The Sticker Maker is an iOS photo-editing tool for creating custom WhatsApp and Telegram stickers using an AI background eraser.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users want to personalize messaging conversations with custom content, and the app removes the technical friction of manual image masking.
For Social media users and messaging app participants looking to create custom stickers from personal photos.
What does it look like?
Key features
Automated removal of image backgrounds using artificial intelligence.
Composition tool for combining photos, web images, text, and badges.
Export functionality for WhatsApp and Telegram sticker formats.
How much does it cost?
Subscription model anchored at $5.99/month, gating usage volume and ad-free access.
Velocity
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The Sticker Maker has seen no development activity for 2,305 days. With only a single version release in its history, the app is effectively abandoned. There is no evidence of ongoing maintenance, feature updates, or live operations support.
Who built it?
Ivan Starchenkov
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Live Keyboard PlusUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for The Sticker Maker
How's the Entertainment market?
The Sticker Maker holds a 3-star rating based on only 2 reviews, reflecting a lack of recent user engagement. The absence of updates since 2020 positions the app as a legacy tool in a category that demands high-frequency content refreshes.
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Key takeaways for The Sticker Maker
Where is it heading?
The sticker creation market is consolidating around apps that offer frequent content refreshes and social sharing. The Sticker Maker remains exposed due to its lack of development, which will likely lead to a total loss of utility as messaging platforms evolve.
- The six-year development gap indicates the app is in maintenance mode, which prevents it from competing with active, feature-rich alternatives.
- The lack of updates since 2020 suggests a high risk of technical failure if messaging platforms update their sticker export requirements.
The SWOT
- AI background eraser automates the primary friction point in sticker creation.
- Introduce community-sharing loops to drive organic discovery.
Next best moves
Sunset the subscription model because the six-year maintenance gap makes the $5.99/month price point uncompetitive → reduce churn and refund complaints
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The Sticker Maker's primary risk is not competition, but platform obsolescence…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The strategic outlook for The Sticker Maker has shifted from passive observation of a maintenance-mode app to an active recommendation to sunset the subscription model. This change reflects an increased focus on the technical obsolescence risk posed by the six-year development hiatus.
Bottom line
The Sticker Maker relies on a dated AI background eraser to provide value, but the six-year development freeze makes the current subscription model unsustainable. Shifting to a maintenance-only posture would align the business with the reality of its stagnant lifecycle.
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Is The Sticker Maker still being updated?
Does The Sticker Maker work with WhatsApp and Telegram?
Is the $5.99 subscription worth it?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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