VIVE Avatar Creator vs ArtVR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIVE Avatar Creator
Easily generate a personalized full-body avatar from a selfie. Customize outfits and use your unique avatar to connect with others in virtual reality spaces.
- Avatar creation from selfie
- Full-body avatar customization
- Outfit selection
- Virtual reality integration
- Social interaction in VIVERSE
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With VIVE Avatar Creator, create, customize, & upload your full-body avatar to use in VIVERSE. Simply, take or choose a nice selfie, and generate your unique avatar and equip them in a variety of outfit choices. With your custom avatar, you can meet face-to-face with people from all around the world in a virtual reality space.
ArtVR
Explore a private art gallery and view curated collections. Experience art in a virtual gallery space or overlay it onto your real-world surroundings using your device's camera.
- Private art gallery viewer
- Curated art collections
- Virtual gallery experience
- AR viewing with device camera
- Real-scale art placement
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ArtVR is a private art gallery viewer. Your curator will hand select pieces for you to view based on your preferences. To request a private collection from a gallery curator, please contact the gallery here: https://www.artvrllc.com/contact/ View your collection in a virtual recreation of the Gallery hosting your private viewing, or use your device's camera to view the collection on your surroundings with real scale.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: VIVE Avatar Creator at 15 against ArtVR's 3. VIVE Avatar Creator also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for VIVE Avatar Creator against 3.7 for ArtVR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VIVE Avatar Creator has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIVE Avatar Creator | ArtVR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 613 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vive Studios | ArtVR LLC |
Customer experience
VIVE Avatar Creator
ArtVR
In-app purchases
VIVE Avatar Creator
No in-app purchases
ArtVR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is VIVE Avatar Creator free?
Is ArtVR free?
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