Comparison

Crayon vs Textmania

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

Head to head
About

Crayon

Features
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The Crayon app is great for creating sketches, doodles, drawings, and notes. This app is FAST, FUN and EASY to use! FEATURES: sketch paper, color pencils, erasers, magnifying glass, smudge finger, and water blur. CANVAS SIZE: 1024x1024 pixels UNDO: 15 levels

About

Textmania

Easily add text and stylish fonts to your photos to create personalized images. Transform pictures into inspirational messages, greeting cards, or quick notes with a user-friendly editor. Share your creations directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Add text to photos
  • Vast collection of artworks
  • Handpicked font styles
  • Customization options
  • Different frames for pictures
  • Crop pictures
  • Create birthday cards and greetings
Features
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Text on photo is a new trend! It’s so easy to write on pictures using our app! Sometimes a few words can change everything, so let your photos speak! “Text on photo” is a great app that will turn your photos or pics into inspirational images, birthday, or wedding cards that are so easy to share right from the app! Express yourself: write on pictures and tell everybody how your holidays went or send a unique and sincere message to the one you love. Enjoy a vast collection of different artworks and carefully handpicked font styles. Use a variety of customization options and add text to photos for exceptional results. With Text on Photo - TextCandy you can: - Easily put text on a photo; - Use different frames for your pictures; - Crop pictures to the exact size you need; - Write on photos - create birthday cards and holiday greetings with stylish text; - Put text over a photo for a quick note; - Get the advantage of a user-friendly text photo editor. No more boring pics. Switch to the “text on pictures” format. Explore your creativity. Text on Photo - share your thoughts with the world.

Screenshots

Crayon3 screens
Textmania4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crayon at none against Textmania's 1. Crayon also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Textmania sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crayon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crayon ships an update every 3 weeks, Textmania every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crayon versus Textmania: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrayonTextmania
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—33 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrook SeatonDuong Bac

In-app purchases

None

Crayon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Textmania

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$0.99

Questions

Is Crayon free?
Crayon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Textmania free?
Textmania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crayon or Textmania have ads?
Neither Crayon nor Textmania shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crayon or Textmania?
Crayon ships an update every 3 weeks, and Textmania every 4 months. Most recently, Crayon was updated on November 6, 2026 and Textmania on November 2, 2026.

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