Comparison

Avatar Maker vs Neko

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

Head to head
About

Avatar Maker

Design unique characters and avatars with extensive customization options. Choose from various styles, outfits, and accessories to bring your creative ideas to life. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Personal avatar maker
  • Customize face, hair, outfits, accessories
  • Multiple styles (cute, cool, fantasy)
  • Discover and get inspired by characters
  • Save and share creations
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Want to create a unique and one-of-a-kind character? Quickly turn your ideas into reality with Avatar Maker: OC Creator - YOUR PERSONAL AVATAR MAKER Create unique avatars and OCs in your own style in just a few steps. Customize everything from face and hairstyle to outfits and accessories to build a character with a strong personality. Easily change details like eyes, eyebrows, expressions, and overall style. Combine various outfits, accessories, and effects to create avatars ranging from cute and cool to unique fantasy. - EXPLORE CHARACTERS Discover creative characters. Get inspired to create your own OC or share your avatar with others. WHY YOU'LL LOVE AVATAR MAKER - Flexibly customize face, hair, outfit & accessories - Multiple styles: cute, cool, fantasy - Discover characters - Easily save and share photos Download Avatar Maker: OC Creator now to start creating your own avatar and explore a world of creative characters! Privacy Policy: https://vnios.pro.vn/privacy-policy-ios-tvn.html?app=Avatar%20Maker:%20OC%20Creator&store=%20TRAN%20VAN%20NAM Term of use: https://vnios.pro.vn/termsofuse-ios-tvn.html?app=Avatar%20Maker:%20OC%20Creator&store=%20TRAN%20VAN%20NAM

About

Neko

This app features a charming pixel art cat that lives on your home screen. Interact with her through various gestures to elicit unique reactions and track your relationship through a mood system. Discover over 50 hidden habits and expressions in her journal.

Highlights
  • Lives on home screen widget
  • Hand-designed retro pixel art
  • 30+ unique pixel expressions
  • Mood system tracks relationship
  • Journal of discovered habits
  • Multiple kitten palettes and styles
Features
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Meet Neko - a tiny pixel kitten with a pair of bongos, and she plays every time you tap. Drum along, fill treasure chests, and collect 20 cute hats. She's drawn entirely in hand-designed retro pixel art: crisp, colorful pixels, built pixel by pixel, frame by frame. TAP TO DRUM Tap the left or right side of the screen and Neko slaps the bongo on that side. Use two fingers for a roll and watch your combo climb. Drumming is always free. OPEN CHESTS, COLLECT HATS Every tap fills a treasure chest. Open it to win a hat - 20 to collect across five rarities, from a Party Hat to a legendary Royal Crown. You won't get a duplicate until you've found them all. Try them on in the Character Studio and see which ones you're still missing. SHE'S A REAL PET TOO Pat her head to pet her: forehead pats, chin tickles, cheek hugs and a happy giggle. Every gesture gets its own reaction, drawn from 30+ hand-designed pixel expressions. Between reactions her ears twitch, her tail swishes and she breathes on her own - she's never quite frozen. DRUM FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Put Neko in a Home Screen widget and she's there every time you unlock your phone - no box around her, just the kitten sitting on your wallpaper among your apps. Boop her right there and every boop counts as a drum tap, without opening the app. MEET THE KITTENS Neko comes in five hand-painted palettes, each with her own name: Momo (peach), Matcha (mint), Lulu (lavender), Latte (cream) and Kumo (sky). Mix in different ear and eye styles and no two Nekos look quite alike. SHE REMEMBERS HOW YOU TREAT HER A mood system tracks your whole relationship with her - be sweet and she stays happy; poke too hard, too often, and she'll let you know about it. Mood changes how she sits and what she does with herself, and drop in late at night and you'll find her drowsy. A JOURNAL OF EVERY HABIT YOU CATCH Every little habit and expression you catch her doing gets logged in her journal - 50+ to find, some common, some rare. The ones you haven't seen yet wait there as silhouettes. A COZY ROOM Wallpaper, fairy lights and a window that follows the time of day. Sweet sung "mew" notes, a scatter of spoken voice lines, a real laugh, and bongo sounds that feel great to play. COZY, NOT COMPLICATED There's no hunger bar, nothing decays, and skipping a day costs you nothing at all. Slip her a treat whenever you feel like it, come back tomorrow and she just keeps count. Free to play. Grab the bongos - Neko is waiting.

Screenshots

Avatar Maker4 screens
Neko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Neko at 4.0 against Avatar Maker's 2.3. Neko also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Avatar Maker's advantage is review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and ratings volume (530 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Avatar Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Neko asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Neko holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avatar Maker has 530 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Avatar Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Neko's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Avatar Maker versus Neko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvatar MakerNeko
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (530 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings530 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
Best chart rank#118 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB107 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperNam Tran VanOUADIE ZERHOUNI

Customer experience

Avatar Maker

All ratings449 ratings
Positive23.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative63.7%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative58.8%

Neko

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Avatar Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime - Avatar Maker$9.99
None

Neko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Avatar Maker free?
Avatar Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Neko free?
Neko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Avatar Maker or Neko?
Neko is rated higher. Avatar Maker averages 2.3 out of 5 from 530 ratings, while Neko averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Avatar Maker or Neko have ads?
Both Avatar Maker and Neko show ads.
Which is updated more often, Avatar Maker or Neko?
Avatar Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Neko every 3 weeks. Most recently, Avatar Maker was updated on November 8, 2026 and Neko on November 8, 2026.

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