Shimeji

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4.7
397K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Say goodbye to boredom with your favorite characters right on your screen!

✨ Create & Customize with the New Editor!
🎨 Unleash Your Creativity! Our new editor lets you create characters from scratch or edit existing ones. You can:

Create a new character by drawing along animation guidelines to bring your own characters to life.
Modify existing characters by erasing parts you don't want and drawing on top to make them truly yours. Undo any mistakes.
Choose any color by using the color picker or use a preset one.
Zoom in for small details by pinching the screen with two fingers.
Import and Export your creations to gallery for those who are advanced artists. Use any drawing app to edit your creations!

📱 Always On-Screen!
Your characters stay on your screen all the time, no matter what app you’re using. They’re always there to keep you company!

📥 Download Hundreds of Characters!
Whether you're into anime, games, or K-pop, you’ll find your favorite characters here. Choose from hundreds of characters and watch them interact on your screen!

🎉 Over 100 Super Shimeji Mascots!
🚀 Bigger & Better! Super Shimeji mascots are 16x higher resolution than regular Shimeji, making your screen look amazing! You can edit any Super Shimeji to modify them to your linking.

🔧 Customize Your Shimeji Experience!

Adjust animation size and speed to make your characters just right for your screen.
Choose up to 6 characters to appear at the same time and switch them randomly for endless fun.
Pick up and throw your characters around the screen. Play with them however you like!

👻 Ghost Mode for when gaming
Want to keep your characters but need critical touch precision? No problem! Use the Ghost Mode button in your notification to make them transparent and touch-less while gaming or using other apps.

🚫 Zero Ads, Just Fun!
Enjoy your screen buddies without any interruptions. We’ve made the decision to keep the app completely ad-free so you can have a fun experience without any distractions.
Updated on
Oct 21, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.7
365K reviews
Abigail Truelove
October 23, 2024
I've decided to change my review, however the app is still two stars. I've gotten most of the drawing done but since you give me a VERY limited colour range it's incredibly hard for me to colour in the drawing because my character looks super whitewashed! I have some functions I would like added: let us change the background color because I'm struggling to see my drawing, let the colour picker be free or at least give us a bigger color range, make a bucket tool and add layers.
17 people found this review helpful
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Hyde TombstoneTeddy
November 12, 2024
Great app, I love having my little characters on my screen, though my issue is that the Creep and the trip animations for custom shimeji are bugged. For example, you add two slots to the creep emote and then one of those image slots goes into the trip animation. It's really strange. I would rate higher if this wasn't an issue.
55 people found this review helpful
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Asma Sadia
November 25, 2024
The experience is very enjoyable... I'm so enjoying a little gojo running around my phone screen...😆But the character's are really limited...like... I wanted to create some new too...but you have to draw the character yourself for that...which I suck at... it's thought there would be features... I'll have to create a new character using those...or maybe I need to submit a pic..and they'll create a character based on it with AI or something...but alas...🥺🥺🥺 that's only the reason for 4star...
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What’s new

- New editor feature: Onion Skin (Display previous frame)
- Added tutorial for giving needed permission.
- Simplified app functionality.
- Fixed animation position for Android 15 users.
- Bug fixes.