Comparison

Doll Designer vs Counterwave

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

Head to head
About

Doll Designer

Become a top doll designer and create stunning outfits. Shop for clothes, mix and match colors, and give your doll a complete makeover to impress everyone. Test your fashion skills and attention to detail in this creative game.

Highlights
  • Design the doll
  • Create killer outfits
  • Go shopping for clothes
  • Match colors
  • Full doll makeover
  • Test fashion skills
Features
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Today you’re the ultimate doll designer and you need to design a doll that steals the show! There are so many artistic decisions to make, you have no time to lose! Let’s go shopping and choose her style! It must be classic and chic all at the same time. Work your sense of style and the best of your fashion skills to put together a killer outfit! Match the colors and create an artistic combination of OOTDs for your picture-perfect doll! This is a fun and creative game, that will test your skills of fashion, sense of style and attention to detail. Create a full makeover for the doll and impress everyone around! The main features of the game include: Design the Doll You’re the sole designer of the doll, do your best. Go for Shopping and Create a Killer OOTD: Work the best of your fashion skills and create outfits, that turn heads! Color the Outfits Work your sense of style and use color combinations that steal the spotlight. Design your dream doll now! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

About

Counterwave

A satisfying reflex and timing game where you match and cancel incoming waves. Learn in seconds, master 100 levels, and play with friends. Enjoy a calming soundtrack and precise haptics.

Highlights
  • Wave matching and cancellation gameplay
  • 100 levels with increasing difficulty
  • Multiplayer challenges and leaderboards
  • Daily puzzles and endless mode
  • Multiple signal themes
  • Precise haptic feedback
  • Offline play
Features
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Match the wave. Cancel it. Hear the silence. Counterwave is a satisfying reflex and timing game built on how noise-cancelling headphones work: every wave has an exact opposite. Shape it with one thumb, let go, and watch two waves cancel into a perfectly flat line. Learn it in seconds. Master it across 100 levels. HOW IT PLAYS • A wave rolls in. Read its shape on the scope under the field. • Drag up for a crest, down for a trough, further for a taller wave. • When the height matches, wait for the release cue and let go. • Meet it in the middle for a PERFECT. Push the same way and the waves stack instead. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Share any Daily, cleared level or new Endless best as a grid of how every wave landed. Send a friend a challenge code: they play the same waves and try to beat your score. Climb the Game Center leaderboards for today's Daily, Endless and campaign stars. CHAIN PERFECTS, PLAY A MELODY Every clean cancel drops the field into a moment of silence and rings out a note. String perfects together and the notes climb, while a calm generative soundtrack plays underneath. 100 LEVELS, 20 RANKS, 40 EXPERT TESTS Act I teaches the wave across 40 hand-built levels. Act II adds 60 more and four new shapes: the Fin, the Flip, the Triple and the flat-crowned Plateau. Every fifth level is a rank exam, and the Expert circuit remixes Act I into 40 tests harder than anything beside them. SEE YOUR SKILL GROW Every level shows its Intensity, so you always know what you are taking on. Your Signal Rating climbs from Novice toward Master as you earn three stars on harder levels. PRACTICE ANYTHING Replay the tricky phrase from any results screen, or play nine short wave studies and earn an emblem for each shape. Practice never costs a thing and never touches your stars. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY One daily puzzle, the same for every player: one official run, unlimited practice and daily missions. A gift waits each time you visit and keeps its progress if you miss a day, and a weekly goal leaves room for days off. ENDLESS AND ZEN Endless speeds up until you slip. Zen never fails you: one wave at a time, as relaxing as you like. EIGHT SIGNAL THEMES Oscilloscope, Aurora, Seismic, Ion, Ember, Synthwave, Lagoon and Sakura. Try any theme before you unlock it. Every palette is tuned to stay readable with red-green color blindness. MADE TO BE FELT Precise haptics on every launch and every cancel. Every sound is synthesized live on your phone. PLAY ANYWHERE One-handed, no account, and no Wi-Fi needed to play. Your progress stays on your phone. Counterwave is supported by ads. Ads never interrupt a run, and your first six runs have none at all. Remove Ads is a one-time purchase; the Supporter Pack adds every theme, and if you already own Remove Ads you only pay the difference. Optional videos are always your choice. Can you cancel every wave? Download Counterwave and find out. Questions or ideas? Reach us through the App Support link on this page.

Screenshots

Doll Designer4 screens
Counterwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Counterwave at 5.0 against Doll Designer's 4.6. Counterwave also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Doll Designer's advantage is ratings volume (54K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Doll Designer sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Counterwave sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Counterwave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doll Designer has 54K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doll Designer ships an update every 2 months, Counterwave every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Doll Designer versus Counterwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoll DesignerCounterwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (54K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings54K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size681 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLion StudiosHarold Digital LLC

Customer experience

Doll Designer

All ratings53,644 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews248 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral14.5%
Negative30.2%

Counterwave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Doll Designer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing or kicking players out
  • Ads not working as intended
  • Difficulty exiting the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • More diverse character options
  • Additional levels and content
  • Reduced ads or ad-free version

Counterwave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Doll Designer

One-time7
  • Pink Outfit Bundle$1.99
  • Black Outfit Bundle$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Gem Pack 5000$2.99
  • Bundle2 variants$4.99
  • Cinderella Doll Bundle2 variants$7.99
  • Tie-Dye Doll Bundle2 variants$7.99
3 purchases

Counterwave

One-time3
  • Supporter Upgrade$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Supporter Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Doll Designer free?
Doll Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Counterwave free?
Counterwave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doll Designer or Counterwave?
Counterwave is rated higher. Doll Designer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 54K ratings, while Counterwave averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Doll Designer or Counterwave have ads?
Both Doll Designer and Counterwave show ads.
Which is updated more often, Doll Designer or Counterwave?
Doll Designer ships an update every 2 months, and Counterwave every 3 days. Most recently, Doll Designer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Counterwave on October 25, 2026.

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