Comparison

Q Balloons vs KOMA

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

Head to head
About

Q Balloons

Easily add speech balloons and text boxes to your photos. Select an image or take a new one, then customize balloons, text, and position. Create short visual stories by arranging frames.

Highlights
  • Add speech balloons and text boxes
  • Use existing photos or camera
  • Adjust balloon size and position
  • Edit text content
  • Create multi-frame stories
  • Save and share to social media/messaging
Features
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Easily add speech bubbles or text boxes to your photos. Combine up to three images into a mini-comic strip. Choose a card, add a bubble, adjust its position and size, and type your text. If you choose the premium option, you can remove the small logo in the corner. The image can be saved or exported to Facebook, Instagram, email, etc.

About

KOMA

Features
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Turn everyday photos into something worth sharing. KOMA is a simple speech bubble maker and photo editor that lets you add comic-style dialogue, thoughts, captions, and text to any image in just a few taps. Add a funny line to your pet photo, create a conversation between friends, add a playful quote to a family picture, or make an eye-catching image for social media. No complicated design tools. Choose a photo, pick a bubble, type your text, adjust the look, and save. MAKE YOUR PHOTOS TALK A single speech bubble can completely change the feeling of a photo. Give your dog a voice. Add your cat’s β€œinner thoughts.” Turn a group photo into a comic scene. Add a reaction, joke, note, or caption that makes people stop scrolling. KOMA is designed for quick, visual editing, so you can focus on the idea instead of learning a complicated editor. 140+ SPEECH BUBBLE STYLES Choose from more than 140 bubble designs for different moods and scenes. β€’ Classic speech bubbles β€’ Round and soft bubbles β€’ Thought bubbles β€’ Jagged shout bubbles β€’ Angular comic bubbles β€’ Emphasis and special styles From cute and casual to bold and dramatic, there is a bubble for almost any photo. Bubble graphics are vector-based, so they stay crisp when resized. EASY TOUCH CONTROLS Place each bubble exactly where you want it. Drag to move. Pinch to resize. Rotate with simple controls. Flip horizontally or vertically to change the tail direction. Point a bubble toward a person, pet, object, or empty area of the photo without rebuilding your design. CUSTOMIZE YOUR TEXT Change fonts, text size, rotation, and color to match the moment. Use bold, clean text for social posts or choose a different typeface to fit the mood. KOMA supports both horizontal and vertical text, giving you more freedom for multilingual layouts, comic-style composition, and Japanese vertical writing. COLORS THAT FIT YOUR PHOTO Customize the speech bubble and text colors separately. Keep it classic with black and white, choose bright colors for a playful post, or use a softer combination that blends naturally with the image. CROP FOR THE RIGHT FORMAT Crop and adjust your photo ratio for square layouts and other common formats. Create clean compositions for social media posts, profile images, thumbnails, reaction images, and visual notes. SAVE PROJECTS AND EDIT AGAIN Your work does not have to be final when you save it. KOMA keeps your creations as editable projects, so you can return later to change the words, move a bubble, adjust its size, try another style, or update the colors. Make alternate versions of the same photo without starting over. GREAT FOR PETS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND MORE Use KOMA to: β€’ Add funny β€œthoughts” to pet photos β€’ Create conversations in friend or family pictures β€’ Make comic-style social posts β€’ Add reactions, jokes, quotes, or captions β€’ Add labels, notes, and visual annotations β€’ Create simple thumbnails and eye-catching images β€’ Add vertical or horizontal messages β€’ Turn everyday snapshots into shareable stories SIMPLE BY DESIGN KOMA focuses on the tools you actually need for speech bubble editing. The interface is clean, direct, and easy to understand. Create something fun in seconds, while still having the controls to fine-tune the result. Whether you want to make your pet look like it is talking, create a mini comic from a photo, add a funny caption for social media, or place a clear note on an image, KOMA keeps the process simple and enjoyable. PHOTOS ARE BETTER WITH A VOICE Some photos are cute. Some are funny. Some need just one line to become memorable. Add the missing words with KOMA. Choose a photo. Add a bubble. Say what the picture is thinking. KOMA β€” make your photos talk. Terms of Use: (https://minerva.in.net/official/koma-terms/) Privacy Policy:(https://minerva.in.net/official/privacy-policy/)

Screenshots

Q Balloons3 screens
KOMA3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Q Balloons at none against KOMA's shown. KOMA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Q Balloons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KOMA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Q Balloons ships an update every 11 months, KOMA every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Q Balloons versus KOMA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQ BalloonsKOMA
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS18.615.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan BjorsMINERVA K.K.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Q Balloons

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
2 purchases

KOMA

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Plan [1 month]$5.991 Month
  • Pro Plan [1 year]$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Q Balloons free?
Q Balloons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KOMA free?
KOMA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Q Balloons or KOMA have ads?
KOMA shows ads; Q Balloons does not.
Which is updated more often, Q Balloons or KOMA?
Q Balloons ships an update every 11 months, and KOMA every 2 days. Most recently, Q Balloons was updated on October 5, 2026 and KOMA on October 24, 2026.

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