Doll Dancer vs waidayo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doll Dancer
Easily create MMD animations with your favorite characters. Import models from VRoid Hub or MMD files, and apply countless dance and camera motions. Customize skies, lighting, and special effects to bring your visions to life.
- Import VRoid Hub characters
- Load MMD model files (PMX)
- Apply MMD dance and camera files (VMD)
- Customizable skies and lighting
- Adjustable special effects
- YouTube tutorial support
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Doll Dancer is a quick and easy tool to help you make mmd. It have made a lot of tutorials on youtube and with the help of discord, you will never be at a loss. Support vroid hub: You can find your like character from vroid hub, or make your own character by vroid studio or vroid mobile, and load it through vroid hub. Support for mmd models files(pmx): you can load mmd characters and mmd scenes by pmx file, all kinds of anime characters can be used whenever you can find them Support mmd dance files and camera files(vmd): mmd has been developed for more than 10 years, and has countless dance and camera resources on the web, you can easily use these resources to play the dance effects you want Numerous youtube tutorials to get you started quickly and learn to find mmd resources without being tied to the software itself Customizable skies and lights, day or night, you can make them easily. Customizable effects, rain, stardust, you can create your own modifications. If you have any questions, you can also join my discord, which provides full language service, although only with translation tools, but I will try.
waidayo
Capture your facial expressions and animate a virtual avatar in real-time. This app sends motion capture data to compatible PC software, allowing for dynamic virtual performances. Requires an iPhone or iPad with Face ID.
- Facial expression capture
- Avatar animation
- VMC protocol support
- Real-time motion data streaming
- Face ID integration
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waidayo is an application that reproduces your facial expression on an avatar. It supports the VMC protocol and can send facial motion capture data to compatible software such as a PC. An iPhone or iPad compatible with Face ID is required to recognize facial expressions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Doll Dancer at 4.6 against waidayo's 3.0. Doll Dancer also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 38%) and ratings volume (760 vs 146). waidayo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Doll Dancer sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. waidayo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doll Dancer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doll Dancer has 760 ratings behind it against 146, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Doll Dancer's written reviews are positive against 38% of waidayo's.
Doll Dancer ships an update every 10 days, waidayo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doll Dancer | waidayo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (760 ratings) — better | 3.0 (146 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews — better | 38.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 760 — better | 146 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 诺 陈 | Akira Sato |
Customer experience
Doll Dancer
waidayo
User reviews
Doll Dancer
From 760 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 👍 Great for mobile MMD
- 🚀 Convenient VRoid Hub integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes with multiple models
- 🐛 Issues with model loading and textures
- 🔒 Limited customization options
- 💰 Paid models/features
waidayo
From 146 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good facial tracking
- 🚀 Works well on iOS devices
- 💡 Potential for improvement
Room to improve
- 🐛 Face tracking issues after updates
- 🐛 Crashes when trying to import VRM models
- 🐛 Laggy and buggy performance
- 🤔 Limited customization options
Bugs and requests
Doll Dancer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Models appearing in T-pose
- Liked models not showing up
- Crashes when trying to record
- Texture issues with imported models
Requested features
5 requests- Add more models and dances
- Allow importing custom models and animations
- Improve model positioning and rigging
- Add more advanced editing tools
- Implement better audio support
waidayo
Reported bugs
3 issues- Face tracking freezes or stops working
- App crashes when accessing certain features
- Inability to change or customize the default avatar
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to create custom avatars
- Implement hand and emotion tracking
- Provide green screen background option
- Allow for easier VRM model import
In-app purchases
Doll Dancer
- Get 30 gold tickets$0.99
- Hoshi Daily and bikini packs$1.99
- Naoko Daily and bikini packs$1.99
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- Riko Daily and bikini packs$1.99
- Sensei Daily and bikini packs$1.99
- Riko模型组$2.99
- VIP，new year sale$3.99
- Get 130 gold tickets$3.99
- Get 330 gold tickets$9.99
- Doll Dancer VIP$9.99
waidayo
No in-app purchases
