waidayo vs Holotaimu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
waidayo
Capture your facial expressions and animate a virtual avatar in real-time. This app sends motion capture data to compatible PC software, allowing for dynamic virtual performances. Requires an iPhone or iPad with Face ID.
- Facial expression capture
- Avatar animation
- VMC protocol support
- Real-time motion data streaming
- Face ID integration
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waidayo is an application that reproduces your facial expression on an avatar. It supports the VMC protocol and can send facial motion capture data to compatible software such as a PC. An iPhone or iPad compatible with Face ID is required to recognize facial expressions.
Holotaimu
This app provides real-time live stream information for Hololive content creators. It allows users to select favorite channels, receive customizable notifications for stream starts, updates, and ends, and view past stream history. The schedule is displayed in local time for convenience.
- Live stream schedule updates
- Customizable start/end notifications
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable notification sounds
- 1-4 week stream history
- Local time display for schedules
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Holotaimu is an unofficial application for live stream information of HoloLive. (Please do not make inquiries or complaints to Cover Co., Ltd. as this application has nothing to do with Cover Co., Ltd.) You can select your favorite Hololive channels and check their schedule easily. - It is possible to quickly grasp the live stream schedule Live stream schedule is updated every few minutes to notify iPhone/iPad. Send notification of live start to iPhone/iPad at actual start time. Send notification of change in scheduled start time, title, thumbnail image of scheduled stream. Send notification of end and deletion of stream. Widget can be installed on the home screen to display the latest live stream status of each channel. - Customizable notification sound Notification sound can be set for each stream status (Live Now, Upcoming, Updated, End, Deleted) for the whole / each channel. - Display 1-4 week live stream history - Display live streams for chatting - Display various channel information - Scheduled live stream start time is displayed in your local time, so no need to convert them. - Completely free No in-app purchases, No Ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Holotaimu at 93% against waidayo's 38%. Holotaimu also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0). waidayo's advantage is ratings volume (157 vs 27). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Holotaimu holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: waidayo has 157 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of waidayo's written reviews are positive against 93% of Holotaimu's.
waidayo ships an update fortnightly, Holotaimu every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | waidayo | Holotaimu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (157 ratings) | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.4% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.7 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Akira Sato | Masahiro Ikeda |
Customer experience
waidayo
Holotaimu
Bugs and requests
waidayo
Reported bugs
3 issues- Face tracking freezes or stops working
- App crashes when accessing certain features
- Inability to change or customize the default avatar
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to create custom avatars
- Implement hand and emotion tracking
- Provide green screen background option
- Allow for easier VRM model import
Holotaimu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
waidayo
No in-app purchases
Holotaimu
No in-app purchases
