Patchd vs GridSticker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patchd
Create unique visual art from photos and videos using a vast library of effects. Design custom camera filters by layering modules or let AI generate them from text descriptions. Edit and export for various social media formats.
- Custom camera FX from 100+ layers
- AI-generated effects from text prompts
- Layered effects for person, background, or frame
- Video editor with beat-synced templates
- Re-patch existing video clips
- Live camera effects reacting to user
- Photo editing and composition tools
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Turn any photo or video into experimental art. Build your own camera FX from 100+ layers, or describe a look and let AI build it, then edit and export for vertical video. FX MAKER: BUILD YOUR OWN FX Layer Patchd's 100+ FX modules – glitch, color, mosaic, warp, body, face, hand, objects, backgrounds, scenes and beat-synced looks – into a camera FX that's all yours. Put each layer on the person, the background or the whole frame, set blend and opacity, and let your face or hands drive it: open your mouth or pinch your fingers. Blur or replace the background, make yourself glow, glitch only what's behind you. Tap RANDOM to roll a fresh stack, EDIT to fine-tune it with a moving video preview and SAVE to keep it. No Apple Intelligence needed. MY FXS: YOUR FX, EVERYWHERE Every FX you build, roll or describe is saved to My FXs. Use it live in the camera, on your photos and on your videos with Re-Patch. Sign in and My FXs sync with your Patchd account, so they're on your other devices and survive a reinstall. Signed out, they stay on your device. AI LOOKS: DESCRIBE IT, SEE IT Type "neon ghost with a glitchy mosaic background" and Apple Intelligence builds it in seconds as an FX Stack from Patchd's tested effects. One description box, fresh example ideas, and your words are polished automatically. Then change it with more prompts: "more glitch", "darker background". VIDEO EDITOR WITH BEAT-SYNCED TEMPLATES A simple timeline for clips and music: trim, split, change speed, add transitions, camera moves and effects. Templates cut your clips to the beat of your song at the right length for vertical 9:16 video, 4:5 feed posts or 16:9. Pick exactly which part of the song plays. RE-PATCH ANY CLIP Record or import a video, choose any effect or one of your saved FXs, and render a new version. Use export presets for size, quality and frame rate, or keep the original. 90+ LIVE CAMERA MINI-APPS Real-time effects that react to you: datamosh, VHS tape, pixel sort, slit scan, ASCII, mosaics, liquid warps, glow, motion trails, body tracking, object detection, face effects, depth and color tracking. PHOTO EDIT & COMPOSE Stack effects, masks and a magic brush on photos. Compose layered shader scenes into short videos, with a full iPad layout. MADE FOR CREATORS Browse by category, search, preview every effect in motion, keep your favorites on Home and pick up where you left off. Built for artists, VJs, musicians, designers and anyone who wants their content to look like nothing else. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your camera, photos and videos are processed on your device and aren't uploaded by Patchd. When you sign in, only your saved FXs sync to your account. AI Looks uses on-device Apple Intelligence. FEATURES • FX MAKER: custom camera FX from 100+ layers, with RANDOM, EDIT and SAVE • My FXs: your saved FXs, synced with your Patchd account when signed in • AI Looks: text-to-FX with Apple Intelligence, refined with more prompts • FX Stack: layered effects for person, background or whole frame • Video Editor: timeline, music, transitions, beat-synced templates • Re-Patch: apply any effect or saved FX to your videos • 90+ real-time camera mini-apps: glitch, VHS, datamosh, pixel, ASCII, glow, trails • Body segmentation, background blur and replace, object and color tracking • Photo Edit with masks and a magic brush, and a Compose video studio • Export presets for vertical, square and widescreen video • Works on iPhone and iPad • On-device processing AI Looks requires a device and region that support Apple Intelligence, with Apple Intelligence turned on. FX MAKER, My FXs and all other features work on supported iPhone and iPad models.
GridSticker
Easily transform AI-generated or scanned images into custom sticker packs for popular messaging apps. Automatically removes backgrounds, adds outlines, and allows for fine-tuning before exporting to WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, or iMessage.
- AI art to sticker pack conversion
- Automatic background removal
- Customizable sticker outlines
- Multi-app export (WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, iMessage)
- Animated sticker support
- Grid-slicing for any layout
- Fine-tuning and editing tools
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GridSticker turns AI-generated sticker sheets into ready-to-send sticker packs for WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, and iMessage. Point the camera at something and snap it straight into a sticker. Or drop in a video and get animated ones. Start free — your first pack costs nothing, with every tool and every export included. No watermark, nothing held back. GridSticker Pro is a one-time unlock for unlimited packs after that. One payment, no subscription. Drop in any sheet — 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, anything up to 10×10 — and GridSticker slices it into individual stickers automatically. Tweak the grid by hand if it gets it wrong. Then ship the pack to WhatsApp or Telegram in one tap, build a LINE Creator ZIP ready for upload, send a real sticker pack to iMessage, or save the high-res PNGs to Photos. WHAT'S INSIDE • Grid-slicing for any sticker sheet — any layout, any size, up to 10 rows × 10 columns • Video import — drop in a clip and get animated stickers, with the frame rate set per sticker • Camera capture — snap a photo and the subject gets cut out for you. Continuous shooting keeps the camera open, with flash, rotate, and delete right there • Custom sticker tray — browse curated packs, drag the ones you want into your own mix • Animated stickers. Drop a multi-frame sheet, line frames up with onion-skin, then export as animated WebP for WhatsApp or as a GIF to Photos • Smooth corners via vector contour tracing — no staircase pixels along the edge • The white outline that makes a sticker read as a sticker, with adjustable width • Background removal: pick your subject, or just remove the white with a tolerance dial when the source is messy • Erase brush for stray pixels the auto-cutout missed. Undo if you slip, and the brush sits where your thumb is whether you're lefty or righty • Per-tile fine-tuning when one sticker won't cooperate • Lossless WebP under WhatsApp's 100KB limit, lossy when it has to be • Hi-res Photos export with the transparent background intact WHO IT'S FOR • You generated emoji stickers in any of the popular AIs and want them as a real WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, or iMessage pack • You scan or photograph drawings and want them clipped, outlined, and shareable • You run a Cricut and need clean white-bordered PNGs for Print-then-Cut sticker projects EXPORT TO • WhatsApp — full sticker pack in one tap, static or animated • Telegram — full sticker pack via Telegram's own importer • LINE Creator — bundled ZIP with the right sticker dimensions, main image, and chat-tray icon, ready to upload at creator.line.me • iMessage — a real Messages sticker pack, in your Stickers tray in one tap • Photos — full PNG, transparent background, no compression • Photos GIF — for animated packs you want to share outside chat apps Made on a small island. gridsticker.peterong.dev
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GridSticker at Free against Patchd's $4.99. GridSticker also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Patchd's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
GridSticker is free to download; Patchd costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Patchd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Patchd's written reviews are positive against 80% of GridSticker's.
Patchd ships an update weekly, GridSticker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patchd | GridSticker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ibrahim Sefa Tuna | Peter Ong |
Customer experience
Patchd
GridSticker
In-app purchases
Patchd
No in-app purchases
GridSticker
No in-app purchases








