Comparison

Paper Bloom vs Bubbly

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

Head to head
About

Paper Bloom

Experience the art of papercutting digitally. Create intricate designs with intuitive tools, then unfold them to reveal magical patterns. Bring your creations to life in your own space using augmented reality.

Highlights
  • Realistic papercutting simulation
  • Finger and Apple Pencil support
  • Magical unfolding animations
  • Augmented reality placement
  • Create and share designs
Features
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Paper Bloom brings the traditional Chinese art of papercutting to your fingertips. -Realistic Papercutting Experience: Craft beautiful designs effortlessly with your finger or Apple Pencil, recreating the authentic feel of traditional papercutting. -Magical Unfolding Moment: Unfold your paper cuts to reveal stunning patterns—enjoy a moment of surprise and delight. -AR Placement: Bring your creations into the real world using AR. Simply scan your environment, detect walls or windows, and place your papercuts seamlessly into your surroundings. Enjoy creating and sharing the beauty of traditional art with Paper Bloom.

About

Bubbly

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Turn a thought into a share-ready bubble. Bubbly is a playful quote-card maker for creating expressive social graphics in seconds. Explore four daily cards from a collection of 365 quotes, or start with your own words. Shape every detail until it feels like you. MAKE IT YOURS • Style your words with expressive type, color, and sizing controls • Choose from classic, shout, thought, and glass bubbles • Build a scene with solid, dotted, striped, or colorful backgrounds • Decorate with stickers—place, drag, pinch, and rotate them anywhere • Choose expressive emoji stickers or add up to three of your own photos with twelve shape options • Discover Daily Bubbles, then keep your own designs in the My Bubbles gallery • Remix saved designs without changing the original READY FOR THE FEED Export crisp artwork in square post, portrait feed, and story formats. Save the finished image to Photos or share it using the iOS share sheet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your saved bubbles and creative content stay on your device. Bubbly requires no account and includes no advertising or tracking. Create something worth saying—and make it pop.

Screenshots

Paper Bloom4 screens
Bubbly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paper Bloom at Free against Bubbly's $0.99. Bubbly's advantage is chart position (#80 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Paper Bloom is free to download; Bubbly costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paper Bloom ships an update every 2 weeks, Bubbly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Paper Bloom versus Bubbly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper BloomBubbly
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#80 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMingkun HongCodesigner Tech Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Paper Bloom

No in-app purchases

None

Bubbly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paper Bloom free?
Paper Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bubbly free?
Bubbly costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paper Bloom or Bubbly have ads?
Neither Paper Bloom nor Bubbly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paper Bloom or Bubbly?
Paper Bloom ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bubbly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paper Bloom was updated on November 8, 2026 and Bubbly on November 6, 2026.

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