Comparison

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator vs Pottery.ly 3D

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator

Unleash your creativity by designing custom emojis, stickers, and avatars. Choose from thousands of components, including eyes, mouths, hands, and accessories, to craft unique characters. Add text, filters, and effects to personalize your creations.

Highlights
  • Design custom emojis and avatars
  • Thousands of components (eyes, mouths, hands)
  • Add accessories and props
  • Apply filters and effects
  • One-tap background eraser
  • Custom text and fonts
Features
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Emoji Maker helps you create original emojis, avatars, stickers, and reactions from photos, AI ideas, or a blank canvas. Build a face from emoji parts, customize expressions, add text, erase backgrounds, use stickers and graphics, then save your design for messages, social posts, profile images, and group chats. MAKE CUSTOM EMOJIS - Start from a blank canvas, photo, or AI idea - Choose eyes, mouths, noses, hands, bodies, props, and backgrounds - Add text, fonts, speech bubbles, stickers, graphics, filters, and effects - Remove backgrounds and clean up photos for sticker-style designs - Save and share finished emojis, avatars, and reaction images BUILT FOR PERSONAL EXPRESSION Design a funny face, selfie reaction, chat sticker, profile avatar, meme-style emoji, party invite graphic, or inside-joke image. Emoji Maker gives you simple creative tools for fast edits and more detailed designs. UPGRADE TO PRO Optional Pro unlocks premium content and tools, removes ads, and adds more creative options for emoji, avatar, and sticker design. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy#terms Privacy Policy: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy

About

Pottery.ly 3D

Create unique ceramic art in a relaxing digital environment. Shape, texture, and decorate your virtual pottery. Share your masterpieces with a vibrant community or friends.

Highlights
  • Shape ceramics with powerful yet simple tools
  • Apply various textures
  • Decorate with custom designs
  • Share creations with friends
  • Engage with an in-app community
  • Relaxing and therapeutic gameplay
Features
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Pottery.ly is a super relaxing pottery game that allows you to create your own unique ceramics. You can shape your ceramics anyway you like, and you can choose which texture you would want them to be in. But it’s not over yet, you can even draw on it to make it truly a one of a kind masterpiece. Creating an amazing looking ceramic is a very relaxing and satisfying process, and the result can be even more accomplishing. You can share your works with your friends, or you can even share it on the Pottery.ly community to inspire others! AWESOME FEATURES: - Simple but powerful tools: the tools are not only very easy to use, but also allow you to create pottery of any shape, texture, and pattern. - Awesome community: you can share your works or view others on the built in Pottery.ly community. Creativity is limitless! - Super relaxing gameplay: Pottery.ly offers a truly relaxing, therapeutic, and pleasant gameplay experience that you can share with your friends and family. Let’s play Pottery.ly now and start making your first ceramic masterpiece! SUBSCRIPTION INFO - Pottery.ly can be accessed for free. Free users have access to free content. The free version may include interstitial, banner, and native ads. - You can purchase a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription to unlock all content and remove ads. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off in your Apple ID subscription settings after purchase. Canceling trial or subscription You can cancel the subscription anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings. See https://support.apple.com/HT202039. When the current subscription period expires, access to Premium content will end. Contact: incolor.feedback@hotmail.com Terms of Service: http://incolor.cc/en/agreement.html Privacy Policy: http://incolor.cc/en/privacy.html

Screenshots

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator4 screens
Pottery.ly 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator at none against Pottery.ly 3D's shown. Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (14K vs 2.9K). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Pottery.ly 3D sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator has 14K ratings behind it against 2.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 69% and 69% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator versus Pottery.ly 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmoji Maker, Avatar CreatorPottery.ly 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14K ratings) — better4.3 (2.9K ratings)
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews69.4% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better2.9K
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Palette LLCEYEWIND LIMITED

Customer experience

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator

All ratings14,410 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews918 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral15.5%
Negative15.1%

Pottery.ly 3D

All ratings2,878 ratings
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral9.2%
Negative21.4%

User reviews

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and creative
  • 👍 Allows customization of emojis
  • 🎨 Good for expressing emotions

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 🔒 Limited free options
  • 📤 Difficulty sharing custom emojis

Pottery.ly 3D

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Endless creative possibilities
  • 👍 Relaxing and calming experience
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive app
  • 👍 Satisfying pottery-making process
  • 👍 Ability to share creations with others

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Subscription required for full access
  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy app experience
  • 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
  • 👎 Limited free content and features
  • 👎 Difficult to control and shape pottery

Bugs and requests

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when trying to save emojis
  • Issues with logging in and accessing account

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free options and accessories
  • Ability to use custom emojis in messaging apps
  • Improved stability and fewer crashes

Pottery.ly 3D

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to like or comment on others' work
  • Inconsistent behavior when using drawing tools
  • Pottery shapes not matching user's input
  • Ads not working or causing crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for pottery
  • Ability to import own images and designs
  • Offline mode for creating pottery
  • Improved social features and community
  • Better performance and stability

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator

Subscriptions4
  • Emoji Maker PRO Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Ai Pro Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Emoji Maker PRO Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • Ai Pro Annual7 Days trial$149.991 Year
7 purchases

Pottery.ly 3D

Subscriptions3
  • weekly subscription7 Days trial$4.497 Days
  • monthly subscription$8.991 Month
  • yearly subscription$34.991 Year
One-time4
  • level1$5.99
  • level2$10.99
  • level3$21.99
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  • level4$34.99

Questions

Is Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator free?
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pottery.ly 3D free?
Pottery.ly 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator or Pottery.ly 3D?
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator is rated higher. Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Pottery.ly 3D averages 4.3 from 2.9K ratings.
Do Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator or Pottery.ly 3D have ads?
Pottery.ly 3D shows ads; Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator does not.
Which is updated more often, Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator or Pottery.ly 3D?
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator ships an update monthly, and Pottery.ly 3D monthly. Most recently, Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator was updated on November 12, 2026 and Pottery.ly 3D on November 6, 2026.

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