Character Maker vs Pastel Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Pastel Friends
Decorate adorable avatars and their backgrounds with a pastel color palette. Create custom stories with outfits, items, and text, then share your creations with friends. Save your decorated avatars for use in different modes.
- Avatar decoration
- Background decoration
- Drag & Drop functionality
- Layer manipulation
- Pretty animations
- Create avatar stories
- Share creations
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1. Pastel Friends is a relaxing game, in which you decorate adorable avatars and their backgrounds in pastel colors. 2. There are two modes : Decorate Avatar and Decorate Friends. The avatars you saved can be used in Decorate Friends mode. 3. There are varied functions such as Drag & Drop, Mirror & Change Layers, and many pretty animations! 4. Create your own avatar story by using many outfits, items, effects, speech bubbles and text! 5. Share your beautiful avatar and background image with your friends. ※ As the data is saved to your device, once you delete the game, all saved data will also be removed. ※ In-app purchase data is saved to the server, so you can restore data when you re-install the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Character Maker at 7.5K against Pastel Friends's 2.3K. Character Maker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Character Maker sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Pastel Friends sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Character Maker against 4.5 for Pastel Friends. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.5K and 2.3K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 89% and 89% positive.
Character Maker ships an update every 5 weeks, Pastel Friends every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Character Maker | Pastel Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.5K ratings) | 4.5 (2.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 88.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.5K — better | 2.3K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 288 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KYUNGMIN LEE | SeyeonSoft Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Character Maker
Pastel Friends
User reviews
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
Pastel Friends
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💕 Cute and adorable
- 🎨 Wide variety of customization options
- 🎉 Unlimited character slots
- 🎨 Ability to change eye color
- 🎨 Diverse hairstyles and accessories
Room to improve
- 💰 Limited free content, many paid options
- 🔍 Cluttered UI, small buttons
- 🤖 Preset poses tied to outfits
- 🎨 Lack of color customization for clothes
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or save issues
Bugs and requests
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
Pastel Friends
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or freezes when trying to purchase items
- Saved characters sometimes disappear or reset
Requested features
8 requests- Add more free clothing and accessory options
- Implement separate pose selection
- Allow color customization for clothes
- Expand hairstyle diversity, including curly/textured hair
- Add animal ears, mermaid tails, and fantasy elements
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- Implement a gallery/portfolio feature to view saved characters
- Add the ability to resize and position characters/objects
- Incorporate more backgrounds and scene options
In-app purchases
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
Pastel Friends
- Rabbit : Fantasy$1.99
- Rabbit : Casual$1.99
- Plum Blossom : Outfit$1.99
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- Goblin1 : Fantasy$1.99
- Sea : Face$1.99
- Half : Face$1.99
- Goblin : Face$1.99
- Pink Brown : Outfit$1.99
- Goblin : Outfit$1.99
- Cat : Fantasy$1.99
- Unicorn : Casual$2.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Sea : Fantasy$2.99
Questions
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