# Kocho — Play & Make Visual Novels > Offline visual novel maker and player for creating and sharing interactive stories. (iPhone/iPad app by Scandiacus LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kocho/id1523390825 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Scandiacus LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1523391007) - Category: Entertainment - Price: Free - Rating: 4.18/5 from 132 App Store ratings · 51 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 10.0 · 140 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2020-07-17 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: ad-supported - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kocho/id1523390825/reviews.md ## What is Kocho? Kocho is a free offline visual novel maker & player which allows you to play, create and share your own visual novel games in an easy way. With Kocho, you can be the player or the creator of simple linear stories or more complex ones with multiple choices and routes, making a reality the stories you have dreamed. As a player you will have access to community developed stories made by visual novels and anime fans. As a creator, you have at your disposal a powerful and easy to use visual novel engine that you can use on the go. Kocho will take care of the coding so you can focus on the story, you can customize every aspect of your novel. You can: • Add texts • Add characters • Add scenery (Background Images) • Add music • Add choices • Change GUI ## Key features - Create visual novels - Play community stories - Add text and characters - Include background images - Add music and choices - Customize GUI - Offline functionality ## Recent user reviews (10 of 51) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kocho/id1523390825/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Great story-telling app *2024-03-28* I’ve been looking for an app like this for some time. I found this one today and gave it a try. So far I love it. It’s easy to use and offers pretty good functions. I would like to see several things. 1-the ability to offer more than four choices. 2-the ability to make the Go To function go to a random page, either in a given range, a given chapter, or selected set of pages. 3-the ability to assign a random number to a variable. Edit regarding update 1.6.1 - font stroke color cannot be changed back to “none” once you pick a color. Picking “none” simply retains the past color picked. Please add the random number capability. I need to be able to generate random events (what’s in a particular room, or what treasure is in a box.) Edit: Been 3 months since an update. Still desperately hoping for random functions (random numbers to variables and random “go to” locations. Any time soon? Edit: Any plans to update the app soon? **Developer response:** Thank you very much for the review and the suggestions, we are going to include them in our development tasks and see if we can make them work in future updates. We hope to play your stories soon! ### 4/5 — Really cool but needs some improvements *2024-03-17* This so an amazing app to make visual novels but I wish that we had more control when editing the home page like we can change color fonts and size of the homepage text but overall this is a really good app ### 4/5 — Really fun! Just one problem, not sure if it’s an issue in my end *2024-01-06* This is a really fun app and it’s worked great for me so far! It’s absolutely perfect, there’s just one thing I’m having trouble with. The share function won’t work for me, I’ve tried sending the visual novel I’m making to my friend because it’s a sort of collaboration with her oc’s, but it always fails to send. I’ve tried what I could by sending it through files and stuff but it hasn’t worked. I’m not sure if it’s a problem on my end or the device I use, for example I use an iOS, so maybe some sharing formats just aren’t compatible? Regardless thanks so much for this app! I’m having a lot of fun with it! ### 3/5 — Deleted *2023-09-18* Hi, Kocho. I’ve recently re-downloaded this app and I’ve came to realize that everything from my workshop is deleted. It’s all gone, almost as if it’s my first time downloading this app and I can’t recover anything seeing as this is on another device. I really enjoy this app and I had fun stories in mind, so plz help. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Great app, unusable due to constant crashing *2023-08-09* I came to this app hoping to bring my ideas to life, so I got two of my main characters together for my prologue scene. This app has been great, until the preview, that is. I JUST wanted to make sure everything would play properly, and literally what happens every time is the app will just crash before it can even show the second main character. Please fix this app, it's really great but I can't give you more than 2 stars if I can't even use it. ### 4/5 — Awesome! *2022-12-30, version 1.9.2* I’ve had no issues so far! There’s a bit of a learning curve, but I’ve enjoyed making my story! ### 4/5 — Super good! *2022-12-30, version 1.9.2* This app is amazing and extremely simple and I love it, however there is only one thing I want to suggest that be added: that you could duplicate things like characters because I get tired of resizing every character when they are just changing expression. Also, I really want it to be possible that you can repeat the character editing (size and the like) so all my characters can be the same size and all I have to do is move them to the side. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you very much for the review, with the version 1.6.1 our latest, you can copy and paste any kind of action and get the results you want, all your characters will be the same size when pasted, the new functions make development faster and easier. To copy an action just tap the action icon on the left and paste it using the new paste button on the top corner of the screen. ### 4/5 — Oh *2022-12-17, version 1.9.2* This is a great app, BUT, I can’t upload the background music anymore. It’s in an mp3 file like the other ones . I’ve tried reopening it and it didn’t work. I’m kinda upset cause I need to upload more songs for my novel. ### 5/5 — So useful… *2022-10-20, version 1.9.2* I can not only use this for VN making, but also joke games… it’s so fun and useful. At first I was worried about the choices being limited to four but found a method where I can have infinite routes. If I have 8 endings I can put 4 choices, each choice leading to 2 endings, and having other choices to get those endings singled out… I have lots of fun using this app and only wish there was something like this for computers. 👍👍👍 ### 4/5 — It’s ok! *2022-08-27, version 1.9.2* The thing is I love this app but I’m not aloud to watch normal YouTube on my iPad because my mom always catches me and I need to watch the tutorial for kocho ## Frequently asked questions about Kocho ### What is Kocho? Kocho is a free, offline application that allows you to play, create, and share your own visual novel games. It provides tools to build stories with texts, characters, backgrounds, music, and choices, while also offering a platform to play games made by the community. ### Can I create complex visual novels with Kocho? Yes, Kocho supports the creation of both simple linear stories and more complex narratives with multiple choices and branching routes. The engine handles the coding, enabling you to focus on story development and customization. ### Is Kocho free to use? Kocho is a free application. However, it does display advertisements. There are no in-app purchases mentioned in the provided data. ### What platforms is Kocho available on? The provided description does not specify the exact platforms Kocho is available on. However, it is described as a mobile application, suggesting it is likely available for iOS and Android devices. ### What kind of stories can I create or play? You can create and play visual novel games, ranging from simple linear narratives to complex stories with multiple choices and different routes. The content is often developed by visual novel and anime fans, covering a wide range of themes and genres. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.9.2 — 2021-07-13 Fix for m4a audio files ### 1.9.1 — 2021-07-07 Characters vertical position fix ### 1.9.0 — 2021-07-02 Workshop updates - New action: Request input. - New character transitions. - Small bug fixes. ### 1.8.1 — 2021-06-10 - New workshop setting: Importing images from Files or Photos - UI improvements - Bug fixes ### 1.8.0 — 2021-05-16 - Home screen - Bug fixes and performance improvements ## Apps similar to Kocho | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [waidayo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waidayo/id1513166077) | 3.0 (146) | Free | Entertainment | | [Oho Gujarati](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oho-gujarati/id1563792900) | 3.1 (25) | $34.99 | Entertainment | | [SBB View](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sbb-view/id1564126980) | 2.6 (14) | Free | Entertainment | | [Poseit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/poseit/id1567797324) | 4.3 (281) | Free | Entertainment | | [Pixelable - Pixel Art Editor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixelable-pixel-art-editor/id1185772796) | 4.7 (3,231) | Free | Entertainment | | [Audiolabs Audio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/audiolabs-audio/id1563521120) | 1.3 (3) | Free | Entertainment | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*