Free LINE Stickers in 2026: Download, Earn, and Create

Free LINE stickers are still one of the easiest ways to add personality to chats inside the LINE messaging app. We tested every method below on iOS 18.3 and Android 14 between April 21 and April 28, 2026. Between the in-app Sticker Shop, the LINE Store on the web, sponsored Add Friend campaigns, and LINE Creators Studio, you’ve got several legitimate paths to grow your collection without paying.

#Where Can You Find Free LINE Stickers?

LINE keeps free stickers in three official places. The in-app Sticker Shop is the daily driver because it surfaces both LINE-published packs and brand campaigns at the same time. The LINE Store on the web mirrors most of that catalog and adds a richer search interface. Then there’s the Sponsored Stickers panel, which is where Add Friend campaigns live for as long as the brand keeps paying for distribution.

Each spot has its own refresh cadence, so checking all three over the course of a week catches the widest selection.

If you haven’t finished setup yet, run through our walkthrough on how to create a LINE account first. The Sticker Shop only loads stickers that match your registered country. We tested this on a U.S. and Japan account in parallel and the two stores showed completely different free packs that week.

According to LINE’s official help center, the registered region drives which campaigns and free packs appear, so the version you sign up for is what you live with day to day.

#How Does the LINE Sticker Shop Work?

To open the Sticker Shop, tap the Home tab, then tap the Sticker Shop icon at the top right (the smiley with the plus sign). You’ll see banners across the top and category tiles below them. Tap the Free tab to filter the catalog down to no-cost packs.

In our testing, the Free tab on the U.S. store refreshed at roughly 11

AM JST on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, with three new sponsored packs and one LINE-published pack appearing within the same five-minute window. The Japan store added more packs, which is consistent with LINE’s domestic-first release strategy. According to Wikipedia’s LINE software entry, the app launched in Japan in 2011 and Japan still drives the largest share of sticker activity.

To download a free pack:

1. Tap the pack title to open its detail page
2. Confirm the Free badge is still showing (some sponsored packs require an Add Friend tap before unlocking)
3. Tap Free Download or Add Friend depending on the pack type
4. Wait for the Downloaded confirmation, then close the shop

Once a pack is in your collection, it stays in your stickers panel as long as you keep the LINE account active.

LINE’s help center sticker FAQ confirms that expired sponsored packs vanish from the picker after their validity window ends, but LINE-published free packs don’t have an expiration date attached.

#Sponsored Add Friend Stickers

Brand-sponsored packs are the second-largest source of free stickers, and they work differently from LINE-published packs. Each brand sets a campaign window, a regional restriction, and the requirement that you tap Add Friend to follow their official account in exchange for the pack.

In our testing on a 7-Eleven Japan official account during the test week, the sticker pack unlocked within seconds of tapping Add Friend, and the entitlement showed up immediately in the sticker picker. Brand campaigns like this typically run for 90 to 180 days, after which the sticker fades out of your picker but stays in your purchase history.

Following brand accounts you already use is the lowest-friction way to keep this channel productive. If you already follow a retailer for shipping notifications or coupons, the sticker drop appears alongside everything else.

#Earning LINE Points for Free Sticker Packs

LINE Points are LINE’s in-app rewards currency. They convert into paid stickers at a 1-point-per-yen rate at checkout. The point balance lives under the Home tab, then Wallet → LINE Points. From there, the app surfaces a list of point-earning offers that includes:

• Watching short brand video ads (typically 2 to 5 points each)
• Completing in-app surveys
• Installing partner apps from the LINE Points landing page
• Joining LINE official accounts during a campaign window
• Tapping daily check-in offers when LINE runs them

To spend points on a sticker pack, open the Sticker Shop, tap a paid pack, and the Use LINE Points option appears at the bottom of the purchase sheet if you have enough points to cover the price. The app deducts points before charging any other payment method, so a 100-yen pack you cover entirely with 100 points costs zero out of pocket.

In our testing across both Android and iOS, the offer wall stayed identical between platforms, but the per-offer payout varied by country. Sponsored video ads paid more on the Japan account than on the U.S. account.

If you use stickers heavily, treating LINE Points as a passive collection method (a few minutes a week of video ads) can fund several premium packs a year.

#Creating Your Own Stickers with LINE Creators Studio

If your favorite character doesn’t exist yet, LINE Creators Studio lets you build it. The free app, available for both iOS and Android, removes a lot of the friction that the desktop submission process used to have. According to LINE, each pack must contain 8, 16, 24, 32, or 40 stickers per the LINE Creators Market spec, and packs go through a content review queue before appearing in the LINE Store.

To build a sticker pack:

1. Install LINE Creators Studio from the App Store or Google Play
2. Tap Create New Stickers on the home screen
3. Choose photos, drawings, or icons from your camera roll
4. Use the in-app cutout tool to remove backgrounds, add text, or apply effects
5. Save the pack and either keep it private or submit it for public review

We tested the cutout tool on a set of pet photos on April 24, 2026. The auto-mask handled clean silhouettes well, but it struggled on busy backgrounds and required manual cleanup. Plan for around 10 to 20 minutes per sticker if you want production-quality output.

Want to print your designs? Our best printers for stickers roundup covers the right models.

#Sharing Stickers Privately or Publicly

Private stickers stay tied to your account and only your contacts can see them when you send. Public submission unlocks LINE Store distribution and revenue sharing, but it requires meeting LINE’s content guidelines around copyright, recognizable people, and brand marks.

LINE recommends that pack designs use original artwork or your own photos. Recognizable third-party characters, logos, and licensed properties are rejected at review unless you provide proof of authorization.

#Tips for Maximizing Your Free Sticker Collection

A few habits keep the collection growing without extra effort.

#Check the Free Tab on a Schedule

The Sticker Shop’s Free tab is easy to forget if you only open it when you need a sticker. Set a weekly reminder for Tuesday morning to catch new packs while they’re still in the validity window. Five minutes of browsing, once a week, captures most of what’s worth grabbing without paying.

#Use LINE Points Instead of Letting Them Expire

LINE Points expire 180 days after the most recent earn or spend event. Spending a small batch on stickers every few months keeps the balance fresh.

The expiration timer resets on each transaction, so even covering one cheap pack reactivates the clock for everything in the wallet.

#Back Up Your Collection Before You Switch Phones

Sticker entitlements are tied to your LINE account, not the device, but the offline cache lives locally. If you change phones without restoring properly, you’ll redownload every pack the first time you open it. Our guide on how to restore LINE chat history covers the same backup flow that protects sticker access during a phone migration.

#Pair Stickers with Reaction Apps

Stickers carry most chat reactions, but the best emoji apps and the best meme maker apps round out the kit when you want to react with a meme image or a custom emoji that LINE doesn’t ship.

#Bottom Line

The single most reliable way to keep getting free LINE stickers without paying anything is to combine two habits: open the Sticker Shop’s Free tab every Tuesday during your region’s release window, and let LINE Points accumulate from short video ads in the Wallet tab so you can cover paid packs at no cost.

Add a creator workflow on top if you want unique stickers no one else has, and submit them publicly only if the art is fully original. That trio (free shop sweep, point banking, custom creation) covers every legitimate angle without third-party tools. For one-off pet photos or family in-jokes, keep packs private to your account and skip the review queue entirely. Public submission still pays a revenue share if you decide to scale up later.

#Frequently Asked Questions