Characterize vs Avatar Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Characterize
Generate unique characters with names, traits, and stats instantly. Explore diverse categories and save your favorites for any creative project. Unlock additional themed packs for even more variety.
- Unlimited name generation
- Rich character details (age, traits, etc.)
- Themed character packs
- Save and share creations
- Diverse character categories
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Characterize: Your Unlimited Character Creation Companion Characterize is the ideal tool for writers, role-players, storytellers, and anyone who needs fresh, original characters at a moment’s notice. With a tap, Characterize draws from a massive, ever-expanding database of names, traits, and stats to bring you a nearly infinite variety of unique personalities—enough for even the most epic of projects. Whether you’re crafting a daring pirate, a cunning assassin, a modern hero, or something more fantastical, Characterize helps you find the perfect fit every time. Save your favorites, tweak their details, and return for more whenever inspiration strikes! Key Features: Boundless Name Generation: - Instantly generate characters from countless categories, including humans, orcs, pirates, assassins, and more. The possibilities stretch into the quadrillions—no two characters need ever be the same! Rich Character Details: - Don’t stop at names. Dive into ages, birthdays, hair and eye color, height, intelligence, personality, and relationships—all created with a single tap. Your characters will spring to life with depth and flair! Unlock Even More Worlds: - Beyond the vast default selection, themed packs give you even more variety. From superheroes to aliens, historical figures to anime icons, you’ll find the perfect flavor for any setting. Save & Share with Ease: - Keep track of your favorite creations and share them with friends. Revisit your saved characters whenever you like—no scrolling through endless notes or documents. Whether you’re naming a long-awaited protagonist, populating a tabletop campaign, or challenging yourself to write a story without knowing your cast in advance, Characterize puts limitless inspiration at your fingertips. Stop juggling multiple tools—download Characterize today and generate your next hero with a single tap! http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
Avatar Maker
Create custom images of boys and men with a wide range of customization options. Design characters from various styles, add accessories, and save or share your creations. Perfect for storytelling and comic strip creation.
- Customizable male character creation
- Adjustable eyes, mouth, and hair
- Variety of clothing options
- Numerous accessories
- Save and share creations
- Create comic strips
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This character-creator is designed to allow you to create images of boys and men. Want to make a handsome metro guy or a jacked beefcake? We’ve got bad boys and perfect pretty-boy boyfriends. You can find them all right here. Adjust your character's eyes, mouth, hair, cheeks, clothing, and much more. * Flexible character adjustment * Lots of accessories for creating your image * Save your image to a gallery or share it with your social network friends Come up with your own stories about your original characters and make comic strips out of them! And make sure you send us your reviews. We’d love to add new items at your request. Have fun, and be creative!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Avatar Maker at none against Characterize's 16. Avatar Maker also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Characterize sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Avatar Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Characterize against 4.4 for Avatar Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 344 and 218 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Characterize's written reviews are positive against 72% of Avatar Maker's.
| Parameter | Characterize | Avatar Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (344 ratings) | 4.4 (218 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 344 — better | 218 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 295 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Winn | EDUARD ZABOROVSKIY |
Customer experience
Characterize
Avatar Maker
User reviews
Characterize
From 344 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for character creation
- 🚀 Great for writers and RPG players
- 💡 Lots of creative and random traits
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive, many features require purchase
- 🐛 Bugs with saving and restoring purchases
- 🔍 Limited free options
Avatar Maker
From 218 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works wonderfully, no BS
- 👍 Best avatar making game
- 👍 Allows for creativity
- 👍 Useful for profile pictures/logos
- 👍 Good graphics
Room to improve
- 👎 Primitive and unattractive
- 👎 Limited element selection
- 👎 Hair doesn't fit properly
- 👎 App lags sometimes
- 👎 Items are a bit transparent
Bugs and requests
Characterize
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup
- Issues with custom generators and editing characters
- Purchased content not unlocking properly
Requested features
3 requests- More free generators
- Ability to edit and customize generated characters
- Sorting and organization options for saved characters
Avatar Maker
Reported bugs
16 issues- Hair doesn't fit properly
- App lags sometimes
- Items are a bit transparent
- Ads are in the way
- Hair colors too light
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- Skin and clothes colors inaccurate
- Items are a little transparent
- App crashes frequently
- Colors aren't super vivid
- Teeth have a purple tint
- Characters seem too transparent
- Colors on the slider don't match
- App kicks user off sometimes
- App crashes
- Characters are transparent
- App keeps crashing every 2 minutes
Requested features
75 requests- More hair options for female characters
- Jawline selection options
- Add poses (hands)
- Add female characters
- Ability to add own shirts/hairstyles
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- Add tan skin color
- More hairstyles (e.g., Jimmy Neutron style)
- More mouth, eye, and eye color options
- Animal add-ons
- More body styles and clothes
- More backgrounds and background color options
- Add full body character creation
- Add patterns to white shirts
- Add streaks of other hair colors
- Create own hair designs
- Add acne, scars, piercings
- More accurate skin colors
- More control over color choices (skin, hair, clothing)
- Specific secondary and primary color choices for outfits
- More clothing options
- More hats, mouths, eyes
- Add demon slayer uniform with customizable cloak
- Add accessories or weapons
- More slots for avatars
- More curly hair styles
- Edit whole body
- More options in every category not from shows
- Skin tone box
- Add full character creation (legs, shoes)
- Add stubble item for mature male avatars
- Add wings
- Add scars and tattoos
- Ability to change color for different parts of clothes
- Name each avatar
- Add more variety in clothing, hair, eyes, mouths
- Add masks
- Make characters more solid, less transparent
- Add secondary and tertiary colors for clothing
- Add two different eye colors
- Add realistic skin colors
- Add more hairstyles that fit the head properly
- Change eye placement or add more face shapes
- Add white backdrop behind character outline
- Fix color slider inaccuracies
- Add more variety in clothing styles
- Add more unique yet normal clothing items
- Add more male avatar options
- Add more variety in clothing, hair, eyes, mouths
- Add more slots for avatars
- Add demon slayer uniform with customizable cloak
- Add accessories or weapons
- More slots for avatars
- More curly hair styles
- Edit whole body
- More options in every category not from shows
- Skin tone box
- Add full character creation (legs, shoes)
- Add stubble item for mature male avatars
- Add wings
- Add scars and tattoos
- Ability to change color for different parts of clothes
- Name each avatar
- Add more variety in clothing, hair, eyes, mouths
- Add masks
- Make characters more solid, less transparent
- Add secondary and tertiary colors for clothing
- Add two different eye colors
- Add realistic skin colors
- Add more hairstyles that fit the head properly
- Change eye placement or add more face shapes
- Add white backdrop behind character outline
- Fix color slider inaccuracies
- Add more variety in clothing styles
- Add more unique yet normal clothing items
- Add more male avatar options
In-app purchases
Characterize
- Heroes & Villains Generator$0.99
- Wizards & Witches Generator$0.99
- Gods & Goddesses Generator$0.99
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- Anime & Manga Generator$0.99
- Demons Generator$0.99
- Anthros Generator$0.99
- Aliens Generator$0.99
- Kings, Queens, & Nobles Generator$0.99
- Apocalypse Survivors Generator$0.99
- Assassins Generator$0.99
- Angels Generator$0.99
- Demigods Generator$0.99
- Dragons Generator$0.99
- Fantasy Races Bundle$4.99
- Mythology Bundle$5.99
- All Generators$19.99
Avatar Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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