Comparison

SelfTalking vs Okibumi

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SelfTalking

Organize your thoughts and scripts in a chat-like interface. This app helps you sort ideas, plan scenarios with distinct character dialogues using emojis and colors, and even rehearse conversations. Customize your experience with themes, custom icons, and wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Chat-style note-taking
  • Scenario and dialogue organization
  • Customizable character dialogues
  • Conversation rehearsal
  • Passcode lock
  • Custom icons and wallpapers
  • Export as text
Features
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This is a Memo App that lets you enjoy Self-Talking in chat style. You can use it to organize ideas, scenario/dialog notes and chat rehearsal. Self-Talking in a fun and visual way When your head is full of worries or ideas, you can sort them all nicely by doing a Self-Talking. For scenario/dialog notes Each character's dialogs become obvious thanks to emoji and balloon colors. In addition, you can create 'Custom Icons' from your pictures! For chatting with someone special Rehearse how the conversation develops before chatting with someone special. Other Features - Passcode Lock - Custom wallpaper - Custom Icons - Themes - Export as Text

About

Okibumi

Features
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Touch the screen and speak — your words gently appear as paper. Okibumi is a new kind of memo app: instead of typing, you speak, and your voice becomes text you can place, resize, and color. - Touch anywhere to speak; your words appear right where you touched - Freely change each word's color, font, size, and angle - Choose from five paper textures — Yoi, Fumi, Chou, Ai, Koke — each suited to a different mood. Ai and Koke are paper-art illustrations of the sea and mountains - As words pile up, the align button switches between list and grid view in one tap - Everything you save becomes a page you can return to anytime, and can be organized into folders - Additional paper textures are available as one-time purchases — buy them individually, or get them all together at a discount (no subscription) Not writing it down — quietly placing it down. A new way to use paper, with your fingertip and your voice.

Screenshots

SelfTalking1 screens
Okibumi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Okibumi at none against SelfTalking's shown. Okibumi also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SelfTalking sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Okibumi sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SelfTalking ships an update every 5 weeks, Okibumi daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SelfTalking versus Okibumi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelfTalkingOkibumi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB74 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShigenori KumagaiEnfani Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SelfTalking

One-time1
  • Upgrade$3.99
3 purchases

Okibumi

One-time3
  • Ai — Ocean Paper Art$1.99
  • Koke — Mountain Paper Art$1.99
  • Tsuki — Night Sky$1.99

Questions

Is SelfTalking free?
SelfTalking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Okibumi free?
Okibumi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SelfTalking or Okibumi have ads?
SelfTalking shows ads; Okibumi does not.
Which is updated more often, SelfTalking or Okibumi?
SelfTalking ships an update every 5 weeks, and Okibumi daily. Most recently, SelfTalking was updated on November 1, 2026 and Okibumi on October 31, 2026.

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