Comparison

Pepper Movie Maker 3D vs Custom Emojis Maker

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

Head to head
About

Pepper Movie Maker 3D

Create animated 3D movies, videos, and reels using customizable templates, 3D models, and avatars. Animate characters and objects with built-in clips or your own voice and face via AR. Share your creations across social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Customizable 3D scene templates
  • Animated 3D models and avatars
  • AR face and voice animation
  • Automatic shot recording
  • Social media sharing
  • Ready Player Me avatar integration
Features
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Create fun, animated 3D movies, videos & reels with customizable templates, 3D models, built-in and custom avatars and more. All 3D models can be animated and many have built-in animation clips. Every avatar includes 58 animation clips. Pepper Movie Maker 3D is a free app and includes 29 free scene templates and 420 free 3D models for you to try. Upgrade to Pepper Movie Maker 3D Plus to get unlimited use of ALL 79 scene templates and ALL 742 3D models! * Customize a scene design with color, ground features, a different sky, background sounds and more. * Add and animate any of the hundreds of 3D models, many with built-in animations. * Add your own voice clips and face animations via AR. * Tap the Make Movie button to automatically record all the shots in the shots list. * AR provides an exciting way to see your scenes and shoot 3D movies with super realistic backgrounds and lighting. * Share your animated movies, videos, reels and still images via Mail, Messages, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media. * Tap the ? icon in the app for Help, 3D Help and Tutorials or Contact Developer to send us questions anytime. Pepper Movie Maker 3D is for everyone who wants to make 3D animated movies, videos & reels for fun, work or school with one app, no programming and the gear they already own. No signups, passwords, tracking or ads. TEMPLATES Choose project templates with designs containing 1-8 scenes for example: Blank - 1 scene, Camping Cartoon - 2 scenes + 37 models, Circus - 2 scenes + 62 models, Dinosaurs - 5 scenes + 58 models, Garage Band - 1 scene + 29 models, Jungle Cartoon 3 scenes + 17 models, Loft Apartment 2 scenes + 16 models , Restaurant - 2 scenes + 36 models, Sailing - 4 scenes + 20 models, Underwater 1 scene + 13 models, Wedding - 2 scenes + 26 models, Winter Holiday - 3 scenes + 40 models. SCENES, 3D MODELS AND AVATARS Pepper Movie Maker 3D scenes are created with templates that can include:  * Customizable 3D scene designs  * Animated 3D models * Built-in and custom avatars * Sound effects - examples Dog Bark, Cat Meow, Dance Music and your own MP3/WAV/etc audio files. * Backgrounds and background sounds  * Colors, lighting, materials and more * Easily created action sequences using built-in animation clips. The 742 3D models are organized into searchable categories. All models can be animated and many have built-in animation clips. For example: Cheetah 19 clips, Horse 48 clips, Labrador Puppy 112 clips, Velociraptor 26 clips and Wolf 19 clips. All built-in avatars have 53 animation clips including dancing, clapping and waving. Pepper Movie Maker 3D directly integrates the Avatar creator to enable making multiple avatars and customizing them with body shapes, facial features, hair, clothing, eyewear, hats and more. Add dozens of body animation clips from Pepper Movie Maker 3D and import them from other sources. Choose from different voices and accents, then use Text to Speech to have your avatar model speak in another voice. MAKE 3D MOVIES Easily make sharable movies with your Pepper Movie Maker 3D scenes. Every 3D scene has a shots list where you can setup and Record a shot. To make a movie of all the shots in the shots list simply tap Make Movie. You can choose your Movie Settings: Titles, Dates, Locations, Captions, Text Blocks including professional-looking scrolling end credits, Live Photo videos, Seconds per photo and Movie Music. Choose your format SD, HD, Full HD or 4K. Just for fun tap the AR button to Record a super realistic movie or photo in AR. COLLABORATION Invite anyone to collaborate with you. All of your Pepper Movie Maker 3D projects can be shared privately and securely with your friends via iCloud. CROSS-DEVICE SYNC/ICLOUD For longevity, privacy and security Pepper Movie Maker 3D syncs and shares across iPhone, iPad and Mac and is designed for both online and offline use. License agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Custom Emojis Maker

