PicoChat for iMessage vs FlickGame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
FlickGame
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Flickgame is a tiny tool for making games out of pictures. A game is 16 pictures. Draw them with your finger. Then pick a colour in one picture and choose which picture it leads to. When someone plays your game and taps that colour, they jump there. That's all there is to it, and you can make a lot with it: stories, mazes, puzzles, jokes, a tour of your house. • Draw with 16 colours, with lots of palettes to choose from • Link any colour to any picture • Try your game without leaving the editor • Your games are kept in a gallery on your device • Send a game to a friend as a file. It opens in Flickgame on their phone or tablet • No accounts, no ads, nothing uploaded anywhere An example game is included to get you started. There's an optional one-time supporter purchase if you'd like to say thanks. It doesn't unlock anything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PicoChat for iMessage at none against FlickGame's 1. On price, ads, 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. FlickGame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PicoChat for iMessage asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PicoChat for iMessage | FlickGame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (98 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Idrees Hassan | increpare |
Bugs and 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
FlickGame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PicoChat for iMessage
No in-app purchases
FlickGame
- Supporter$4.99









