Character Art vs Doodlebud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Character Art
Generate unique character art using AI from text descriptions. Explore over 145 art styles to visualize your characters for stories, games, or personal projects. Save and share your high-resolution creations.
- AI-powered character generation
- 145+ diverse art styles
- Text-to-image creation
- High-resolution downloads
- Direct sharing options
- In-app art gallery
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Bring your characters to life with AI-powered art generation. Whether you're a writer visualizing your protagonist, a tabletop RPG player creating a party portrait, or just someone who loves character design — Character Art turns your descriptions into stunning artwork in seconds. 145+ Art Styles Choose from a massive library of art styles including Digital Art, Fantasy, Anime, Pixel Art, Cyberpunk, Watercolor, Oil Painting, Comic Book, Chibi, Steampunk, and over 130 more. Each style is carefully tuned to produce authentic results. Simple & Powerful Just type a description of your character — their appearance, outfit, pose, mood — pick a style, and tap Create. No artistic skill required. Save & Share Download your creations in high resolution or share them directly with friends. Build your own collection in the My Art gallery. What You Can Create - Fantasy heroes, villains, and adventurers - Anime and manga characters - Original characters (OCs) for stories and worldbuilding - Portraits in any art style imaginable - Game character concepts - And so much more! Find our EULA here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Doodlebud
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"I wish I could draw..." Well, now you can! DoodleBud uses cutting edge AI to turn your doodles and sketches into amazing artwork. Want that picture on the fridge as a polished cartoon character - it's done! That sketch where you couldn't quite get the eyes right - fixed! Take your creativity and shape it into anything you can imagine. And if you don't want to doodle, you can give it ANY photo you feel like!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Doodlebud at 3 against Character Art's 1. Doodlebud also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Character Art sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Doodlebud sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Character Art ships an update every 5 days, Doodlebud every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Character Art | Doodlebud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (58 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kawaii | Mathew Groves |
In-app purchases
Character Art
- Character Art Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Character Art Pro (Yearly)$29.991 Year
- 100 Image Credits$2.99
- 1000 Image Credits$2.99
Doodlebud
- handful of bux$0.99
- bunch of bux$4.99
- stack of bux$9.99
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- sackful of bux$19.99
- heap of bux$49.99
- mountain of bux$99.99
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