Comparison

キャラーム vs BIMOBIMO

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

Head to head
About

キャラーム

This alarm clock app helps students and working individuals wake up with personalized character wake-up calls. Enjoy a pleasant awakening with your favorite character's voice to start your day positively.

Highlights
  • Character wake-up calls
  • Personalized character voices
  • Helps difficult mornings
  • Suitable for students and workers
  • Positive start to the day
Features
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Charalarm is an alarm clock app for working people and students who have a hard time getting up in the morning. It's okay to get up in the morning, let's have your favorite character make a wake-up call! !! If you can wake up with a nice voice character, you will surely be a good awakening, so let's do our best for the day! !! Privacy Policy: https://charalarm.com/docs/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://charalarm.com/docs/teams/

About

BIMOBIMO

Engage in interactive conversations with virtual characters, play games, and receive personalized messages. Create your own characters or explore those made by others for a unique companionship experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive chat with characters
  • Play games with virtual characters
  • Personalized morning/night messages
  • Sleep sounds and white noise
  • Create custom characters
  • Discover community-made characters
Features
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BIMOBIMO makes sure you're never alone. Here's what's cool about us: - Talk and Listen: Send messages to characters and hear what they say back! - Dating Game: Play games with your bias. A multitude of fun games await your challenge. - Say Hi & Goodnight: Get morning and night messages from your favorite characters with our widget. - Sleep Together: Fall asleep peacefully with whispers and gentle white noise from your loved one. - Make or Find Characters: Find characters made by others or make your own. It's fun and easy! - Create with Tools: Use our tools to make any character you want. You get to choose how they look and sound. Terms of Use - https://www.bimobimo.com/term_en.html Privacy Policy - https://www.bimobimo.com/privacy_en.html

Screenshots

キャラーム3 screens
BIMOBIMO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BIMOBIMO at none against キャラーム's shown. BIMOBIMO also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 9). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. キャラーム sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and BIMOBIMO sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BIMOBIMO holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BIMOBIMO has 5.5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of キャラーム's written reviews are positive against 69% of BIMOBIMO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

キャラーム ships an update every 2 months, BIMOBIMO every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
キャラーム versus BIMOBIMO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterキャラームBIMOBIMO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9 ratings)4.9 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews69.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings95.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB359 MB
Age rating9+12+
Developerjunpei onoPalette Beat Inc

Customer experience

キャラーム

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

BIMOBIMO

All ratings5,459 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews874 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.1%

Bugs and requests

キャラーム

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BIMOBIMO

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Daily call feature not working
  • Repeated and nonsensical character responses
  • Acorn rewards not being credited properly
  • Frequent login and connection errors
  • Incompatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add video call and video message features
  • Implement an ad-based model to earn acorns
  • Provide unlimited free calls and messages
  • Improve character language consistency
  • Fix bugs and improve overall stability

In-app purchases

1 purchases

キャラーム

Subscriptions1
  • Charalarm Premium$1.991 Month
15 purchases

BIMOBIMO

Subscriptions5
  • One Month Basic$9.991 Month
  • BEEMO AI$9.991 Month
  • trial(1_month)3 Days trial$9.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • Quarterly Membership$24.993 Months
  • Yearly Membership$89.991 Year
One-time10
  • One Card Draw Chance2 variants$0.99
  • Replay$0.99
  • Top Up 50 Acorns$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Top Up 10 Films$1.99
  • Get Acorn Small(TEST)$2.00
  • Top Up 300 Acorns$4.99
  • Top Up 500 Acorns$6.99
  • Top Up 500 Acorns$7.00
  • Top Up 60 Films$10.99
  • Top Up 100 Films$17.99

Questions

Is キャラーム free?
キャラーム is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BIMOBIMO free?
BIMOBIMO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, キャラーム or BIMOBIMO?
BIMOBIMO is rated higher. キャラーム averages 4.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while BIMOBIMO averages 4.9 from 5.5K ratings.
Do キャラーム or BIMOBIMO have ads?
キャラーム shows ads; BIMOBIMO does not.
Which is updated more often, キャラーム or BIMOBIMO?
キャラーム ships an update every 2 months, and BIMOBIMO every 11 days. Most recently, キャラーム was updated on June 11, 2026 and BIMOBIMO on September 24, 2026.

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