Puppet vs vChat!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puppet
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This app allows users to stream and record their events. The primary features of this app are. Local Sports Local social events Record streamed events Play recorded event videos This app also allows users to report any appropriate streaming. any reported video will be immediately blocked for everyone.
vChat!
Experience Twitch chat with full emote support and advanced moderation tools on your iPhone. Watch streams, replay past broadcasts with synchronized chat, and even manage your own stream directly from your device.
- Full 7TV, BTTV, FFZ emote support
- Anonymous chat access
- Integrated video player with Picture in Picture
- Synchronized chat with VOD playback
- Advanced moderation tools
- Stream Studio for mobile stream management
- Customizable themes and text sizes
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Twitch chat that keeps up, on your iPhone. 7TV, BTTV and FFZ emotes render inline, animated, in every channel — the same chat your friends see on desktop, not a stripped-down version of it. Open the app and you are in, anonymously, with no account and no sign-in wall. WATCH Live streams, past broadcasts, highlights and clips, in one player. Past broadcasts replay the chat that ran alongside them, in step with the video, with the same emotes and colours as live chat. Picture in Picture and background audio keep a stream going while you do something else. CHAT Third-party emotes, badges, replies, mentions and whispers. Channel history is already there when you join. Pick out mentions, first-time chatters, returning chatters and words you choose with colours you set. Mute words you would rather not read. MODERATE Tap any name to time out, ban, delete a message, or read that person's recent history. Anyone — signed in or not — can block or report. STREAM STUDIO Run your own stream from your phone. Switch OBS scenes, watch bitrate and FPS, start polls and predictions, create a clip, start a raid, and edit your title, category and tags without touching your PC. MADE THE WAY YOU WANT IT Dark, light and OLED themes. Text and emote sizes. Timestamps, badges and each emote provider set globally or per channel. Settings you can search. PRIVACY No advertising SDK. No analytics SDK. No advertising identifier. Nothing sold, ever. Most of what vChat! knows about you never leaves your phone. vChat! Pro is a one-time $2.99 — no subscription. It adds chat search, filters for bots, commands and emote-only spam, and history search on any chatter. vChat! is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Twitch Interactive, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Puppet at none against vChat!'s 1. Puppet also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). vChat!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 19 months). On price, ads and device support 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. vChat! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Puppet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puppet ships an update every 19 months, vChat! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet | vChat! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sabira Tech Llc | Sabastian Hassler |
In-app purchases
Puppet
No in-app purchases
vChat!
- vChat! Pro Lifetime$2.99









