Comparison

Pofi Create vs VRoid Studio

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

Head to head
About

Pofi Create

This app provides a comprehensive 3D creation toolkit for artists. It features a vast library of assets, including characters, animals, and scenes, along with powerful tools for posing, animation, camera control, and lighting. It simplifies complex artistic challenges for illustrators, comic artists, and animators.

Highlights
  • Massive asset library (characters, animals, scenes)
  • Skeletal control for precise posing
  • Motion creation and animation tools
  • Advanced camera system with perspective control
  • Professional lighting studio
  • Customizable expressions and prop deformation
Features
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Draw what you imagine, with a reference you can shape. Pofi Create helps illustrators, comic artists and drawing enthusiasts build the 3D references their artwork needs. Start with a character, a pose or a ready-made scene. Arrange your subjects, find the camera angle and explore the light, so the picture in your head becomes easier to study and draw. Pose it. Frame it. Light it. Draw it. • FIND THE PIECES FOR YOUR NEXT DRAWING Build a scene with characters, animals, props and environments. Explore separate hands and feet, heads and art-study models, plus effects and alternate appearances. A growing collection of over 100,000 resources gives you starting points for solo poses, groups, interactions and hands holding props. Library expansions include 24 added model categories and 32 motion series. Supported models have built-in poses, expressions and appearance options; structural guides help you understand form. • SHAPE THE POSE YOU NEED Start with standing, sitting, running or action poses, then refine supported models. Around 80 preset hand poses help you study difficult fingers and grips without starting from scratch. Advanced controls offer up to 150 controllable joints on supported character rigs, detailed hand and toe adjustment, and over 100 facial parameters on selected characters. IK moves connected limbs from a target; FK turns individual joints. Body flexibility, joint limits and IK blending help with finer adjustments. Driver sliders change supported props and effects. Available controls vary by resource. • START WITH A COMPLETE SCENE Scene templates bring models, composition, cameras and lighting together, so you can study how the whole picture works. Static: open a ready-made composition with poses and light. Motion: play or pause existing animations to study body movement, camera changes and lighting. Annotated: use notes and dedicated views to understand structure and details. Interactive: tap to switch poses, scenes and existing animations. With Pro, adjust and save your own reference scenes for later drawings. • SEE THE ANGLE BEFORE YOU DRAW Explore standard, wide-angle and fisheye lenses to plan perspective and distortion. Choose a solid background, an HDR sky or your own image. Depth of field helps you preview foreground and background blur, making spatial relationships easier to study. • SEE HOW LIGHT SHAPES THE FORM Try studio lighting presets, use an HDR environment, or adjust three directional lights independently. Change direction, color and shadows for key, fill and rim lighting. Compare how different setups reveal a face, a pose or a prop before you paint the shadows. • BUILT FOR YOUR DRAWING WORKFLOW Use Pofi Create for illustration, manga, comics, figure drawing and storyboard planning. Existing motion scenes also help with animation studies; portrait poses, staging, clothing and accessories provide references for photography and fashion. A new 3D engine and streamlined controls support detailed observation. Cloud saving and sync keep saved work available on supported devices and platforms. The Pofi series has over 10 million combined installs across all platforms. Export JPG or transparent PNG snapshots to use alongside your drawing app. • RESOURCES AND FEATURES ARE SEPARATE Free to download, with some free resources. Buy individual resources with P-coins for permanent access; they remain available after Pro expires. Advanced controls, lighting and custom-scene saving require Pro. Ultra provides access to all resources without individual P-coin purchases. Check the purchase page for pricing, duration, included features and renewal terms. Ultra access differs from permanently purchasing each resource. • CONNECT WITH POFI X / Instagram: @PofiCreate Discord: https://discord.gg/q3VqR98Vkg Email: create@pofiart.com Terms of Use: https://create.pofiapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://create.pofiapp.com/privacy

About

VRoid Studio

Create unique 3D humanoid avatars with an intuitive interface and extensive customization options. Design characters from scratch or use presets, and express your creativity with detailed texture editing. Share your creations with a community and use them across various platforms.

Highlights
  • Intuitive 3D avatar creation
  • Extensive body and face customization
  • Detailed texture editing with pen tool
  • Customizable hair physics
  • Flexible usage terms for created models
  • Community sharing via VRoid Hub
Features
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3D Modeling, for Everyone! VRoid Studio is an application to create 3D models of humanoid avatars (characters).Create original characters on this intuitive and highly adaptable application. Easy to use for everyone! ■Easy for Beginners too You can start creating right after download; with many ready-to-use preset items, you won’t need to create anything from scratch. You just need to pick items you like and adjust their parameters! ■Customize Your Model’s Body However You Like Face features, body shape, outfits — everything is customizable in infinite ways. Even first-time users can fully enjoy the application by picking preset items and playing around with the parameters’ sliders. ■Express Yourself this application also gives you total freedom to express your originality, customizing minor features down to the finest detail. ■Design Textures with the Pen Tool The texture editor supports stylus pens such as Apple pencils and is pressure-sensitive. You can also divide your design into more layers! Draw directly on the 3D model, or on the UV texture to see your creation display in real-time on the 3D preview. ■As easy as drawing on paper Create new chunks of hair with a single stroke, and later edit them to your liking through the parameters. Hair is customizable in infinite ways, and you can set hair bounce individually for each hair chunk. ■Your models are yours to use freely You can set your own terms of use for the data of every model, texture, item, etc you create on VRoid Studio, specifying if you give permission for commercial use, credits, etc. ■Create, Connect, Expand You can upload models you created to VRoid Hub, letting the community view them and send their appreciation. Characters uploaded to VRoid Hub can also be called up in various integrated games and platforms! - When using the data for models created by pixiv or third parties, please be sure to follow the terms of use and licensing conditions. - Supported environments and devices may change in future updates. - This information is current as of Aug 31, 2023. - Operation is not guaranteed on all devices.

