Kyodo vs dumb MESSAGE
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
dumb MESSAGE
Collaborate on a shared pixel canvas with friends in real-time. Draw, stamp images, or use dictation to add text to the evolving artwork. Experience a minimalist social interaction without feeds or typing indicators.
- Shared pixel canvas
- Real-time drawing
- Stamp images as pixels
- Dictation to pixel text
- Day and Night modes
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The future was supposed to be simpler. dumb MESSAGE is one shared pixel canvas. You draw. Your friends draw. Everyone sees the same thing at the same time. No feed to refresh. No followers to impress. No typing bubble making you anxious. No color because frankly, you’ll cope. There is no feed. There is no typing indicator. There isn't even color. HOW IT WORKS • Start a canvas and get an ID you can say out loud, like MINTFOX42 • Send the link. Friends open it and their ink shows up next to yours • One finger draws, two fingers pan • Point the camera at anything and stamp it as dithered 1-bit pixels • Or talk — dictation turns your words into pixel type on the canvas • DAY mode is reflective gray. NIGHT mode glows green
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: dumb MESSAGE at 5.0 against Kyodo's 4.2. dumb MESSAGE also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Kyodo's advantage is ratings volume (197 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Kyodo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. dumb MESSAGE asks for nothing beyond the download.
dumb MESSAGE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kyodo has 197 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kyodo ships an update fortnightly, dumb MESSAGE every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kyodo | dumb MESSAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (197 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cybersoup | Matt Jakob |
In-app purchases
Kyodo
- Kyodo Plus$4.991 Month
- Kyodo Plus Yearly$69.991 Year
dumb MESSAGE
No in-app purchases
