Comparison

Character 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

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.

About

Lily Style

Create unique avatars and backgrounds with a vast collection of clothing, items, and animations. Design simple films or dramas using your creations and share them with friends. Studio mode simplifies video creation with saved backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Avatar and background decoration
  • Extensive clothing and item library
  • Studio mode for video creation
  • Color and makeup customization
  • Drag & drop functionality
  • Pretty animations
  • Social sharing
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

Character Maker4 screens
Lily Style4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Character Maker at 7.5K against Lily Style's 124. Character Maker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 and Lily Style sells 43 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Character Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Character Maker has 7.5K ratings behind it against 124, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Character Maker's written reviews are positive against 86% of Lily Style's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Character Maker ships an update every 5 weeks, Lily Style every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Character Maker versus Lily Style: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharacter MakerLily Style
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (7.5K ratings) — better4.3 (124 ratings)
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings7.5K — better124
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB601 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKYUNGMIN LEESeyeonSoft Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Character Maker

All ratings7,501 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews1,068 reviews
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.0%

Lily Style

All ratings124 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral8.9%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative5.1%

User reviews

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

Lily Style

From 124 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

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

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

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
43 purchases

Lily Style

One-time43
  • Black Dresses : Casual$1.99
  • Animal : Face$1.99
  • Flower : Face$1.99
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  • Mermaid : Face$1.99
  • Two Colors : Face$1.99
  • Pink : Casual$1.99
  • Nobility : Suit$1.99
  • Ballet : Theme$1.99
  • Wedding : Theme$1.99
  • Little Devil : Etc$1.99
  • Wing : Etc$1.99
  • Techwear : Casual$1.99
  • Adventure : Etc$1.99
  • Pirate : Etc$1.99
  • Rose : Casual$1.99
  • Choir : Theme$1.99
  • Lavender : Casual$1.99
  • Manju : Suit$1.99
  • Wedding : Face$1.99
  • Magical Girl : Theme$1.99
  • Mushroom : Etc$1.99
  • Chocolate : Casual$1.99
  • RPG : Theme$1.99
  • Dancer : Suit$1.99
  • Dessert : Face$1.99
  • Mermaid : Theme$1.99
  • K-Pop 1 : Casual$1.99
  • Butterfly : Theme$1.99
  • Pyramid : Suit$1.99
  • K-Pop 2 : Casual$1.99
  • Uniforms : Theme$1.99
  • Animal 1 : Theme$2.99
  • Circus 1 : Suit$2.99
  • Animal 2 : Theme$2.99
  • Circus 2 : Suit$2.99
  • Wizarding School : Theme$2.99
  • Winter : Casual$2.99
  • Concert : Suit$2.99
  • Couple : Theme$2.99
  • Constellations : Etc$2.99
  • Romance : Suit$2.99
  • Nature : Etc$2.99
  • No Ads : Etc$3.99

Questions

Is Character Maker free?
Character 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, Character Maker or Lily Style?
Character Maker is rated higher. Character Maker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 7.5K ratings, while Lily Style averages 4.3 from 124 ratings.
Do Character Maker or Lily Style have ads?
Both Character Maker and Lily Style show ads.
Which is updated more often, Character Maker or Lily Style?
Character Maker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Lily Style every 3 weeks. Most recently, Character Maker was updated on October 19, 2026 and Lily Style on October 17, 2026.

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