Stampr vs Take a Stick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stampr
Transform your photos into unique, collectible postage stamps with a classic perforated design. Organize your creations into private collections, view them on a map or calendar, and export them as transparent PNGs. This app prioritizes user privacy with no accounts or data uploads.
- Live stamp camera viewfinder
- Automatic stamp masking
- Organize stamps into collections
- Map and calendar views
- Export as transparent PNG
- Private by design, no account needed
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Stampr turns everyday photos into collectible postage stamps. Point the camera, press the shutter, and watch your photo become a classic perforated stamp with a white border and scalloped edges. Name it, collect it, and build a private album of moments that feel like something you can hold. FEATURES • Stamp camera: capture photos through a live viewfinder framed like a real postage stamp. • Collections: keep stamps in Favorites and Uncategorized, or unlock unlimited custom collections with Stampr Pro. • Map: revisit your stamps based on where you captured them. • Calendar: browse your stamps by the day they were created. • Stamp designer: customize shapes, edges, paper, frames, colors, lettering, stickers, and more with Pro. • Scrapbooks and sheets: arrange stamps, stickers, and writing on printable pages with Pro. • Share and save: Pro lets you export stamps as transparent images, save them to Photos, and share them anywhere. • Themes: choose from the included Light, Dark, and System themes, or unlock every theme and create your own with Pro. STAMPR PRO Stampr is free to download and includes the portrait stamp camera, core browsing features, built-in collections, and standard themes. Upgrade to Stampr Pro to unlock all six stamp shapes, advanced editing and design tools, unlimited collections, custom themes, scrapbooks, exporting, and true-size printing. Choose from: • Weekly subscription • Yearly subscription, including a 3-day free trial for eligible users • Lifetime access with a single purchase Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Pricing and availability are shown in the app and may vary by region. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Stampr requires no account or sign-up. Your stamps, photos, and locations remain on your device. Stampr does not upload, track, or sell your personal content—and there are no ads. Great for travelers, journalers, scrapbookers, and anyone who enjoys turning memories into little collectibles. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Take a Stick
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Take a Stick is a camera-first sticker maker. Point your camera at anything, line it up inside a frame, and tap the shutter. Your photo is stamped into a clean, bordered sticker, ready for WhatsApp, Telegram and any chat. No cutout tools. No background eraser. No fiddly editing. You compose the shot first, and the frame does the rest. MAKE STICKERS FROM REAL LIFE • Camera-first capture: frame the moment, then stamp it • Eight punch-out shapes: square, circle, heart, star, hexagon, diamond, cloud and blob • A crisp white border that pops on any chat background • Turn photos from your library into stickers too STICKER EFFECTS • Five looks: holographic, puffy, halftone, mosaic and cross stitch • Preview every effect for free, then apply the one you love A CALENDAR OF EVERYTHING YOU STAMPED • Every sticker lands on the day you made it • See the whole month as a collage, or tap a day to revisit it • Free for everyone ORGANISE YOUR STICKER PACKS • Group stickers into collections you name and colour • Add a private note to any sticker, and search your notes and collections • Pick the cover and the stickers you share in a pack SEND STICKERS ANYWHERE • Add packs straight to WhatsApp and Telegram • Use the share sheet or save to Photos, always free • Works with Messages, Discord and any app that takes an image NINE LANGUAGES English, Português, Español, Bahasa Indonesia, Türkçe, Русский, Deutsch, Français, Italiano. Pick yours in Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no Take a Stick server • Your photos and stickers stay on your device and we cannot see them • No ads, no tracking, no analytics ONE-TIME UNLOCK, NO SUBSCRIPTION Take a Stick is free to use: capture, shapes, calendar, effect previews, saving and sharing. A single lifetime unlock adds unlimited collections and stickers, photo-library import, applying effects, search, curated packs and private backup. Buy once, keep it forever. Download Take a Stick and turn the world around you into a personal sticker pack.
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Verdict
Stampr and Take a Stick are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Stampr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Take a Stick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stampr ships an update every 2 weeks, Take a Stick every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stampr | Take a Stick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rinkit Adhana | Jong Yann Goh |
In-app purchases
Stampr
- Stampr Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Stampr Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Stampr Pro Lifetime$49.99
Take a Stick
- Take a Stick Lifetime Unlock$5.99









