Comparison

Back To School vs Dolland

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

Head to head
About

Back To School

This app offers a virtual makeover experience, guiding users through a spa treatment, makeup application, and outfit selection. It's designed to help create a stylish look for starting school.

Highlights
  • Spa treatments with face masks and cleansing
  • Full makeup application with various products
  • Hairstyle and accessory customization
  • Extensive walk-in closet for outfit selection
  • Interactive game features and effects
Features
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The Best & Original Back-to-School Makeover Game! Over 1 Million Downloads! Get ready for the first day of school with one of the most fun kids games for creative girls! This colorful back-to-school makeover game lets kids enjoy a relaxing spa, playful makeup salon, and exciting dress-up adventure. Perfect for children who love games for kids, girl games, dress up games, makeup games, and fashion fun. Create your own unique style with cute hairstyles, colorful makeup, stylish outfits, and fun accessories. With easy controls and endless combinations, every makeover is a brand-new adventure! FEATURES Spa Room Enjoy a fun spa experience for kids. Apply a refreshing face mask and cool cucumber slices. Clean and wash the face with bubbly treatments. Shape eyebrows with tweezers. Finish with foundation, concealer, and more. Makeup Salon Apply lipstick, eyeshadow, blush, mascara, and more. Try different hairstyles and colorful hair colors. Add earrings, bows, and fun accessories. Use makeup remover to create a brand-new look anytime. Fashion Closet Dress up with stylish school outfits. Mix and match shoes, handbags, and accessories. Choose colorful backgrounds for the perfect makeover. Create endless fashion combinations. Why Kids Love It Fun and easy gameplay for kids. Creative dress-up and makeover activities. Colorful graphics for girls! Great for children who enjoy kids games, girl games, makeover games, dress up games, fashion games, and beauty games. Designed for hours of endless creative play. Have fun creating amazing back-to-school looks in one of the cutest games for kids and girl games around! *Please note that Back To School Makeup Games is free to play, but you are able to purchase a game subscription with real money. If you don’t want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases.* Ninjafish Studios is very concerned about our users' privacy. To understand our policies and obligations, please read our Terms Of Service and Privacy Policy carefully. Terms Of Service: http://www.ninjafish.com/terms Privacy Policy: http://www.ninjafish.com/privacy

About

Dolland

Design a personalized 3D doll or avatar that can resemble your friends or celebrities. Explore endless customization options for appearance, fashion, and accessories. Engage in creative activities like photo editing, dance battles, and mini-games with other players.

Highlights
  • 3D avatar and doll creation
  • Extensive customization options
  • Fashion and accessory collection
  • Photo editing with stickers and text
  • Dance battles with other players
  • Daily mini-games and rewards
  • Player-to-player trading
Features
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Create a unique doll that will become a true friend. Make your own 3d Avatar or doll that looks like your friends or even celebrities. In this world you are setting the rules. Why Dolland is so beautiful: - Your cute character can be a boy or a girl! - Write any name! - Create an original look: skin tones, hairstyles, hair colors and much more! - Be a professional make-up artist and draw directly throughout your body in a variety of colors! - Uncover the talent of a fashion designer and collect look from different items of clothing, accessories - infinitely many unique combinations! - Take a selfie of your doll and edit photos, add stickers and inscriptions. Change poses and backgrounds, photos as in life! - Participate in a dance battle with dolls of other players! - Play other games with the doll every day and cheer each other up! - Collect and receive game items as a gift! - Trade with other players at auction. Compete with living people, calm your nerves in anti-stress mini-games, get creative or arrange a photo session in different styles - in the Dolland application you can be anyone and do whatever you want. Install the free application and get a unique gift already at the start! Come back every day and get even more prizes!

Screenshots

Back To School4 screens
Dolland4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dolland at 5.0 against Back To School's 4.3. Dolland also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 15 months). Back To School's advantage is ratings volume (662 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Back To School sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Dolland asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dolland holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Back To School has 662 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Back To School's written reviews are positive against 67% of Dolland's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Back To School ships an update every 15 months, Dolland every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Back To School versus Dolland: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBack To SchoolDolland
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (662 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings662 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNinjafish StudiosAA2G1 LTD

Customer experience

Back To School

All ratings661 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative40.3%

Dolland

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Back To School

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes frequently
  • Freezes during gameplay

Requested features

3 requests
  • More skin tone options
  • More customization options
  • Reduce in-app purchases

Dolland

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Back To School

One-time10
  • Unlock All Eye Liner$0.99
  • Unlock All Earrings$0.99
  • Unlock All Necklaces$0.99
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  • Unlock All Shoes$0.99
  • Unlock All Hair Pieces$0.99
  • Unlock All Mascara$1.99
  • Unlock All Lipstick$2.99
  • Unlock All Hair Styles$2.99
  • Unlock All Dresses$2.99
  • Makeup Games Premium Edition$9.99
None

Dolland

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Back To School free?
Back To School is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dolland free?
Dolland is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Back To School or Dolland?
Dolland is rated higher. Back To School averages 4.3 out of 5 from 662 ratings, while Dolland averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Back To School or Dolland have ads?
Neither Back To School nor Dolland shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Back To School or Dolland?
Back To School ships an update every 15 months, and Dolland every 2 days. Most recently, Back To School was updated on November 1, 2026 and Dolland on November 3, 2026.

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