Best AI Sticker and Emoji Generators

ChatGPT is the most capable sticker generator for most people. Describe the sticker in plain words ("die-cut sticker of a frog in a raincoat, bold black outlines, flat colours, thick white border, plain background") and it follows every part closely. It is also among the best generators at spelling short words and names correctly. You can then refine by chatting, make a matching set in the same style, or upload a photo of your pet and ask for a cartoon sticker of it. ChatGPT's image model sits at the top of our AI image generator ranking.

The rights are clear. OpenAI's terms (effective January 2026) say you own the output and that OpenAI assigns you any rights it has, so you can print and sell your designs. The same terms warn that other users may get similar results, and owning the image does not protect you if it copies a character or logo.

It is not a sticker app: you may need to remove the background and add a cut line yourself. The free image allowance is small; Go costs $8 a month.

Pick it if you want original designs you can use anywhere. Skip it if you want stickers straight inside your keyboard.

Canva is the easiest way to go from idea to a finished sheet of stickers. Generate artwork with Canva AI or start from a sticker template, remove backgrounds (a Pro feature), add text, then lay out a whole sheet and download it. Everything happens in one editor on the web or your phone, and 3.5 million US App Store ratings (4.9 stars) show how many people are comfortable with it. See our Canva review for the full picture.

The rights need care. Canva's AI Product Terms say you own what its AI generates and may use it for any lawful purpose at your own risk, but outputs may not be unique. Anything you build from Canva's own templates, graphics or fonts is licensed Canva content, not yours, and is covered by Canva's content licence, so read it before selling stickers that use them. The safest printable design is one you generated or drew yourself.

The free plan's AI allowance is small (about 20 uses); Pro costs US$18 a month or US$144 a year.

Pick it if you want a quick, tidy sticker sheet. Skip it if you need vector files or a very clear resale licence; Kittl is stronger there.

Gemini is the best free choice for sticker designs. Google's Nano Banana models draw clean cartoon and kawaii styles, keep a character consistent across a set, and are especially good at turning a photo of your dog or your friend into a sticker that still looks like them. Ask for "sticker style, thick white border, plain white background" to get something easy to cut out.

On rights, Google's Terms of Service say Google won't claim ownership of original content you generate, and its prohibited use policy applies. Images made in the Gemini app carry an invisible SynthID watermark, which marks them as AI-made; that does not stop you printing them.

Like ChatGPT, it is a general tool: no cut lines, no sticker packs and no keyboard integration. If you upload photos of people, remember that Google keeps Gemini activity for 18 months by default; turning off Keep Activity cuts that to 72 hours.

Pick it if you want good stickers free, especially from your own photos. Skip it if you need print-ready vector files; use Kittl.

Kittl is the tool to use if you plan to sell stickers. Its sticker maker combines an AI vector generator, an AI image generator, a vectoriser that turns any image into scalable paths, background removal, strong typography tools and sticker templates. You can export SVG, PDF or PNG, or send designs to Kittl Print, which prints and ships them.

The licence is the clearest here. Kittl's pricing page says Pro and Expert include a commercial licence for up to 500,000 reproductions across packaging, marketing, digital media and print, and Business plans add an enhanced licence beyond that. The free plan is personal use only, and Kittl asks free users to credit Kittl.

The trade-offs are cost and effort. Paid plans are billed per editor and prices vary by region, so check at checkout, and free AI tokens are limited. The editor is closer to a design tool than a one-tap generator.

Pick it if you sell stickers on Etsy or at markets and want vector files and a written licence. Skip it if you just want fun stickers for chats.

Genmoji is the best AI emoji generator if you have a recent iPhone. Open the emoji keyboard, tap Genmoji, and describe what you want, combine existing emoji, or pick up to three people from your Photos library to make an emoji that looks like them. You can refine it with more words and scroll back through versions. Finished Genmoji are saved with your stickers, so you can add them to messages or share them as stickers and Tapback reactions.

