Comparison

MemeGen vs Meme Maker

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

Head to head
About

MemeGen

Create and share your own memes with this intuitive generator. Easily add text to images and customize your creations. Perfect for quick, fun content generation.

Highlights
  • Meme creation
  • Text overlay on images
  • Sharing capabilities
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Best meme generator app for iOS.

About

Meme Maker

Easily add captions to popular images and GIFs to create custom memes. Customize text size, color, location, and font before sharing your creations with friends and family via social media, email, or text. Includes a large library of GIFs and stock photos to get you started.

Highlights
  • Add captions to images and GIFs
  • Customize text size, color, location, and font
  • Access 10,000+ GIFs
  • Use 1,000+ stock photos
  • Share directly to social media, email, and text
  • Save memes to gallery
Features
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Quickly and easily add funny captions to your favorite popular images or GIFs and share with your family and friends! It's super fast and simple: With just a few taps you can add captions to any picture and customize their text size, color, location, and font style. When you're all done, just share them with your friends! We have 10,000+ Gifs and have included 1000+ stock photos from 9 different categories to help get you started. Some popular images included are: - "Bad Luck Brian" - "Aint nobody got time for that" - History Channels "Aliens" guy - And many many new meme's just added! Share all your new creations with your family and friends right from the app. Just upload to Facebook or Twitter within seconds - it's super easy! Memes can also be saved to your gallery and shared on email and text as well. Enjoy! :) ------ There is an option to upgrade to a Pro Monthly Subscription which will give you access to all features of the app. Additional details: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable – https://www.grassapper.com/terms-and-conditions – https://www.grassapper.com/application-privacy-policy

Screenshots

MemeGen2 screens
Meme Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

MemeGen and Meme Maker both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of MemeGen's written reviews are positive against 50% of Meme Maker's. MemeGen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Meme Maker's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 79). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Meme Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. MemeGen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MemeGen against 4.6 for Meme Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meme Maker has 11K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of MemeGen's written reviews are positive against 50% of Meme Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemeGen ships an update every 20 months, Meme Maker every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MemeGen versus Meme Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemeGenMeme Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (79 ratings) — better4.6 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.4% of reviews
Number of ratings7911K — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 14 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlmas DaumovGrassapper LLC

Customer experience

MemeGen

All ratings79 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Meme Maker

All ratings11,430 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews232 reviews
Positive50.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative44.8%

Bugs and requests

MemeGen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Meme Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Memes and photos disappearing
  • Subscription not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More font options
  • Ability to move and resize text
  • Better image quality for saved memes
  • Improved sharing options

In-app purchases

None

MemeGen

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Meme Maker

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time6
  • Unlock Font$1.99
  • Unlock Size$1.99
  • Unlock color$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Categories$3.99
  • Get Everything$14.99

Questions

Is MemeGen free?
MemeGen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meme Maker free?
Meme Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MemeGen or Meme Maker?
MemeGen is rated higher. MemeGen averages 4.7 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Meme Maker averages 4.6 from 11K ratings.
Do MemeGen or Meme Maker have ads?
Meme Maker shows ads; MemeGen does not.
Which is updated more often, MemeGen or Meme Maker?
MemeGen ships an update every 20 months, and Meme Maker every 14 months. Most recently, MemeGen was updated on September 16, 2026 and Meme Maker on October 3, 2026.

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