Most are smartphone apps, and none is perfect, but they may be worth trying out if you are an emoji fan. Two custom emoji apps, in particular, launched for iPhone users in the summer of 2014, MakeMoji and the Imojiapp.

Both are fun and have social sharing features that make them resemble social networks. Makemoji This mobile app launched for iOS devices in August 2014 from a company called Emoticon Inc. It provides an image-editing tool that lets users create an image from basic shapes or photos, and then manipulate the image by adding or changing elements such as bushy eyebrows, a hat and so forth.

It's a bit tricky to draw your own picture; it works by adding different elements into layers and then combining them. Makemoji also aims to be a social network, offering sharing features similar to image social networks like Instagram. After you create your own emoji and give it a title or name, your custom picture goes into the Makemoji news feed where other users can see it. Those are pre-installed in a special digital emoji keyboard accessible with one click in iMessage. Compare File Name Shell. With your custom emojis created with MakeMoji, you have to fire up that app in order to copy the message over to your iMessage app. Imoji The Imojiapp is another free app for the iPhone that launched in July 2014, and it's similar to Makemoji.