Privacy is a strength. Apple says Apple Intelligence runs on your device where it can and uses Private Cloud Compute for larger models, where your data is used only for your request and never stored. Parents can block Genmoji in Screen Time.

The limits: it needs an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPhone 16 or later, or an M1 or later iPad or Mac, and Apple's pages describe Genmoji for personal messaging. We found no licence for printing or selling them, so treat them as personal. Watch out for look-alike App Store apps that use the Genmoji name but are not Apple's.

Pick it if you want custom emoji in your iPhone keyboard. Skip it if you want stickers to print.

Microsoft Designer has a dedicated stickers feature: describe the sticker, pick from the options and save it for messaging apps or social posts. It sits alongside AI image generation, background removal, generative erase, greeting cards and wallpapers, and it is free with a Microsoft account on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.

On rights, the Microsoft Services Agreement (effective September 2025) says Microsoft does not claim ownership of content you create or generate, and that you are responsible for it. We did not find Designer-specific wording on selling printed stickers, so check the current terms before you sell. The iPhone app's privacy label lists no data used to track you.

Design quality is good for simple, cute stickers but less controllable than ChatGPT or Kittl, and there are no vector exports or cut lines.

Pick it if you want free stickers with little effort. Skip it if you are printing to sell; Kittl's licence is clearer.

Picsart covers every kind of sticker in one phone app. Its AI sticker generator makes a sticker from a short prompt and an art style you pick, its sticker maker cuts a person or object out of a photo and saves a transparent PNG, and a WhatsApp tool builds sticker packs. There is also a library of more than 60 million stickers to decorate photos. More detail in our Picsart review.

Rights are where you need care. Picsart's terms say it does not claim ownership of your own content, but content owned by Picsart, including its sticker library, is licensed only for personal, non-commercial use, and community items tagged #freetoedit carry the same limit. The terms do not address AI-generated output directly. So for printed stickers to sell, use your own photos or your own AI designs, not library stickers.

The free plan includes 5 AI credits a week; Pro costs $15 a month or $126 a year on the website.

Pick it if you make stickers from your photos on a phone. Skip it if you want a clear licence to sell; Kittl is better.

Sticker.ly, from NAVER Z, is the most popular dedicated sticker maker we checked: 4.8 stars from about 150,000 US App Store ratings. It does not draw new images. Instead, its AI cuts subjects out of your photos automatically, and its Auto Cut feature turns short videos into animated stickers. You name a pack, add captions and export it to WhatsApp or Telegram, or share it with a link. Sticker.ly says publishing sticker packs is free, and brands use it to share official packs.

Rights are simple in principle: the stickers are made from your own photos and videos, so you control them, but that also means you must own or have permission for anything you upload. Do not turn film stills, celebrities or other people's art into packs.

A subscription ($7.99 a month or $39.99 a year) adds extras, and the iPhone app's privacy label lists identifiers and usage data that may track you across apps.

Pick it if you want animated or photo stickers for group chats. Skip it if you want AI to invent a design; use ChatGPT, Gemini or Designer.

Emoji Kitchen is the quickest way to get a new emoji on Android, although it is not generative AI. Tap an emoji in the Gboard keyboard and it suggests mash-ups with other emoji (a crying face with a cowboy hat, a heart made of fire), which you send as stickers in apps such as Gmail, Messages, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Telegram. Google launched it in Gboard in February 2020, and the combinations are designed by Google's designers rather than generated on the fly, which is why they look consistent and polished.

That also sets the limits. You can only use combinations Google has drawn, you cannot describe something new, and the designs belong to Google. We found no licence to print or sell them, so keep them for chats.

It is completely free, needs no account beyond your phone, and works in almost any messaging app.

Pick it if you want a fun reaction in two taps. Skip it if you want a custom emoji; use Genmoji on iPhone, or ChatGPT or Gemini anywhere.