NEXUS vs Picky!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NEXUS
Engage in real-time mech battles with multiple game modes and upgrade your champion. Connect with other players through text, picture, and video posts, live-streaming, and private chat rooms. Earn rewards from victories and support your favorite commanders.
- Real-time mech battles
- Multiple game modes
- Video chat and live-streaming
- Earn rewards from victories
- Social media-style comms
- Commander chat rooms
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May your REIGN endure... NEXUS is a realtime MECH battle game coupled with social features such as video chat and live-streaming + ability to earn rewards from your victories. 5+ game modes and levels - Equip your Pilot, Mech and Orbs and then hunt down your enemies and blast them with your cannons and blasters - while you cast MYSTICS to dominate! Climb the leaderboards and win rewards to upgrade your Champion! Follow and BUY the Sigils of your favorite commanders to get access to their chat rooms, and share in their game rewards. Along with battles you can also: • Post and comment on text/pic/video Comms uploaded by your fellow battlers! • Connect with your allies and text chat. • Host an Terminal Hub, join an Hub, watch a live stream with thousands of others - emoji blast your fav host • Send Zaps gifts to the livestream hosts or to Comms you really like Expect great things on NEXUS: insta or twitter: @0xbattle_nexus email at: support@tesuji.io With EACH FALL brings REBIRTH…
Picky!
Connect with others in a virtual world using your phone's camera and microphone. Explore diverse environments and interact with friends, family, or new acquaintances through your personalized avatar.
- Video and avatar integration
- Real-time voice and video chat
- Explore vast virtual worlds
- Meet new people
- Personalized avatars
- Social exploration
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Video and avatar all in one. Use your phones camera and microphone to meet new people while exploring a vast world in your own avatar. Explore the world as you see and talk with other people. Friends, family or strangers can meet in the virtual world and explore together!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NEXUS at 4.3 against Picky!'s 3.3. NEXUS also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3). Picky!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. NEXUS sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Picky! asks for nothing beyond the download.
NEXUS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NEXUS has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NEXUS ships an update every 3 weeks, Picky! monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NEXUS | Picky! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 678 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tesuji Games Inc | Cyborg Syndicate, LLC |
Customer experience
NEXUS
Picky!
In-app purchases
NEXUS
- 50 Zaps$0.99
- Bowl of Zaps$4.99
- Bag of Zaps$19.99
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- Truckload of ZAPs$49.99
Picky!
No in-app purchases
