Comparison

Live Portrait Maker vs Character Maker

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

Head to head
About

Live Portrait Maker

Design unique, animated 2.5D girl avatars with extensive customization options. Choose from numerous facial features, outfits, and dynamic effects to create casual, sweet, or devious looks.

Highlights
  • Animated 2.5D girl avatars
  • 55 facial features
  • 26 outfits
  • 12 dynamic effects
  • Highly customizable
  • Multiple style options
Features
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Create your own fashionable, animated 2.5 girl! ・ 。 ∴。* FEATURES (ノ^ヮ^)ノ*・゚ ◇ Tap to look ○ Style from 55 facial features & 26 outfits ◇ 12 dynamic, cool effects (-■_■) ○ Highly customizable ◇ Casual, sweet, or devious looks! · 。  ·゚*。。        ゚ *.。。。·。       ·      ゚ 。 This smol thing was created by me, Angela He, in a week. Here's my twitter (https:/twitter.com/zephybite), and tumblr (http://zephyo.tumblr.com). Thanks for checking it out! ・ 。 ∴。* All code + art can be found on Github (https://github.com/zephyo/Live-Portrait-Maker) (CC BY-NC 4.0).

About

Character Maker

Design unique cartoon avatars with a vast selection of hairstyles, clothing, and facial colors. Arrange multiple characters and backgrounds, add text bubbles, and share your creations on social media. Perfect for expressing your style or creating visual stories.

Highlights
  • Customizable face and hair colors
  • Extensive male and female clothing options
  • Multi-character display
  • Adjustable character and background sizes
  • Bubble text for storytelling
  • Social media sharing
Features
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- Any specific colors for face and hair? Choose any color as you like~ - Male characters? female characters? Clothes are prepared as many as you want. - Show all the characters you made on one screen. - The background can also be decorated as you want. - You can also freely adjust the size of the characters and background! - If bubble text is added here? It will be a great story~ - Show the character & background that you made on social media. Character Maker is an app that allows you to create your own pretty character or ideal type by coordinating with various hairstyles and clothes. Open the Character Maker's closet and show off your own style, if you are who like to decorate your homes, want to have cute avatars, or who like to play dolls. You can also create a situational drama by completing a costume similar to your favorite star.

Screenshots

Live Portrait Maker4 screens
Character Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Live Portrait Maker at none against Character Maker's shown. Live Portrait Maker also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Character Maker's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (89% vs 72%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Live Portrait Maker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Character Maker sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Character Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.5K and 7.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Live Portrait Maker's written reviews are positive against 89% of Character Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Portrait Maker ships an update every 5 days, Character Maker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Live Portrait Maker versus Character Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Portrait MakerCharacter Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.5K ratings)4.5 (7.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews89.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K7.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size268 MB232 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAngela HeKYUNGMIN LEE

Customer experience

Live Portrait Maker

All ratings3,499 ratings
Positive79.9%
Neutral8.2%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews705 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.4%

Character Maker

All ratings7,501 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews1,068 reviews
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

Live Portrait Maker

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Gorgeous art style and animations
  • 🎨 Highly customizable character creation
  • 🎉 Wide variety of options and features
  • 🔍 Detailed and realistic character visuals
  • 🤩 Fun and engaging to use

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paid features and in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🤔 Limited skin tone and hair options
  • 🙄 Frustrating ad-watching experience
  • 🤷‍♀️ Lack of male character creation

Character Maker

From 7.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Cute character design
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 💡 Lots of customization options
  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 👍 Diverse character creation

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 🔋 Ads can be intrusive
  • 💰 Limited free content
  • 🐛 Story mode issues

Bugs and requests

Live Portrait Maker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Purchased items not showing up
  • Saved character details not loading correctly
  • Ads not playing properly or giving rewards
  • Certain features causing the app to crash

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more diverse skin tones and hair styles
  • Implement a color picker tool for precise color matching
  • Include more masculine and androgynous character options
  • Allow saving and loading of created characters
  • Add a 'save to photos' feature

Character Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Story mode progress not saving
  • Ads sometimes don't load properly
  • Occasional freezing and crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more poses and character animations
  • Improve color customization options
  • Introduce more mini-games and activities
  • Allow data transfer between devices
  • Add more hairstyle and accessory options

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Live Portrait Maker

One-time4
  • 200 stars$0.99
  • 500 stars$1.99
  • 1000 stars$2.99
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  • 2000 stars$4.99
13 purchases

Character Maker

One-time13
  • Cookie Pack - 1200$0.99
  • Remove Ad Banner$0.99
  • Decorating the room #2$1.99
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  • Animal shape$1.99
  • Wedding clothing$1.99
  • Student outfit #2$1.99
  • Winter outfit #1$1.99
  • Various hairstyles$1.99
  • Lolita suit$1.99
  • Cookie Pack - 3600 + Bonus 200$2.99
  • Cookie Pack - 6000 + Bonus 500$4.99
  • Cookies - 12000 + Bonus 1100$9.99
  • Cookies 24000 + Bonus 2250$19.99

Questions

Is Live Portrait Maker free?
Live Portrait Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Character Maker free?
Character Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Portrait Maker or Character Maker?
Character Maker is rated higher. Live Portrait Maker averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Character Maker averages 4.5 from 7.5K ratings.
Do Live Portrait Maker or Character Maker have ads?
Character Maker shows ads; Live Portrait Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Live Portrait Maker or Character Maker?
Live Portrait Maker ships an update every 5 days, and Character Maker every 5 weeks. Most recently, Live Portrait Maker was updated on October 13, 2026 and Character Maker on October 12, 2026.

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