Kyodo vs Piko Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kyodo
Discover and join communities based on your interests, from fandoms and gaming to art and technology. Connect with like-minded individuals, engage in conversations, and forge new friendships.
- Explore interest-based communities
- Join conversations
- Meet new friends
- Discover fandoms, games, art, tech, anime, culture
- Connect with like-minded people
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Kyodo is a community platform where people gather around shared interests. Explore thousands of circles covering everything from fandoms and games to art, tech, anime, and culture. Find new communities, join conversations, and meet friends who love the same things you do. Apple EULA: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreconnectapi/app_store/app_metadata/end_user_license_agreements_eula
Piko Chat
Experience a nostalgic chat platform reminiscent of the early internet. Send pixel art notes, private letters, and engage in cozy themed rooms. Customize your profile and express yourself through drawings and reactions without the pressure of endless feeds.
- Send pixel art notes and private letters
- Engage in themed 'pod' chat rooms
- React to messages and keep conversations alive
- Customize profile, status bar, and theme
- Add optional public pins to a world map
- No endless feed or influencer focus
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the internet, but fun again! Piko Chat is a nostalgic social app inspired by the 2000s internet. Customize your profile, send letters, draw pixel art, and meet new people. Join Pods to talk about art, life, internet nostalgia, or whatever you’re into. In Piko Chat you can: - Customize your profile - Send and receive letters - Draw pixel art messages - Join Pods and communities - Reply and react to posts - Meet people from around the world Make your profile yours with themes, pixel avatars, status bars, photos, and more. No algorithmic feed. No AI content. No influencers. Just people making things, talking, and hanging out. If you miss Frutiger Aero, old forums, custom profiles, pixel art, and the old internet, you’ll probably feel at home here. Piko Chat. chat like it’s 2006. Subscription Some features in Piko Chat may require a paid subscription. Pricing, renewal terms, free trial information, and cancellation options are shown in the app before purchase. Privacy Policy https://pikochat.net/privacy Terms of Service https://pikochat.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Piko Chat at 4.8 against Kyodo's 4.2. Piko Chat also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 46%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Kyodo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Piko Chat sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Piko Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piko Chat has 3.1K ratings behind it against 199, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Kyodo's written reviews are positive against 87% of Piko Chat's.
Kyodo ships an update fortnightly, Piko Chat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kyodo | Piko Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (199 ratings) | 4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 199 | 3.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cybersoup | Ebonnee Almeida |
Customer experience
Kyodo
Piko Chat
In-app purchases
Kyodo
- Kyodo Plus$4.991 Month
- Kyodo Plus Yearly$69.991 Year
Piko Chat
- Piko Plus Weekly$6.997 Days
- Piko Plus Weekly$7.997 Days
- Piko Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Piko Plus Yearly Offer$19.991 Year
- Piko Plus Yearly$29.991 Year
- Piko Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 100 Piko Coins$1.99
- 300 Piko Coins$4.99
- 600 Piko Coins$8.99
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- Piko Coins$19.99
