Live Portrait Maker vs Character Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Animated 2.5D girl avatars
- 55 facial features
- 26 outfits
- 12 dynamic effects
- Highly customizable
- Multiple style options
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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).
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Live Portrait Maker | Character Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (3.5K ratings) | 4.5 (7.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 89.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K | 7.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 268 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Angela He | KYUNGMIN LEE |
Customer experience
Live Portrait Maker
Character Maker
User reviews
Live Portrait Maker
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Live Portrait Maker
- 200 stars$0.99
- 500 stars$1.99
- 1000 stars$2.99
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- 2000 stars$4.99
Character Maker
- 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
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