Barber Chop vs Wig Maker
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
Wig Maker
Design and customize wigs by stacking, dyeing, and styling them. Earn cash by adding value and distributing your creations to characters. Avoid obstacles to maximize your rewards and transform looks.
- Create and customize wigs
- Stack, dye, and style hair
- Earn in-game cash
- Distribute wigs to characters
- Avoid path obstacles
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Transform your look in Wig Maker! Create and customize a line of wigs and see the awesome combinations and effects when characters put them on. Get to work by stacking up the wigs, dying, and styling using the tools on the path. Your fine touches add value to the wigs and earn you extra cash. A wig is an instant and dramatic makeover, beloved by cosplayers, drag queens, and style icons. Create custom wigs for characters with some of the most famous hair styles around! Watch out! Don't let your weaves slip through the gaps or get cut too short. Hold onto as many wigs and make them as long as possible for maximum reward. Reach the end of the path and distribute the wigs to those who need them. The more the better, so stack up the wigs and add in lots of variety. Turn those shiny scalps into marvelous manes in Wig Maker!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wig Maker at none against Barber Chop's 11. Wig Maker also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Barber Chop's advantage is chart position (#108 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Wig Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wig Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.3K and 4.9K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Barber Chop ships an update every 5 weeks, Wig Maker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barber Chop | Wig Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (8.3K ratings) | 4.5 (4.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 4.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #108 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 317 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lajeune and Associates, LLC | Backpack Games |
Customer experience
Barber Chop
Wig Maker
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
Wig Maker
From 4.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Amazing game
- 💡 Lots of content and updates
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful wig designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 📢 Too many ads
- 🔧 Issues with progression and saving progress
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
Wig Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing or crashing
- Progress loss and save issues
- Unresponsive controls and UI
Requested features
3 requests- More wig styles and customization options
- Improved performance and stability
- Reduced ad frequency
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
Wig Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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