Characterize vs Chart & Graph 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
Chart & Graph Maker
Easily create professional-looking pie, bar, and line charts in seconds. Customize your graphs with titles, colors, and labels. Save and share your visualizations directly from your device.
- Create Pie, Bar, and Line graphs
- Customize titles, colors, and labels
- Save and share graph images
- Manage and edit past charts
- Visualize data with clear charts
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Make a pie chart for survey results, a bar graph to compare values or a line chart to show change over time. GraPho is a simple chart and graph maker that turns your labels and numbers into clear images for school reports, presentations and everyday data sharing. CHOOSE THE RIGHT GRAPH Pie charts: show percentages and proportions at a glance. Turn poll results or category totals into a visual breakdown. Bar charts: compare sales figures, experiment results or counts across categories. Make differences easier to explain in your next report. Line charts: display trends in measurements or monthly data. Help your audience see how values change over time. Horizontal bar charts and histograms are also available with Premium. Use a histogram to visualize a frequency distribution or choose horizontal bars to compare categories. SAVE GRAPH IMAGES FOR YOUR REPORTS Export high-resolution images to illustrate homework, share survey findings or add charts to presentation slides. Turn a table of figures into a picture your audience can understand. KEEP YOUR DATA USEFUL Adjust data colors, revisit saved graphs, edit earlier entries and back up or restore your work. Graph creation works offline, so you can prepare visuals without an internet connection. START WITH THREE STEPS 1. Select a graph type. 2. Enter labels and numerical values. 3. Save the finished chart as an image. Use the built-in guide when you need help getting started. PREMIUM OPTIONS Core features are free. Premium adds ad removal, unlimited pie-chart data points, seven theme colors, horizontal bar charts, histograms, and image backgrounds that are transparent or use a custom color. Monthly and yearly subscriptions are available. The separate one-time purchase removes ads only; it does not unlock all Premium features. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID when you confirm a purchase. Renewal is automatic unless disabled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. From survey percentages to changes in your latest measurements, make your data easier to explain with GraPho.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Characterize at none against Chart & Graph Maker's shown. Characterize also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 37%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Chart & Graph Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Characterize sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Chart & Graph Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Characterize holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 344 and 165 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Characterize's written reviews are positive against 37% of Chart & Graph Maker's.
Characterize ships an update every 3 weeks, Chart & Graph Maker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Characterize | Chart & Graph Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (344 ratings) — better | 4.0 (165 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews — better | 37.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 344 — better | 165 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 295 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Winn | AppSeed, Incorporated. |
Customer experience
Characterize
Chart & Graph Maker
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
Chart & Graph Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Chart & Graph Maker
- GraPho Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- GraPho Premium (Yearly)$22.991 Year
- GraPho Hide Ads version$9.99
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