Make Expression vs Riley's Play Room
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make Expression
This game challenges you to create the correct facial expression for various social scenarios. Manipulate on-screen arrows to mimic emotions like sadness or happiness, and see how you'd look in different situations.
- Facial expression manipulation
- Scenario-based challenges
- Emotion simulation
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- GDPR/CCPA opt-out
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Manipulate the arrows that appear on your face! Funerals, dates, weddings... what do you look like in these situations? This is a game to make the right expression for the scene! Try to make the expression you make when you are sad or happy. It's fun to make different expressions. EU / California users can opt-out under GDPR / CCPA. Please respond from the pop-up displayed when starting in the app or within the settings in the app.
Riley's Play Room
Engage in a fun arcade-style game where the objective is to catch toys and achieve a high score. Enjoy a simple yet engaging gameplay experience designed for quick entertainment.
- Toy catching gameplay
- High score challenges
- Simple controls
- Arcade style
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Riley's Play Room at 100% against Make Expression's 39%. Riley's Play Room also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Make Expression's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 13). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Make Expression sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Riley's Play Room sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Riley's Play Room holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Expression has 14K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Make Expression's written reviews are positive against 100% of Riley's Play Room's.
| Parameter | Make Expression | Riley's Play Room |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14K ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 581 MB | 248 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | FTY LLC. | Thaddeus Brewer |
Customer experience
Make Expression
Riley's Play Room
Bugs and requests
Make Expression
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing and crashing
- Inconsistent level progression
- Issues with button responsiveness
Requested features
3 requests- Allow users to create their own expressions
- Add more diverse and challenging levels
- Reduce the number of ads
Riley's Play Room
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Make Expression
- remove ads$2.99
Riley's Play Room
- Bedroom Background$1.99
- Coffee Shop Background$1.99
- Halloween Background$1.99
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- Parents' Room Background$1.99
Questions
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