Avatar Maker vs Minimalz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avatar Maker
Design unique wolf or dog characters with customizable gender, appearance, and fantasy elements like wings and tattoos. Name your creation, save it to a gallery, and share it with friends or use it as an avatar. You can even email your character for further editing on a computer.
- Create wolf or dog avatars
- Customize gender and appearance
- Add fantasy elements (wings, tattoos)
- Add accessories
- Name your pet
- Save to gallery
- Share on social networks
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This app makes it easy to create your own four-legged friend – either a wolf or a pup. Adjust your pet’s gender and appearance. Or maybe you’d like a little fantasy? If so, you can use the character-creator to add wings, tattoos, or awesome accessories. Name your pet, and your adorable wolf or dog is ready to go! Save it to a gallery and share your cutie with your social network friends or set it as your avatar. If you think our editor doesn’t have enough options, email your character to yourself and keep editing it on your computer. Come up with your own animal stories and make comic strips out of them! And make sure you share your ideas with us. We’d love to add new items at your request. Have fun, and be creative!
Minimalz
Design unique creatures by combining various parts. This companion app lets you create and customize your own characters for a fun, creative experience.
- Create custom creatures
- Mix and match parts
- Spinoff from Pixel Petz
- Mini game
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Mix and match funny partz to create your own Minimalz, in this mini spinoff from Pixel Petz!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Avatar Maker at 4.7 against Minimalz's 3.9. Avatar Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Minimalz sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Avatar Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Avatar Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avatar Maker has 829 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Avatar Maker's written reviews are positive against 61% of Minimalz's.
Avatar Maker ships an update every 3 months, Minimalz every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avatar Maker | Minimalz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (829 ratings) — better | 3.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 60.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 829 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EDUARD ZABOROVSKIY | Minidragon |
Customer experience
Avatar Maker
Minimalz
Bugs and requests
Avatar Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashing issues
- Inability to save or load created wolves
- Inconsistent color application
Requested features
5 requests- Add more animal types to customize
- Implement different wolf poses and positions
- Expand color and design options
- Introduce multiplayer or social features
- Add more accessories and customization items
Minimalz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Avatar Maker
No in-app purchases
Minimalz
- Newbie Bundle$0.99
- Small Skip$0.99
- Medium Skip$1.99
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- Giant Skip$4.99
Questions
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