Fx Stencil vs Tattoo Stencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fx Stencil
Transform your photos into unique stencil art. Easily edit, customize colors, and apply gradients to create personalized designs for printing on various materials or sharing with loved ones.
- Create stencils from photos
- Edit and customize stencils
- Gradient stencil effects
- Save and share stencils
- Simple drawing tools
- Invert stencil option
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Fx Stencil lets you make a stencil from photo you takes or from your photo album.Very simple and quick. You can edit, share on facebook, save to your album or mail it to your friends and family. With a stencil you can use to print on the wall, clothes, fabric or make amazing gifts that imbued with your own personality. New features with version 3.3.0 - Support Dark mode - New Design UI for app - New core processing - More color for stencil - New Gradient stencil - Save your stencil - Share stencil to social networks and some action for stencil - Crop Image - Custom color - More tool - A simple drawing tools to help you edit image stencil. - Invert Stencil Wish you have fun with Fx Stencil. Sincerely!
Tattoo Stencil
Create tattoo stencils directly on your mobile device or tablet. This app is ideal for tattoo artists on the go, especially during conventions and guest spots.
- Create stencils on mobile device
- Create stencils on tablet
- Ideal for traveling artists
- Useful for conventions
- Useful for guest spots
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This revolutionary app allows tattoo artists to create a stencil on their mobile device or tablet.Perfect for traveling artists during conventions and guest spots.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fx Stencil at Free against Tattoo Stencil's $0.99. Fx Stencil also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1K vs 64). Tattoo Stencil's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and chart position (#118 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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
Fx Stencil is free to download; Tattoo Stencil costs $0.99 up front. Fx Stencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tattoo Stencil asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fx Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fx Stencil has 1K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Fx Stencil's written reviews are positive against 47% of Tattoo Stencil's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fx Stencil ships an update every 2 months, Tattoo Stencil every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fx Stencil | Tattoo Stencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 4.0 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 46.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #118 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Le | Pony Lawson LLC |
Customer experience
Fx Stencil
Tattoo Stencil
User reviews
Fx Stencil
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Amazing app
- 👍 Love app
- 👍 Stencil app
- 👍 Simple and elegant
- 👍 Great for black and white contrast
Room to improve
- 🐛 Clumsy
- 🐛 Crashes
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Limited
- 🐛 Doesn't access albums
Tattoo Stencil
From 64 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Saves time for tattoo artists
- 👍 Great for realism tattoos
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Works well for stencil making
- 👍 Affordable app price
Room to improve
- 👎 Limited functionality
- 👎 Poor image quality after processing
- 👎 App crashes or closes unexpectedly
- 👎 Settings/controls not working
- 👎 Updates have made it worse
Bugs and requests
Fx Stencil
Reported bugs
4 issues- Only lets you do one stencil
- App closes when selecting photo
- Zooms in to one corner
- Doesn't display entire picture
Requested features
4 requests- Two-tone image options
- Ability to add more photos
- Bring back old invert option
- Allow access to photo albums
Tattoo Stencil
Reported bugs
10 issues- Gallery closes immediately
- Settings do not work
- App stops working after a few months
- Cannot crop pictures
- Cannot pick pictures
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- Buttons don't work
- Image quality becomes grainy and unclear after updates
- Cropping functionality broken after iOS update
- Camera not working without photo access
- App is unreadable after last update
Requested features
6 requests- Slider to increase line width/boldness
- Multi-image arrangement
- Vectorized linework for color fill and shading
- Remove or change the opening screen
- Easier to see buttons
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- More updates in the future
In-app purchases
Fx Stencil
- Remove Watermark$0.99
- Add Picker Color$0.99
- Gradient Stencil$0.99
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- Remove Advertisement$2.99
Tattoo Stencil
No in-app purchases
Questions
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