I got fed up with sticker apps, so I made my own
It started in a family group chat. Someone posted a photo of my uncle asleep in a beach chair, mouth wide open, and that photo was begging to become a sticker. I grabbed my phone, downloaded the first sticker app that showed up in the store, and three minutes later I was watching my second thirty-second video for a slot-machine game so I could press "save". When the sticker finally came out, it…
It began with a family chat where someone shared a photo of the speaker's uncle, asleep in a beach chair, with an open mouth. The photo seemed perfect for a sticker, so the speaker downloaded the first sticker app they could find. After a few minutes of creating videos for a slot machine game, they received a sticker with a watermark and a thick white outline, which they couldn't remove.
Frustrated, the speaker tried several more apps that night, all of which had ads and required accounts or paid subscriptions to remove backgrounds. The speaker was furious and realized that creating stickers shouldn't be this complicated. They decided to make their own sticker-making app, following a set of strict rules. No ads, no account creation, no default outlines, and all drafts saved automatically.
Figurô, the resulting app, launched in both app stores in early August. Within a month, over a thousand people downloaded it, primarily in Brazil. The app currently supports creating static stickers, and the speaker is working on adding animated stickers. The speaker invites users to share their sticker app frustrations and hopes Figurô will provide a better experience.
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