Comparison

Shave Me! vs MakeAvatar

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

Head to head
About

Shave Me!

This app offers a unique touch-screen gaming experience simulating shaving and hair removal. Customize your experience with various tools, effects, and even your own photos. Enjoy a satisfying and magical hair-growing effect with a shake of your device.

Highlights
  • Tattoo kit for custom designs
  • Waxing kit for hair removal
  • Photo shaving with custom skin
  • Device shake to grow hair
  • Multiple razor options
  • Customizable hair, skin, and blood effects
Features
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“Shave Me!” combines the fun of touch-screen games with the precision of the perfect close shave in a universal app with optimized play and graphics for any device. Features: -Tattoo kit tools let you create and share any tattoos you want with nearly endless ink color choices! -Waxing Kit tools let you remove hair with a satisfying rip! -Photo Shaving lets you use your own photos as custom “skin” -Shake your device to instantly grow hair like magic! -Toggle options for blood and vibration effects -Over a thousand combinations of hair, skin and blood choices -Choose your weapon: electric razor, disposable, straight razor and more! Need help with the Waxing Kit? Simply position the Waxing Strip where you want it, rotate it to your desired angle, double-tap on the strip to apply it, then swipe anywhere on the screen to tear it off and remove hair. Play it with sound enabled for the ultimate Waxing Kit experience!

About

MakeAvatar

Easily create custom avatars for the metaverse directly from your smartphone. Combine preset parts with intuitive tap controls to design unique characters for platforms like VRChat. Future updates will include collaboration outfits from popular anime series.

Highlights
  • Create custom avatars on mobile
  • Combine preset parts for unique designs
  • Intuitive tap-based controls
  • Upload avatars to multiple VR platforms
  • Cosplay with collaboration outfits (coming soon)
Features
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*** Easily Upload Your Avatar for the Metaverse from Your Smartphone! *** VRChat is now available on iOS—expand your experience even further with MakeAvatar! Create your own custom avatar right from your phone and dive into the world of VRChat with ease. *** Create Your Avatar with Simple Tap Operations! *** MakeAvatar is a mobile app that lets anyone create an original metaverse-ready avatar by combining preset parts. Choose hairstyles, eyes, colors, and more with intuitive tap-based controls, and enjoy the excitement of owning your very own custom avatar! With just a few minutes from start to finish, MakeAvatar makes avatar creation simple and fun for everyone. *** Collaboration Outfits from Popular Anime Coming Soon! *** Dress up your avatar and enjoy cosplay in the virtual world! Costumes and collaboration items from well-known series will be added one after another. Search for “MakeAvatar” for more details! *** Upload Your Avatar to Multiple Linked Services! *** Avatars created with MakeAvatar can be uploaded to various social VR platforms, including VRChat, Roomiq, VRoid Hub, VirtualCast, FLIPSIDE, and more! Head into the virtual world with an avatar that’s truly your own. - System Requirements iPhone running iOS 15.0 or later Note: Some older devices may not be supported.

Screenshots

Shave Me!4 screens
MakeAvatar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shave Me! at 4.0 against MakeAvatar's 2.5. Shave Me! also leads on ratings volume (213 vs 24) and review sentiment (59% vs 48%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shave Me! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and MakeAvatar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shave Me! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shave Me! has 213 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Shave Me!'s written reviews are positive against 48% of MakeAvatar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shave Me! ships an update monthly, MakeAvatar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shave Me! versus MakeAvatar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShave Me!MakeAvatar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (213 ratings) — better2.5 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews59.2% of reviews — better48.2% of reviews
Number of ratings213 — better24
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB258 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMetaversal StudiosGugenka Inc.

Customer experience

Shave Me!

All ratings212 ratings
Positive71.2%
Neutral7.5%
Negative21.2%
Written reviews294 reviews
Positive59.2%
Neutral11.6%
Negative29.3%

MakeAvatar

All ratings24 ratings
Positive29.2%
Neutral20.8%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral14.3%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

Shave Me!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hair growth feature not working
  • Disappearing wax strips and tattoo ink
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Update for newer iOS versions
  • More tools and customization options
  • Ability to save/share creations
  • Unlock all features for a one-time fee

MakeAvatar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Shave Me!

One-time10
  • Ad Removal$0.99
  • 20 Pack of Wax Strips$0.99
  • 100 oz of Tattoo Ink$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 100 Pack of Wax Strips$1.99
  • 500 Pack of Wax Strips$1.99
  • 500 oz of Tattoo Ink$1.99
  • Pack of 5,000 Wax Strips$4.99
  • 1500 oz of Tattoo Ink$4.99
  • Infinite Tattoo Ink$5.99
  • Unlimited Wax Strips$5.99
10 purchases

MakeAvatar

One-time10
  • 100UStar$1.99
  • 500UStar$9.99
  • 1000UStar$22.99
Show 7 more
  • 2060UStar$39.99
  • 3090UStar$69.99
  • 4160UStar$69.99
  • 6300UStar$129.99
  • 8360UStar$149.99
  • 9630UStar$199.99
  • 13200UStar$299.99

Questions

Is Shave Me! free?
Shave Me! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MakeAvatar free?
MakeAvatar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shave Me! or MakeAvatar?
Shave Me! is rated higher. Shave Me! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 213 ratings, while MakeAvatar averages 2.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Shave Me! or MakeAvatar have ads?
Neither Shave Me! nor MakeAvatar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shave Me! or MakeAvatar?
Shave Me! ships an update monthly, and MakeAvatar every 3 weeks. Most recently, Shave Me! was updated on November 6, 2026 and MakeAvatar on November 2, 2026.

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