Easily create personalized emoji stickers from your own face or friends' photos. Add custom text and art to express yourself uniquely in messages. Enjoy hilarious results and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Create emoji stickers from your face
  • Add text and art
  • Use in iMessage
  • Emoji friends' faces
  • Generate unique expressions
Features
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Create emoji stickers using your face! Emoji Maker is the quickest and easiest way to make custom emojis. Make emojis in seconds and use them in iMessage. Add unique expressions. Add text and art with Emoji Maker Pro. Emoji your friends’ faces. Laugh at the hilarious results. Express yourself with Emoji Maker today! Subscription pricing and terms: Emoji Maker offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $3.99 per week $7.99 per month $39.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Emoji Maker subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here:

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Screenshots

Pepper Movie Maker 3D4 screens
Custom Emojis Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Pepper Movie Maker 3D at free with in-app purchases against Custom Emojis Maker's subscription. Custom Emojis Maker's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pepper Movie Maker 3D sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Custom Emojis Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Pepper Movie Maker 3D against 4.2 for Custom Emojis Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 910 and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Pepper Movie Maker 3D's written reviews are positive against 62% of Custom Emojis Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pepper Movie Maker 3D versus Custom Emojis Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPepper Movie Maker 3DCustom Emojis Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (910 ratings)4.2 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.3% of reviews61.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9101K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size338 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPepper Networks, LLCKossi Adzo

Customer experience

Pepper Movie Maker 3D

All ratings910 ratings
Positive75.2%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral8.9%
Negative40.8%

Custom Emojis Maker

All ratings1,005 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral14.7%
Negative23.5%

User reviews

Pepper Movie Maker 3D

From 910 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Lots of animations and possibilities
  • 👍 First-rate support team
  • 👍 Enjoyable and useful app
  • 👍 Great 3D animation tool
  • 👍 Awesome app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Confusing and difficult to use
  • 🐛 Laggy and glitchy
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Doesn't work as advertised

Custom Emojis Maker

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 😊 Fun and enjoyable
  • 🎨 Customizable emojis
  • 💡 Unique feature to create personalized emojis

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall for additional features
  • 🔒 Limited free options
  • 📢 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes

Bugs and requests

Pepper Movie Maker 3D

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Camera doesn't move properly
  • Can't delete movies
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Glitches and bugs make it unusable

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow importing custom models
  • Add ability to manually animate characters
  • Improve character interactions (e.g. eye contact)
  • Add more free content and reduce paywall
  • Improve animation tools and workflow
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  • Add more camera control and flexibility
  • Improve syncing and stability

Custom Emojis Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Copy to clipboard function not working
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent performance

Requested features

4 requests
  • Increase free emoji limit
  • Add more editing tools
  • Improve background removal
  • Integrate with more messaging apps

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pepper Movie Maker 3D

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plus Subscription$1.491 Month
  • Yearly Plus Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Concert Template$1.99
  • Thanksgiving Template$1.99
  • Winter Holiday Template$1.99
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  • Valentine Cafe Template$1.99
  • Movie Theater Template$1.99
  • Loft Apartment Template$1.99
  • Dinosaurs Template$1.99
  • Haunted House Template$2.99
9 purchases

Custom Emojis Maker

Subscriptions4
  • Unlock All Subscription 1 Week3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Unlock Subscription 1 Month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Unlock All Subscription 1 Year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Unlock All Subscription 1 Year$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Create Unlimited Emojis$1.99
  • Unlock Arts$1.99
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  • Unlock Text$1.99
  • Unlock All$4.99

Questions

Is Pepper Movie Maker 3D free?
Pepper Movie Maker 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Emojis Maker free?
Custom Emojis Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pepper Movie Maker 3D or Custom Emojis Maker?
Custom Emojis Maker is rated higher. Pepper Movie Maker 3D averages 4.1 out of 5 from 910 ratings, while Custom Emojis Maker averages 4.2 from 1K ratings.
Do Pepper Movie Maker 3D or Custom Emojis Maker have ads?
Neither Pepper Movie Maker 3D nor Custom Emojis Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pepper Movie Maker 3D or Custom Emojis Maker?
Pepper Movie Maker 3D ships an update every 2 months, and Custom Emojis Maker every 2 months. Most recently, Pepper Movie Maker 3D was updated on November 1, 2026 and Custom Emojis Maker on November 2, 2026.

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