Comparison

Ping vs Piko Chat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ping

Features
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Ping is social, the way it was supposed to be. Your friends, your family, and nothing in between. Add a friend. From then on, what they choose to post lands in your Ping feed, in the order it happened. No feed of strangers. No ads. No algorithm deciding what you see. Just the 15 people you chose. BUILT FOR YOUR CIRCLE Post a photo, a video, a Live Photo. A place you're at. A song on repeat. A workout. A link you can't stop thinking about. Or just a few words. Your friends react, comment and reply, and a post becomes a conversation. Messages and small groups for when you'd rather talk. SHARE TO PING FROM ANYWHERE Ping lives in the share sheet. A post from Reddit, a song, a page. One tap, and it's a real post in your friends' feed: the picture, the video, all of it. Not a link they have to chase. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS There's no account. Pick a name and you're in. No email, no phone number, no password. Your posts travel sealed, to your friends' phones and nowhere else. No server can read them. Not ours, not anyone's. Nothing piles up. What friends post stays for 29 days, then makes room. Keep it longer or shorter; it's your phone. Everything you post is yours to keep. MADE FOR THE BIG SCREEN On iPad and iPhone Duo, the feed sits beside what you're writing. Room for both. SAFEKEEPING Your phone holds the only copy of what you post. Safekeeping keeps a locked copy for three years, so a new phone brings it all back. $5.99 a month or $39.99 a year, shared with your whole family. Everything else is free. For everyone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pingworld.co/privacy 15 friends who matter, or a thousand who don't. Ping is for the 15.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Ping4 screens
Piko Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Piko Chat at 16.0 against Ping's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ping sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ping versus Piko Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingPiko Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—3K — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB76 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMDavid LowEbonnee Almeida

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ping

Subscriptions2
  • Ping Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Ping Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
10 purchases

Piko Chat

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time4
  • 100 Piko Coins$1.99
  • 300 Piko Coins$4.99
  • 600 Piko Coins$8.99
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  • Piko Coins$19.99

Questions

Is Ping free?
Ping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piko Chat free?
Piko Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ping or Piko Chat have ads?
Neither Ping nor Piko Chat shows ads.

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