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24 alternatives to Text Mess

Turn your messages into art

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Text Mess launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Text Mess▲112

   Turn your text messages into art

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Crumbles▲122

   Turn text messages into awesome video. Now in app form!

   2015 · crumbles.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PLEEK▲145

   Picture messaging with a twist

   2015 · pleekapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Artify ▲83

   Turn Your Dreams in to Art

   2014 · dreame.me · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Send Me SFMOMA▲83

   Send a text to SFMOMA and they’ll text you back an artwork

   2017 · sfmoma.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hooked▲173

   Fiction in the form of text messages

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hugg▲66

   Make your texts beautiful

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Paste.lol▲79

   An infinite message board

   2016 · paste.lol · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Crumbles▲4

   Turn your text messages into video mashups

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Art Chatbot▲110

    Discover, learn about, and purchase artwork

    2017 · artchatbot.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Bold▲114

    Turn your text and photos into engaging social media images

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sketchat▲90

    Sketch + chat. Messaging with drawing.

    2015 · sketch.at · its alternatives →

13. 13
    poetweet▲102

    Automagically turn your tweets into poetry

    2015 · poetweet.com.br · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Ink Messenger▲80

    Scribble, doodle, write, draw, sketch your message

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Capsule▲148

    Text the future

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Monsterfy it!▲62

    Turn pictures into monsters in iMessage

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Drawl for Messenger▲109

    Draw it like a boss, send it to your Messenger friends

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Storming.me▲92

    Tweetstorms as a screenshot of text

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rando▲96

    Send a random photo, GIF, or quote. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Textcast▲128

    Messaging meets blogging

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    XD Messenger▲73

    Chat turned into manga comic strips

    2014 · tplusinteractive.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Context▲67

    fast visual texting

    2013 · trycontext.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    CyberDust for Android▲126

    Take back control of your messaging

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    emoji.ink▲76

    Draw with emojis

    2015 · emoji.ink · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →