Character Maker vs Lily Style
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.
Lily Style
Create and customize avatars with a vast array of clothing, items, and accessories. Design unique scenes and produce simple films or dramas using studio mode. Share your creations with friends and on social media.
- Avatar and background decoration
- Studio mode for video creation
- Extensive clothing and item options
- Color changing and makeup features
- Drag & drop functionality
- Sharing creations on social media
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Character Maker at 7.5K against Lily Style's 127. 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 10 one-off in-app purchases and Lily Style sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
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 127, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Character Maker | Lily Style |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.5K ratings) — better | 4.3 (127 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews — better | 85.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.5K — better | 127 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| 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 | 609 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KYUNGMIN LEE | SeyeonSoft Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Character Maker
Lily Style
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
Lily Style
From 127 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Character Maker
- Cookie Pack - 1200$0.99
- Animal shape$1.99
- Wedding clothing$1.99
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- Student outfit #2$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
Lily Style
- Animal : Face$1.99
- Flower : Face$1.99
- Mermaid : Face$1.99
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- Two Colors : Face$1.99
- Nobility : Suit$1.99
- Wing : Etc$1.99
- Rose : Casual$1.99
- Lavender : Casual$1.99
- Mermaid : Theme$1.99
- No Ads : Etc$3.99
Questions
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