Comparison

BBForever vs Closer

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

Head to head
About

BBForever

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BBForever is a cozy goal companion that lets a favorite toy share the journey with you. Photograph a favorite doll or stuffed toy and use AI to turn it into a pixel doll of your own. You can also start with the built-in bear. Give each doll its own goal, check in with text or photos each day, and watch small efforts grow into a collection of memories. Move Forward Together Create a goal for yourself or invite friends to a shared goal with up to four people. Share updates, see one another's photo check-ins, and keep each other going with hearts, comments, and notifications. Care and Collect Spend time with your doll in the yard. Keep its hearts full, care for a little pet, use items, and unlock new expressions. When a goal ends, look back on the photos and memories you collected along the way. Your selected doll can also appear in a Home Screen widget, in a Live Activity, and on Dynamic Island. Call Your Own Pixel Doll Doll 1 is always the built-in bear. For Dolls 2–4, you can use a consumable Doll Call Ticket purchased through Apple's in-app purchase system to generate a custom doll. One ticket includes your first successful doll candidate and one free reroll during the same call. Technical failures do not consume a ticket. Limited Launch Offer After the official launch, eligible new accounts may receive one complimentary Doll Call Ticket. A total of 125 tickets will be allocated in the order the system successfully issues them, while supplies last. This ticket is for Doll 2 only and includes the first successfully generated candidate plus one free reroll during the same call. Eligibility and availability are determined by the system and actual successful issuance; downloading or registering alone does not guarantee a ticket or priority by registration time. Key Features ・Turn a photo of your own toy into a custom pixel doll ・Solo goals and shared goals for up to four people ・Text and photo check-ins ・Friends' goal galleries, hearts, and comments ・A yard, hearts, little pets, items, and expressions ・Goal recaps and a collection of memories ・Home Screen widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island ・Sign in with Apple or email, plus cloud sync for your account Safety and Control Report public content or block other players. AI images go through safety checks. The privacy policy, terms of service, issue reporting, and account deletion are all available in the app. BBForever contains ads and optional in-app purchases. Some social, notification, widget, and Live Activity features require an internet connection or system permissions.

About

Closer

Strengthen your relationship by answering questions together, sharing notes, photos, and doodles. Stay connected with interactive widgets and track your shared memories and milestones.

Highlights
  • Answer questions together
  • Share notes and photos
  • Collaborative drawing
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Track shared memories
  • Countdown to special days
  • Daily relationship prompts
Features
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Closer is for two people who want to keep getting closer. Answer questions together, each on your own phone, and see both answers side by side once you have both finished. Then stay close through the rest of the day: a note, a photo, a doodle you both draw on, and widgets that keep your partner on your home screen. Decks of questions Pick a deck, from light everyday ones to the questions you have never got round to asking. You each answer on your own phone, and nothing reaches your partner until you have both finished. Then it all opens at once: your answer beside theirs, and room to say something under each one. Some questions ask you to guess what they said, some ask you to draw. Or do a deck live, one card at a time, together. The little things Leave a note at the top of their Home, or a few photos from your day. Both last 24 hours. Set your mood so they know how you are doing. Draw on one shared doodle. Put photos up in a frame that changes on its own. Drop a slip in the jar when you notice something small about them, and shake your phone to read one of theirs. Play together Draw & guess: one of you draws a word, the other works it out. Then you swap. Keep what matters Memories hold photos, a few words, the place on a map and comments from both of you. Coming up counts down to the days you are waiting for. Your streak counts the days you both show up. On your home screen Widgets for your doodle, your frame, their mood and note, your streak, your days together, today's deck and what is coming up. They change when your partner does something. Privacy: https://trycloserapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BBForever4 screens
Closer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Closer at none against BBForever's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. BBForever sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Closer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BBForever versus Closer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBBForeverCloser
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB104 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLu hengchiaIndieNeuron LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BBForever

One-time1
  • Doll Call Ticket (1)$1.99
2 purchases

Closer

Subscriptions2
  • Closer Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Closer Plus Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is BBForever free?
BBForever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Closer free?
Closer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BBForever or Closer have ads?
BBForever shows ads; Closer does not.
Which is updated more often, BBForever or Closer?
BBForever ships an update every 2 days, and Closer every 2 days. Most recently, BBForever was updated on October 21, 2026 and Closer on October 23, 2026.

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