Barber Chop vs Idle 9 Months
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barber Chop
This app offers a virtual hair salon and barber shop experience with a diverse cast of characters representing various ethnicities, genders, and abilities. Aspiring stylists can practice cutting, designing, and styling hair using realistic tools and share their creations.
- Diverse character selection
- Realistic hair cutting tools
- Hair design and styling
- Share creations on social media
- Undo and zoom functionality
- Save designs to photo album
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Future barbers and stylists enjoy our characters, which represent diverse hairstyles, beauty, and cultures!! Characters: A total of (28) characters from different background like BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), people with disabilities, and Pride/LGBTQAI+. A total of (3) holiday characters from different holidays like Christmas. • 1 Male with Vitiligo • 1 Female with Vitiligo • 1 Pride/LGBTQAI+ teenager • 1 Black Asian woman • 1 Black Asian man • 2 Black female teenagers • 4 Asian males • 3 Children (1 White child with disabilities, 1 Jewish child, 1 Black child) • 3 White man • 1 White Indigenous man • 1 White woman with disabilities (wheelchair) • 1 White man with disabilities (wheelchair) • 5 Black men • 1 Black women • 1 Black male Santa • 1 White male Santa • 1 White female Santa This game is for anybody with a creative mind. It’s also useful as a learning module for current and prospective hair stylists. All you need is your finger and your imagination. Turn on the volume on your device to hear the tools. You will feel like you’re right there in the barber shop or beauty hair salon. • The ultimate hair salon and barber shop for men and women. • Pick a character of your choice. • Rotate the image to cut and design hair on each side of the head. • Cut hair with precision using tools such as clippers, scissors, razors, and clip guards. The clip guards let you reduce the thickness of the hair, which is a technique known as a fade. • Create a design and share your work on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Features: • Added Design Feeds, check out cool designs by other players! • Undo button to undo the last action you did. As long as your finger stays on the screen, it will count as one action. • Zooming options for most characters, allowing more accurate cutting. • Adjustable clip guards to reduce hair thickness. • Razors for complete hair removal. You can shave the face or head bald. • Share button. • Music options to listen to while playing. • Camera button to let you save your work into your photo album. • Rotation button to rotate the head Get ready to experience a realistic game that allows you to show off your skills, be creative or become a better barber. There are different ethnicities, genders, cultural backgrounds to choose from. Each character has plenty of hair on their head to give you a limitless number of hairstyles to create. A timer that appears on the screen once you start to play will show you how long it took you to create your hairstyle. It will also be displayed on your saved photo. You and others will see how skilful you’re getting each time you play. Everything is free! https://barberchop.com/barberchopapp/barberchop-stars/terms-and-conditions.html
Idle 9 Months
Experience the journey of life from conception to early childhood. This app simulates pregnancy stages, baby growth, and offers interactive gameplay for raising a child. Learn about development while playing and making parenting choices.
- Simulates 9 months of pregnancy
- Tracks baby's growth stages
- Interactive baby care after birth
- Educational and scientifically accurate
- Choice of raising a boy or girl
- Customizable baby name and accessories
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Are you ready to be a part of the most amazing journey ever? RELIVE THOSE INCREDIBLE 9 MONTHS! Well, you and everyone else in the world have already been a part of this but we give you this unique opportunity to live those moments again! Experience the most life-changing journey. The creation of life itself. From a single cell to its first words, follow every stage of your baby’s growth while keeping it healthy and happy. LEARN WHILE PLAYING 9 Months is a fun and educative way to understand more about pregnancy. It is aiming at being realistic and scientifically accurate which is perfect for people who love to learn new things! IS IT A BOY OR A GIRL? 9 Months now give you the choice of raising a boy or a girl after its birth. Chose a name, test new accessories, change its diaper. You get to raise the cutest little baby ever! Are you ready to be the best parent? Let’s start this incredible adventure! ---------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Terms Here are the subscription periods available in our game: Weekly subscription for $9.99 after a 3-day free trial The offer unlock the following features: Remove ALL ADS 60 Daily Gems Pack x5 Boost Online Refill x2 Cells bonuses on all Screen End of trial and subscription renewal: The payment is charged to your account after a confirmation of purchase The subscription is renewed automatically unless you turn it off 24 hours before the end of the current period. The subscription automatically renews for the same duration as the original offer the users subscribed to. The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Canceling a trial or a subscription: If you want to cancel a subscription during its free trial, you have to cancel it through your account in the Store. This must be done at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period to avoid being charged. If you have any question, feel free to contact us at support@greenpandagames.com For more information, please visit https://support.apple.com/HT207865 If you have any question, feel free to contact us at support@greenpandagames.com Privacy policy, Terms of use and End User License Agreement: https://www.ubisoft.com/legal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle 9 Months at 4.8 against Barber Chop's 4.2. Idle 9 Months also leads on ratings volume (207K vs 8.3K) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Barber Chop's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Barber Chop sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Idle 9 Months sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle 9 Months holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle 9 Months has 207K ratings behind it against 8.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Barber Chop's written reviews are positive against 57% of Idle 9 Months's.
Barber Chop ships an update every 5 weeks, Idle 9 Months every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Barber Chop | Idle 9 Months |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (8.3K ratings) | 4.8 (207K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.9% of reviews | 56.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K | 207K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #107 | #99 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 317 MB | 415 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lajeune and Associates, LLC | Green Panda Games |
Customer experience
Barber Chop
Idle 9 Months
User reviews
Barber Chop
From 8.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and entertaining
- 👍 Realistic hair cutting experience
- 💡 Ability to get creative with haircuts
- 👍 Good for learning hair cutting skills
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and black screen issues
- 🐛 Unrealistic hair physics and cutting mechanics
- 🔍 Limited character and tool selection
- 💸 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
Idle 9 Months
From 207K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Very addictive
- 💡 Realistic and educational
- 👍 Interesting and intriguing
- 👍 Teaches a lot about pregnancy
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Takes too long to grow the baby
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loss of progress
- 🔍 Unrealistic baby depiction
- 💰 Expensive for unlimited growth
- 🤷♀️ Racial bias in skin tone options
Bugs and requests
Barber Chop
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch for many users
- Cutting tools don't work as expected
- Saved haircuts not persisting between sessions
- Frequent freezing and performance issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add more hair styling tools like combs and brushes
- Implement a more realistic hair cutting system
- Expand character selection and customization options
- Reduce ads and make more features freely available
Idle 9 Months
Reported bugs
3 issues- Nutrition bar not refilling properly
- Cells and progress lost when game crashes
- Incorrect or repeating trivia facts
Requested features
5 requests- Allow selection of baby's gender, skin tone, and hair
- Add more baby growth stages and physical changes
- Implement faster baby growth rate
- Add mini-games or tasks for the mother
- Allow progress beyond 2 years of age
In-app purchases
Barber Chop
- Become OG Member$5.991 Month
- Coin pack 1$0.99
- Coin pack of 150$1.99
- Selfie Tool$4.99
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- Coin pack of 500$4.99
- Wallpaper$6.99
- Coloring Tool$7.99
- VIP Lock$8.99
- Coin pack of 1250$9.99
- Remove Forced Ads$19.99
Idle 9 Months
- Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
- Gems Pack 1$2.99
- 10x Tap on Cells!$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Time Limited Offer 5$4.99
- Gems Pack 2$4.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
- Combo Pack$7.99
- Gems Pack 3$9.99
- Gems Pack 4$19.99
- Permanent Nutrition$29.99
Questions
Is Barber Chop free?
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