VRoid Mobile vs Live2DViewerEX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Live2DViewerEX
View and interact with Live2D and Spine animated models. Supports WPK and LPK file formats, allowing you to load, edit, and engage with your models. Customize your viewing experience with image and video backgrounds.
- Manage Live2D and Spine models
- Support WPK and LPK file formats
- Load and edit models
- Interact with models
- Image and video background support
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Live2DViewerEX is a cross-platform Live2D and Spine model viewer Features: - Manage Live2D and Spine models, support WPK and LPK file format - Load and edit models - Interact with models - Support image and video background Note： - Due to system limitations, this app cannot be used as live wallpaper
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Live2DViewerEX at none against VRoid Mobile's 14. VRoid Mobile's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (420 vs 15). 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. VRoid Mobile sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Live2DViewerEX asks for nothing beyond the download.
VRoid Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VRoid Mobile has 420 ratings behind it against 15, 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 38% of Live2DViewerEX's.
VRoid Mobile ships an update monthly, Live2DViewerEX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VRoid Mobile | Live2DViewerEX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (420 ratings) — better | 3.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.4% of reviews — better | 38.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 420 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | pixiv Inc. | 海涛 汪 |
Customer experience
VRoid Mobile
Live2DViewerEX
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
Live2DViewerEX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VRoid Mobile
- 100コイン$0.99
- 200コイン$1.99
- 300コイン$2.99
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- 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
- 1200コイン$11.99
- 2000コイン$19.99
- 5000コイン$49.99
Live2DViewerEX
No in-app purchases
