard integration
- Use in any application
- Supports Mail, iMessage, Twitter
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This is a emoticon keyboard. We chose thousands of cute emoticons for you. You can use the keyboard in any application, such as Mail, iMessage, Twitter, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Text Faces for Texting at Free against Cute Emoticon Keyboard's $0.99. Text Faces for Texting also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 59%) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 7). Cute Emoticon Keyboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#85 vs unranked). On rating, in-app purchases and device support 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
Text Faces for Texting is free to download; Cute Emoticon Keyboard costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Text Faces for Texting against 4.9 for Cute Emoticon Keyboard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Faces for Texting has 2.2K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Text Faces for Texting's written reviews are positive against 59% of Cute Emoticon Keyboard's.
Text Faces for Texting ships an update every 3 weeks, Cute Emoticon Keyboard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Faces for Texting | Cute Emoticon Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 58.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #85 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShuMei Liang | kitamura hira |
Customer experience
Text Faces for Texting
Cute Emoticon Keyboard
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
Cute Emoticon Keyboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text Faces for Texting
No in-app purchases
Cute Emoticon Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Text Faces for Texting free?
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