Comparison

VRoid Mobile vs 16bit avatar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

VRoid Mobile

Design unique 3D characters with customizable features and clothing. Capture stunning photos of your creations in real-world AR or virtual environments. Share your personalized avatars and enjoy group photo sessions.

Highlights
  • Create customizable 3D avatars
  • Adjust facial and body features
  • Dress avatars in various outfits
  • AR camera for real-world photos
  • Virtual camera for in-app photos
  • Group photo sessions with chat
Features
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VRoid Mobile is an avatar camera app that allows you to create 3D characters, change clothes, and take photos. ■ Create your own 3D avatar! Not only can you freely combine face, hair and body parts, Parts can be adjusted freely just by moving the slider! The size of the head, the length of the limbs, the color of the eyes and the color of the hair can also be changed to your liking. Create your own original 3D avatar! ■ Choose avatar “clothes” and enjoy fashion! VRoid Mobile offers a lot of “avatar wear” designed for 3D avatars. Coordinate clothes that suit your avatar and enjoy fashion! Fashionable avatar wear by cutting-edge creators of “virtual fashion” will also appear one after another! ■ In the real world & virtual space! You can shoot "Avatar Photo"! How to show the completed avatar to everyone? VRoid Mobile is equipped with a full-featured “Avatar Camera” function that enables “emo” filters and stylish photo processing! "AR camera" that can call 3D avatar in the real world and take pictures, VRoid is a “virtual camera” that lets you take photos in the virtual space inside your mobile You can enjoy two shooting modes. Take a photo of your avatar and share it on SNS! In addition, virtual cameras can be played simultaneously by up to four people! Avatars in the studio can have a text chat. Let's gather together and enjoy group photo shooting! * "AR Camera" can only be used with ARKit compatible models. * Supported environments and devices may change in future updates. * This information is current as of July 26, 2019. * Operation is not guaranteed on all devices.

About

16bit avatar

Design unique pixel art characters and save them as videos or images. Easily share your creations on social media or use them as profile pictures.

Highlights
  • Pixel art character creation
  • Save as video
  • Save as image
  • Social media sharing
  • Profile image creation
Features
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Create your avatar with pixel art! Save the created character as a video or image and share it on SNS or make it a profile image!.

Screenshots

VRoid Mobile4 screens
16bit avatar2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 16bit avatar at 4.3 against VRoid Mobile's 3.3. 16bit avatar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). VRoid Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (420 vs 23). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. VRoid Mobile sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. 16bit avatar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

16bit avatar holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VRoid Mobile has 420 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of VRoid Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of 16bit avatar's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
VRoid Mobile versus 16bit avatar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVRoid Mobile16bit avatar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (420 ratings)4.3 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings420 — better23
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerpixiv Inc.Takuya Soneda

Customer experience

VRoid Mobile

All ratings420 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.0%
Negative31.2%
Written reviews548 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral17.9%
Negative33.8%

16bit avatar

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral27.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VRoid Mobile

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and account creation issues
  • Frequent crashes when trying to access certain features
  • Failure to load clothing and other assets

Requested features

5 requests
  • More clothing, hair, and accessory options
  • Ability to import custom models and textures
  • Face tracking and animation features
  • More diverse backgrounds and scenes
  • Multiplayer and social features

16bit avatar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

VRoid Mobile

One-time13
  • 100コイン$0.99
  • 200コイン$1.99
  • 300コイン$2.99
Show 10 more
  • 400コイン$3.99
  • 500コイン$4.99
  • 600コイン$5.99
  • 700コイン$6.99
  • 800コイン$6.99
  • 1000コイン$9.99
  • 900コイン$9.99
  • 1100コイン$9.99
  • 2000コイン$19.99
  • 5000コイン$49.99
None

16bit avatar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VRoid Mobile free?
VRoid Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 16bit avatar free?
16bit avatar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VRoid Mobile or 16bit avatar?
16bit avatar is rated higher. VRoid Mobile averages 3.3 out of 5 from 420 ratings, while 16bit avatar averages 4.3 from 23 ratings.
Do VRoid Mobile or 16bit avatar have ads?
VRoid Mobile shows ads; 16bit avatar does not.

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