Fx Stencil vs Artistic String
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!
Artistic String
Design intricate string art with monochrome and multicolor drawing modes. This app offers a unique way to create visual art using virtual threads. Explore your creativity with a simple yet powerful interface.
- String art creation
- Monochrome drawing mode
- Multicolor drawing mode
- Unique thread art designs
- Intuitive interface
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Create and guide painting with string art, with the best quality, unique monochrome and multicolor drawing mode. Term of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fx Stencil at 43% against Artistic String's 0%. Fx Stencil also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (1K vs 1). Artistic String's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Fx Stencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Artistic String sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fx Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fx Stencil has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Fx Stencil's written reviews are positive against 0% of Artistic String's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fx Stencil | Artistic String |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Le | Kiem Pham Dinh |
Customer experience
Fx Stencil
Artistic String
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
Artistic String
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Artistic String
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$44.991 Year
Questions
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