Emojis are quite possibly the single best way of conveying emotions in messages, which is probably why they’re all the rage these days. No matter how many emojis keep being added by Unicode, there’ll always be a dearth of emojis. I mean, just recently 230 new emojis have been proposed including an auto-rickshaw, temple, and more, and I’m sure they’ll still not be enough for all the people who use emojis very frequently. Plus, even if there are enough emojis, they’ll never have the personal touch of an emoji that you made yourself. So, if you’ve always wanted to make your own emoji, here are 5 emoji maker apps to create your own emojis:
Create Your Own Emoji Using Bitmoji
The process of creating Bitmoji is pretty easy and straightforward. While Bitmoji earlier needed you to create an avatar from scratch, you can now simply click a picture and the app will present you with a myriad of stickers.
You can tweak your avatar if you think it’s not what you imagined it to be, directly by selecting things like its hairstyle, eyebrow shape, its color, and other details.
Bitmoji will then ask you to select the body type for your avatar, followed by a choice among a variety of outfits. You can tap the ‘tick’ at the top right once you’ve finalized your avatar.
Bitmoji then continues to create a number of different emojis for you, based on the avatar you’ve created. These can be shared on social media or the messaging apps on your smartphone. Simply open the Bitmoji app, select the sticker and share away.
Install: (Free, Android & iOS)
Make Your Own Emoji Using ZMoji
Once you’ve created ZMoji stickers for yourself, the app will ask you to enable the ZMoji keyboard to be able to quickly send stylised emojis or animated stickers (marked with a GIF tag) to anyone. Well, I’m not truly a big fan of third-party keyboards but you cannot live without the ZMoji keyboard if you’re into animated emojis. It has a wide selection of stickers and you probably won’t run out of options anytime soon.
The biggest drawback of ZMoji will, however, have to be the myriad of ads served by this app, how sluggish it is at times, and the hefty subscription fees.
Install: (7-day free trial with Pro subscription starting at $9.99/week, Android & iOS)
Other Apps to Make Your Own Emoji
Emojily
Stickers may be a widespread trend right now, but emojis are perennial. And if you have been looking for a way to expand beyond the usual set of emojis available on your phone, well, Emojily may be the perfect app for you. It offers a lot of control over each aspect of the emoji creation process.When you launch the app, you have to option to create a new or random emoji. I love the creations spewed out by the latter but we need to select the former option.
Upon selecting the ‘New’ option, you’ll see the base template for your emoji, to which you can add elements such as eyes, brows, hands, or more to create something like this:
Once you’ve finalized the emoji design, you can tap the save button on the left to download your creation to the photo library. You can also tap the share button on the right to directly send it to someone.
Note: Emojily only gives you access limited elements in the free version and you need to purchase the locked ones for more control over the design. It will make the process even more fun.
As you can see, Emojily is one of the best emoji maker apps on this list but it is available only on Android devices. However, you don’t need to worry as Moji Maker (Free, in-app purchases start at $0.99) works exactly the same way on iOS devices. It is simple to use and making your own emojis is absolutely a fun task.
Install: (Free with in-app purchase starting at $0.99, Android)
Gboard Minis
Once you’ve created your Minis, they will become available in the ‘stickers’ section of the keyboard and you can send them over to friends like you would do with any other sticker pack – in any messenger app you use. There are about 100 sticker styles that come in 2 different packs, including Sweet Minis and Bold Minis.
Install: (Free, Android & iOS)
Bobble Keyboard
Bobble Keyboard, as the name suggests, makes it simpler for you to share stickers using their dedicated keyboard. But if you don’t want to use the keyboard everytime you want to send a sticker, you can add these to WhatsApp’s sticker section as well.
Install: (Free with ads, Android & iOS)
Make Your Own Custom Emojis with Emoji Maker Apps
So, have you ever wanted to make your own emoji? If you have, which app did you use? Also, if you know of other good emoji maker apps that you think deserves a spot on this list, do let us know about it in the comments section below.
