Avatar Maker vs CUSTOM CAST
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avatar Maker
Easily design unique chibi characters in minutes. Customize gender, profession, appearance, and add accessories. Save, share, or set as your avatar, and even create comic strips.
- Create unique chibi characters
- Customize gender, profession, and appearance
- Add accessories
- Save to gallery
- Share with friends
- Set as avatar
- Create comic strips
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With this app, it only takes a few minutes to create a one-of-a-kind chibi character. Set your character’s gender, profession, and appearance. Add awesome accessories, name your anime character, and you're done! Save it to a gallery and share it 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 stories about your chibi characters and make comic strips out of them! And make sure you send us your reviews. We’d love to add new items at your request. Have fun, and be creative!
CUSTOM CAST
Design unique 3D characters with extensive customization options for body parts, clothing, and accessories. Save multiple creations, pose them for social media, or use them as a virtual avatar for live streaming with facial tracking and AR capabilities.
- Extensive character customization
- Save multiple character designs
- Social media sharing with stickers/frames
- Virtual streamer functionality
- Facial motion tracking
- AR integration
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"Create your very own 3D character!" Choose from a variety of body parts and clothes, and create your very own 3D character from an infinite combination of parts. You can create your very own 3D character from a rich and wide variety of customization parts, such as hairstyle, clothes, skin color, face type and accessories. You can also create and save multiple 3D characters. You can use different characters, or enjoy dressing them up by changing their outfits and hairstyles. ------------------------------------------------- "Post on social media!" Take screenshots of your customized 3D characters making various expressions and poses using the app, and post them on social media! You can also decorate your screenshots with cute stickers and frames. Show off the 3D models that you created! ------------------------------------------------- "Let's stream!" You can start streaming as a virtual streamer using your created 3D character. Your face will be detected by the camera on your device, and your 3D characters will move based on your movements, such as tilting or turning your head. You can also use the gyro function to create immersive streams, and use Flicks to make your character do specific poses. The AR function is also available for iPhone X and later models to integrate the real world with your stream. Perhaps you can even become a virtual streamer in the real world...!? ------------------------------------------------- [Operating environment] iOS 15 or higher 1GB free storage or more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Avatar Maker at 4.5 against CUSTOM CAST's 3.4. Avatar Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). CUSTOM CAST's advantage is ratings volume (4K vs 56). 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. CUSTOM CAST sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Avatar Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Avatar Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CUSTOM CAST has 4K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Avatar Maker's written reviews are positive against 48% of CUSTOM CAST's.
Avatar Maker ships an update every 2 months, CUSTOM CAST every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avatar Maker | CUSTOM CAST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (56 ratings) — better | 3.4 (4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 48.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 896 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | EDUARD ZABOROVSKIY | DWANGO Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Avatar Maker
CUSTOM CAST
Bugs and requests
Avatar Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CUSTOM CAST
Reported bugs
4 issues- Black screen issues when customizing characters
- Glitches with clothing and accessories
- Tracking and camera issues
- Inconsistent performance and crashes
Requested features
6 requests- More free clothing and accessory options
- Ability to customize hair color and facial features
- More diverse body types and skin tones
- Improved performance and reduced loading times
- Add more male-oriented clothing and styles
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- Ability to save and export character designs
In-app purchases
Avatar Maker
No in-app purchases
CUSTOM CAST
- 160cc$0.99
- 480cc$2.99
- 1000cc$5.99
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- 3000cc$19.99
- 6000cc$39.99
- 10000cc$59.99
Questions
Is Avatar Maker free?
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