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Simplified Meme-Making Apps

The Whale App Lets Users Add Text & Special Effects to Photos

— November 19, 2019 — Life-Stages
The Whale app is a new creation from Facebook that's designed to help young users quickly create memes. With the app, users are able to easily overlay special effects and text atop photos, which can easily be shared to social media.

While there are plenty of apps that are designed to help social media users create unique content, many of them require users to make in-app purchases or commit to subscription pricing—the Whale app sets itself apart with "no distractions, no hidden subscription pricing."

The app offers emojis, filters and gridded layouts, as well as a freeform draw tool and the ability to create custom image stickers, which will especially appeal to artistic app users.

Currently, the Whale app is exclusively available in the Apple App Store in select regions.
Trend Themes
1. Simplified Meme Creation - The Whale app simplifies meme creation by allowing users to easily add text and special effects to photos.
2. No Distractions, No Hidden Pricing - The Whale app sets itself apart from other meme-making apps by offering no distractions or hidden subscription pricing.
3. Customizable and Artistic Tools - The Whale app provides users with customizable features like emojis, filters, layouts, and a freeform draw tool, catering to artistic app users.
Industry Implications
1. Social Media Apps - The Whale app's simplified meme-making capabilities disrupt the social media app industry by providing an easy and accessible tool for creating shareable content.
2. Mobile App Development - The Whale app's focus on no distractions and no hidden pricing presents disruptive innovation opportunities for mobile app development companies to rethink their monetization strategies.
3. Digital Content Creation - The Whale app's customizable and artistic tools open up disruptive innovation opportunities in the digital content creation industry, enabling users to create unique and engaging memes.
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