Maple Theme Box vs PicoChat for iMessage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maple Theme Box
Personalize your phone with adorable characters and themes from a popular online game. Set custom alarms, use themed widgets, and connect with other fans. Express yourself with unique character creations and explore various design options.
- Customizable character widgets
- Daily fortune teller
- Themed alarms with missions
- Sleep Mode and Home Screen Widgets
- Variety of themes for devices and apps
- Social features for connecting with friends
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MapleStory is with you anytime, anywhere! Start your day alongside your character and decorate your phone with adorable MapleStory friends! ▶ Fortune of the Day Check your fortune with your character once a day and start your day off right! ▶ Alarm Set your alarm to MapleStory soundtrack - a range of fun alarm missions to get up on time! ▶ Sleep Mode & Home Screen Widgets Discover dates, clock, battery percentage display and other essential widgets in MapleStory designs. Set up Sleep Mode to use even while charging! ▶ Creating a Themed Character & Character Widget Create your own themed character with MapleStory avatars. Turn your and your friends' themed characters into widgets! Make new friends as you dive into themes and random widgets! ▶ Various Themes Check out a wide variety of themes in MapleStory Themed Box. From mobile, smartwatch, and PC wallpapers to KakaoTalk and Goodnotes themes! Fill your life with adorable MapleStory characters! ▶ Along with Friends Build new connections with Maple Theme Box. Customize your profile to express your personality! Visit other users' Rooms! Leave maple leaves and footprints! Make friends! ■ App Permission Information In order to provide services below, we are requesting certain permissions. [Optional Permission] Camera: To save and import decorated images, as well as to take screenshots and videos for attaching and submitting to Customer Support and other services. Photos: To save or load a decorative image Advertising ID: Your data is used to provide personalized advertising and analyze service usage. ※ You can still use the service without agreeing to the optional permissions. [Permission Management] ▶Go to Settings > Privacy, select a permission and toggle the button next to the app's name.
PicoChat for iMessage
Relive the nostalgia of early 2000s handheld messaging with this retro drawing app for iMessage. Create tiny pixel art, use unique emoji, and share your creations with friends, even if they don't have the app installed. Features include undo, saving favorites, and customization options.
- Create tiny drawings in iMessage
- Dozens of pixel emoji
- Undo mistakes
- Save favorite drawings
- Customize name and color
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Remember sitting on the bus and messaging your friends via your favorite two-screened handheld? Relive those memories with PicoChat, a tiny retro drawing app for iMessage! Featuring all the nostalgic features you remember and a few extras including the ability to undo, save favorites, and more! This open-source iMessage app is perfect for sending drawings to your friends who can see you art even if they don't have the app installed. With PicoChat, you can: • Create tiny drawings right in iMessage • Use dozens of pixel emoji • Undo mistakes with the click of a button • Save favorites to come back to later • Customize your name and color scheme And much more, download PicoChat today and try it out for yourself! Note: The terms Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and PictoChat are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd. This app is in no way affiliated with Nintendo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PicoChat for iMessage at daily against Maple Theme Box's every 3 weeks. PicoChat for iMessage also leads on ratings volume (89 vs 5) and review sentiment (79% vs 65%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Maple Theme Box against 4.6 for PicoChat for iMessage. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicoChat for iMessage has 89 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Maple Theme Box's written reviews are positive against 79% of PicoChat for iMessage's.
Maple Theme Box ships an update every 3 weeks, PicoChat for iMessage daily. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Maple Theme Box | PicoChat for iMessage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 4.6 (89 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 89 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 589 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEXON Company | Idrees Hassan |
Customer experience
Maple Theme Box
PicoChat for iMessage
Bugs and requests
Maple Theme Box
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PicoChat for iMessage
Reported bugs
4 issues- Settings don't save
- Cursor turns into scribbles when writing too fast
- Rainbow pen lags the app and force closes messages
- Doesn't accommodate all screen sizes
Requested features
4 requests- Bigger keyboard size
- Dark Mode support
- Scaling fix for iPad
- Ability to transform photos into drawings
In-app purchases
Maple Theme Box
No in-app purchases
PicoChat for iMessage
No in-app purchases
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