Screenshots

Pofi Create4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pofi Create at 4.1 against VRoid Studio's 3.5. Pofi Create also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). VRoid Studio's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 23%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pofi Create sells 25 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and VRoid Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pofi Create holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 410 and 232 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Pofi Create's written reviews are positive against 50% of VRoid Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pofi Create ships an update every 3 weeks, VRoid Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pofi Create versus VRoid Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPofi CreateVRoid Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (410 ratings) — better3.5 (232 ratings)
Positive reviews22.6% of reviews50.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings410 — better232
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.0 GB1.1 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPofi Entertainmentpixiv Inc.

Customer experience

Pofi Create

All ratings410 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral8.0%
Negative69.3%

VRoid Studio

All ratings232 ratings
Positive56.9%
Neutral16.4%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral19.0%
Negative30.7%

User reviews

Pofi Create

From 410 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤍 Best reference for posing
  • 🙌 Great for art
  • 👍 Helpful app

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Everything locked behind paywall
  • 🤯 Confusing and difficult to use
  • 🤬 Predatory monetization
  • 🐛 Crashes and network issues
  • 💰 Insanely expensive

VRoid Studio

From 232 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Lots of customization options
  • 💡 Good for making VTuber models
  • 🎨 Allows creating OCs
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes, especially when editing textures
  • 🐛 Crashes when exporting models
  • 🐛 Laggy performance, especially on older devices
  • 🐛 Loses progress when crashing
  • 🐛 Unstable, unreliable app

Bugs and requests

Pofi Create

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and sign-up issues
  • Inability to save or load poses
  • Compatibility problems on various devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • More free models and poses
  • Easier posing and manipulation
  • Better instructions and tutorials
  • More language support
  • Improved performance and stability
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  • Fair and transparent pricing

VRoid Studio

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when editing clothing textures
  • Crashes when trying to export models
  • Laggy performance, especially on older iPads
  • Loses progress when the app crashes
  • Unreliable, unstable app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more clothing options and accessories
  • Improve texture editing capabilities
  • Add face tracking and motion tracking features
  • Allow posing multiple characters together
  • Improve auto-save functionality to prevent data loss

In-app purchases

25 purchases

Pofi Create

Subscriptions8
  • PC Cloud(2000)Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PC Cloud(5000)Monthly$7.991 Month
  • 「Pofi Create」PRO Version 365day$12.991 Year
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  • PC Cloud(500)Annual$19.991 Year
  • PC Cloud(2000)Annual$39.991 Year
  • PRO Annual Plan$44.991 Year
  • PLUS Annual Plan B$74.991 Year
  • PC Cloud(5000)Annual$79.991 Year
One-time17
  • 「Pofi Create」 Discount$0.99
  • 「Pofi Create」 P-coin(60)$1.99
  • P Coin Pack [a]$7.99
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  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(300)$7.99
  • 「Pofi Create」PRO Version 365 day$12.99
  • 「Pofi Create」Pro Version$12.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(680)$17.99
  • P Coin Pack [b]$23.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(980)$24.99
  • P Coin Pack [c]$39.99
  • PLUS Plan C$39.99
  • PRO Plan$44.99
  • 「Pofi Create」Ultra Annual$69.99
  • P Coin Pack [d]$79.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(3280)$79.99
  • P Coin Pack [e]$159.99
  • P Coin Pack [f]$399.99
3 purchases

VRoid Studio

Subscriptions3
  • VRoid Plus$4.991 Month
  • VRoid Plus$13.493 Months
  • VRoid Plus$24.996 Months

Questions

Is Pofi Create free?
Pofi Create is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VRoid Studio free?
VRoid Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pofi Create or VRoid Studio?
Pofi Create is rated higher. Pofi Create averages 4.1 out of 5 from 410 ratings, while VRoid Studio averages 3.5 from 232 ratings.
Do Pofi Create or VRoid Studio have ads?
VRoid Studio shows ads; Pofi Create does not.
Which is updated more often, Pofi Create or VRoid Studio?
Pofi Create ships an update every 3 weeks, and VRoid Studio monthly. Most recently, Pofi Create was updated on November 3, 2026 and VRoid Studio on October 30, 2026.

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