Comparison

Live Portrait Maker vs Lily Style

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

Lily Style

Create and customize avatars with a vast array of clothing, items, and accessories. Design unique scenes and produce simple films or dramas using studio mode. Share your creations with friends and on social media.

Highlights
  • Avatar and background decoration
  • Studio mode for video creation
  • Extensive clothing and item options
  • Color changing and makeup features
  • Drag & drop functionality
  • Sharing creations on social media
Features
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1. In Lily Style, you can decorate various avatars and backgrounds, to make simple films or dramas out of it. 2. Use the available clothing, items, animals, speech bubbles, and text boxes to create avatars and backgrounds. 3. Studio mode allows you to easily create videos with the backgrounds you saved. 4. There are many available features such as changing the color, makeup, changing layers, drag & drop, pretty animations, and ample storage space. Please make sure to read through the tutorial, available in the menu! 5. You can also share your own avatars and background images with your friends or on social media. ※ In-app purchases can be restored when you re-install the game, as they are stored on the server.

Screenshots

Live Portrait Maker4 screens
Lily Style4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Live Portrait Maker at none against Lily Style's shown. Live Portrait Maker also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 127). Lily Style's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 72%). On price, rating, 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 Lily Style sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Live Portrait Maker against 4.3 for Lily Style. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Live Portrait Maker has 3.5K ratings behind it against 127, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Live Portrait Maker's written reviews are positive against 86% of Lily Style's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Portrait Maker ships an update every 5 days, Lily Style every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Live Portrait Maker versus Lily Style: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Portrait MakerLily Style
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.5K ratings)4.3 (127 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews85.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better127
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 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size268 MB609 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAngela HeSeyeonSoft Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Live Portrait Maker

All ratings3,501 ratings
Positive79.9%
Neutral8.2%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews705 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.4%

Lily Style

All ratings127 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.7%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative5.1%

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

Lily Style

From 127 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 High-quality art style and character designs
  • 👕 Extensive clothing and customization options
  • 💰 Generous free content without excessive paywalls
  • 📱 User-friendly interface and easy navigation
  • ✨ Frequent updates with new items added regularly

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Unable to change clothing colors
  • ⏱️ Long advertisement cooldown timers (10-12 minutes)
  • 👕 Limited male hairstyles and clothing options
  • 🎨 Limited skin tone variety
  • 📦 Some premium items locked behind paywalls

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

Lily Style

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App freezes when watching advertisements
  • Character modifications don't save when reloading scenes
  • Pixelated and low-quality icons after recent update
  • Video creation crashes when adding too many frames
  • App won't load on iPad (works on phone)
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  • GIF option crashes the game
  • Blurry interface icons
  • Game occasionally won't open
  • Ad timer appears to be bugged in some cases

Requested features

20 requests
  • Ability to change clothing and accessory colors
  • More diverse skin tones and blush shades for darker skin tones
  • Additional male hairstyles, especially spiky/fluffy anime-style options
  • Two-tone hair color options
  • Character height/size adjustment
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  • Layering system for clothing (jackets over shirts)
  • More fantasy hairstyles (elf ears, drooping ears)
  • Ability to remove/customize ear colors separately
  • More tail and horn varieties
  • Additional background options (shops, boutiques, schools)
  • Custom photo backgrounds from device gallery
  • More boots and footwear options
  • Ethnic and afro-textured hairstyles
  • Item rotation and resizing capabilities
  • Sitting and other emote poses
  • Face masks and veils without themed decorations
  • More frames for video creation
  • Ability to stack/layer certain features (necklaces, face items)
  • Reduced advertisement cooldown timer
  • Back hair options for male characters

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
10 purchases

Lily Style

One-time10
  • Animal : Face$1.99
  • Flower : Face$1.99
  • Mermaid : Face$1.99
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  • Two Colors : Face$1.99
  • Nobility : Suit$1.99
  • Wing : Etc$1.99
  • Rose : Casual$1.99
  • Lavender : Casual$1.99
  • Mermaid : Theme$1.99
  • No Ads : Etc$3.99

Questions

Is Live Portrait Maker free?
Live Portrait Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lily Style free?
Lily Style is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Portrait Maker or Lily Style?
Lily Style is rated higher. Live Portrait Maker averages 4.2 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Lily Style averages 4.3 from 127 ratings.
Do Live Portrait Maker or Lily Style have ads?
Lily Style shows ads; Live Portrait Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Live Portrait Maker or Lily Style?
Live Portrait Maker ships an update every 5 days, and Lily Style every 5 weeks. Most recently, Live Portrait Maker was updated on November 2, 2026 and Lily Style on November 7, 2026.

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