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 male avatars with a wide range of customization options. Choose from numerous facial features, outfits, and dynamic effects to create casual, sweet, or devious looks. Save your creations as pictures or GIFs to your gallery.

Highlights
  • Style from 55 facial features
  • Style from 26 outfits
  • 12 dynamic effects
  • Save and load creations
  • Take notes on creations
  • Save as picture or GIF
Features
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Create your own fashionable, animated 2.5D guy! ・ 。 ∴。* FEATURES (ノ^ヮ^)ノ*・゚ ◇ Tap to look ○ Style from 55 facial features & 26 outfits ◇ 12 dynamic, cool effects (-■_■) ○ Save, load, and take notes on your creations ◇ Save a picture or gif to your gallery ○ Casual, sweet, or devious looks! · 。  ·゚*。。     ゚ *.。。。·。      ·   ゚ 。 This smol thing was created by me, Angela He, as a male version of Live Portrait Maker. Here's my twitter (https:/twitter.com/zephybite), and tumblr (http://zephyo.tumblr.com). Thanks for checking it out!

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 in-app purchases: Live Portrait Maker at none against Character Maker's 13. Live Portrait Maker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Character Maker's advantage is ratings volume (7.5K vs 783). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Character Maker sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Live Portrait Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Live Portrait Maker against 4.5 for Character Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Character Maker has 7.5K ratings behind it against 783, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Live Portrait Maker's written reviews are positive against 89% of Character Maker's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Live Portrait Maker versus Character Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Portrait MakerCharacter Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (783 ratings) — better4.5 (7.5K ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews89.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7837.5K — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB232 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAngela HeKYUNGMIN LEE

Customer experience

Live Portrait Maker

All ratings783 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews242 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.4%

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 783 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Love it
  • 🎨 Gorgeous art style
  • 🤩 Amazing character creation
  • 👍 Fun to use
  • 🔥 Great app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🤔 Limited options compared to female version
  • 🤯 Crashes and freezes
  • 🤨 Skin tone issues
  • 😕 Saving/loading problems

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

6 issues
  • Skin tone changes when loading saved characters
  • Accessories disappear when loading saved characters
  • Inability to remove bangs
  • Glitches with hair and accessories
  • Crashes and freezes during use
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  • Corrupted GIFs when trying to save

Requested features

10 requests
  • More hairstyles and hair options
  • Additional clothing and accessory choices
  • Improved face customization (eyes, lips, scars, etc.)
  • Ability to resize/reposition accessories
  • More diverse skin tone and ethnic representation
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  • Undo/revert option for changes
  • Poses and animations
  • Lip syncing and emotions
  • Full body customization
  • Update to match female version's features

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

None

Live Portrait Maker

No in-app purchases

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 no in-app purchases.
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?
Live Portrait Maker is rated higher. Live Portrait Maker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 783 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.

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