MakeAvatar vs waidayo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MakeAvatar
Easily create custom metaverse-ready avatars directly from your smartphone. Combine preset parts with intuitive tap controls to design unique characters for social VR platforms. Soon, enjoy cosplay with collaboration outfits from popular anime series.
- Create custom avatars on smartphone
- Combine preset parts for unique designs
- Intuitive tap-based controls
- Upload avatars to multiple VR platforms
- Cosplay outfits from popular anime coming soon
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＊＊＊ Easily Upload Your Avatar for the Metaverse from Your Smartphone! ＊＊＊ VRChat is now available on iOS—expand your experience even further with MakeAvatar! Create your own custom avatar right from your phone and dive into the world of VRChat with ease. ＊＊＊ Create Your Avatar with Simple Tap Operations! ＊＊＊ MakeAvatar is a mobile app that lets anyone create an original metaverse-ready avatar by combining preset parts. Choose hairstyles, eyes, colors, and more with intuitive tap-based controls, and enjoy the excitement of owning your very own custom avatar! With just a few minutes from start to finish, MakeAvatar makes avatar creation simple and fun for everyone. ＊＊＊ Collaboration Outfits from Popular Anime Coming Soon! ＊＊＊ Dress up your avatar and enjoy cosplay in the virtual world! Costumes and collaboration items from well-known series will be added one after another. Search for “MakeAvatar” for more details! ＊＊＊ Upload Your Avatar to Multiple Linked Services! ＊＊＊ Avatars created with MakeAvatar can be uploaded to various social VR platforms, including VRChat, Roomiq, VRoid Hub, VirtualCast, FLIPSIDE, and more! Head into the virtual world with an avatar that’s truly your own. - System Requirements iPhone running iOS 11.2 or later Note: Some older devices may not be supported.
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 in-app purchases: waidayo at none against MakeAvatar's 10. waidayo also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (146 vs 24). MakeAvatar's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 38%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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. MakeAvatar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. waidayo asks for nothing beyond the download.
waidayo holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: waidayo has 146 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of MakeAvatar's written reviews are positive against 38% of waidayo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MakeAvatar ships an update every 3 weeks, waidayo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MakeAvatar | waidayo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (24 ratings) | 3.0 (146 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews — better | 38.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 146 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 255 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gugenka Inc. | Akira Sato |
Customer experience
MakeAvatar
waidayo
Bugs and requests
MakeAvatar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
MakeAvatar
- 100UStar$1.99
- 500UStar$9.99
- 1000UStar$22.99
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- 2060UStar$39.99
- 3090UStar$69.99
- 4160UStar$69.99
- 6300UStar$129.99
- 8360UStar$149.99
- 9630UStar$199.99
- 13200UStar$299.99
waidayo
No in-app purchases
