Comparison

Piko Chat vs Unspace

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

Head to head
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

About

Unspace

Experience a social media platform focused on authentic self-expression and genuine connection. Customize your profile's appearance and share unfiltered thoughts in a feed free from likes and algorithms. Discover other users' unique spaces and find your community.

Highlights
  • Customizable profile themes and colors
  • Unfiltered global diary feed
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Algorithm-free content discovery
  • Discover user 'Top 8' and listening habits
Features
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Your world. Your rules. Social media got boring. Every feed looks the same, every profile is a template, and an algorithm decides who ever sees you. Unspace hands it back. Build a profile nobody else has, say what you actually think in the Diary, and find people who are here to be themselves — not to perform. CUSTOMIZE YOUR UNIVERSE No cookie-cutter templates. Change your colors, pick your theme, set your profile track. Whether you want a futuristic dashboard or a 2005 archive, your space should look like you. THE GLOBAL DIARY The Diary is the heartbeat of Unspace. A raw, unfiltered feed of what everyone is thinking right now. No like counts, no algorithm traps, zero pressure. Just real thoughts from real people. DISCOVER REAL VIBES Explore isn't a wall of recycled content. It's a gateway into other people's universes. Check their Top 8, see what they're listening to, and find your real circle. WHAT YOU GET Fully customizable profiles: themes, fonts, colors and profile music The Diary: unfiltered thoughts, no like counts Spaces: communities built around what you actually care about Walls, notes, comments and private messages Badges you earn, not buy NO ALGORITHM. NO CLOUT CHASING. JUST SPACE. It's time to stop performing for a feed that was never yours and start building your own world. Let's build this together. UNSPACE PREMIUM Premium unlocks every theme and font, exclusive badges, full profile customization and an ad-free experience. https://legal.unspaceapp.com/privacy.html https://legal.unspaceapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Piko Chat4 screens
Unspace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piko Chat at 87% against Unspace's 42%. Piko Chat also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Unspace's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Piko Chat sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Unspace sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piko Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.1K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Piko Chat's written reviews are positive against 42% of Unspace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piko Chat ships an update every 5 days, Unspace every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piko Chat versus Unspace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiko ChatUnspace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better3.9 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews — better42.2% of reviews
Number of ratings3.1K — better1.4K
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB50 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEbonnee AlmeidaZintex OU

Customer experience

Piko Chat

All ratings2,805 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews364 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative7.1%

Unspace

All ratings1,436 ratings
Positive69.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative21.2%
Written reviews429 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral16.3%
Negative41.5%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Piko Chat

Subscriptions6
  • Piko Plus Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Piko Plus Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Piko Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • 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
Show 1 more
  • Piko Coins$19.99
7 purchases

Unspace

Subscriptions2
  • Unspace$6.991 Month
  • Annualy$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • 100 Spacecoins$0.99
  • 550 Spacecoins$4.99
  • 1200 Spacecoins$9.99
Show 2 more
  • 2600 Spacecoins$19.99
  • 7000 Spacecoins$49.99

Questions

Is Piko Chat free?
Piko Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unspace free?
Unspace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piko Chat or Unspace?
Piko Chat is rated higher. Piko Chat averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Unspace averages 3.9 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Piko Chat or Unspace have ads?
Unspace shows ads; Piko Chat does not.
Which is updated more often, Piko Chat or Unspace?
Piko Chat ships an update every 5 days, and Unspace every 6 days. Most recently, Piko Chat was updated on November 8, 2026 and Unspace on November 5, 2026.

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