Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator vs iLoom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
iLoom
Design and create custom bracelets using your iPad. Follow animated instructions, learn new knots, and share your creations with a community of crafters. Unlock premium features and patterns to expand your creative possibilities.
- Step-by-step animated instructions
- Create and share custom i-Patterns
- In-app video tutorials for knots
- i-loom Community for sharing creations
- Personalized profile with badges
- i-loom Boutique for ready-made patterns
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Introducing the next generation of bracelet making. This release introduces the i-loom Community, where you can display and share your creations with other crafter enthusiasts. i-loom lets you turn your ideas into finished accessories using your iPad as a creative crafting home base. Follow step-by-step animated and schematic instructions, watch tutorials, make friendship bracelets, create and share your own i-Patterns with the i-loom App. Pair the i-loom device (sold separately) with the App for the full i-loom experience. Try the i-loom App for FREE or upgrade to the Premium version to unlock a full range of creative features. Become a knotting expert in no time - View, edit or create up to 40 i-Patterns at a time in your home Library - Learn basic knots & techniques with in-app video tutorials - Discover the i-loom Bracelet Maker, Pattern Creator, Boutique and more - Personalize your profile by earning badges and completing challenges Create with the i-loom Bracelet Maker (in-App purchases may be required) - Learn the basics while knotting your very first project with the animated instructions - Stop, return and pause instructions to go at your own pace - Switch to the schematic view for faster one-step row instructions Be the designer with the i-loom Pattern Creator (in-App purchases may be required) - Create your own i-Patterns by drag and dropping i-Motifs, symbols and letters - Choose from themed color palettes and preview your designs - Create your own name bracelet or make one for a friend with letter designs Visit the in-App i-loom Boutique - Browse through dozens of ready-made i-loom i-Patterns - Unlock i-Patterns and other goodies with your accumulated i-loom virtual currency, Loomies - Check in frequently to learn about the latest promotions and discover new i-Patterns Purchase the i-loom device at www.i-loom.com to get the full i-loom experience including the Premium App to unlock a full range of creative features, free i-Patterns, i-loom official color palettes and accessories! Join our community of crafters on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. i-loom offers social media sharing features that are designed to enhance the community experience, however, we strongly recommend that these features be used cautiously by an age appropriate audience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator at 69% against iLoom's 6%. Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months). iLoom's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and iLoom sells 25 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator has 14K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator's written reviews are positive against 6% of iLoom's.
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator ships an update monthly, iLoom every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator | iLoom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better | 1.4 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.5% of reviews — better | 6.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 278 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Palette LLC | Spicebox |
Customer experience
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator
iLoom
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
iLoom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji Maker, Avatar Creator
- 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
iLoom
- Loomie Pile$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Ice Cream Party$0.99
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- Tropical Twist$0.99
- Midnight Sky$0.99
- Easy Medley$0.99
- Dynamic Dart$0.99
- Wave Twist$0.99
- Hawaiian Arrow$0.99
- Dart Tail$0.99
- Thunderbolt$0.99
- Night Sky$0.99
- Rainbow Road$0.99
- Waffle Stitch$0.99
- Penguin Party$0.99
- Tic Tac Toe$0.99
- Paw$0.99
- Heart$0.99
- Ice Cream Cone$0.99
- Anchor$0.99
- Diamond Flow$0.99
- Tote Case$0.99
- Cool Cat$0.99
- Happy Face$0.99
- Funky Monkey$0.99
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