Piko Chat vs sprout.spot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
sprout.spot
Connect with others through customizable profiles and dedicated feeds for any interest. This platform prioritizes community funding and user privacy, offering a clutter-free social experience without algorithmic interference.
- Algorithm-free social feed
- Customizable profiles with widgets
- Create dedicated feeds for any interest
- Community-funded and privacy-focused
- User-generated content on profiles
- Find people in shared fandoms
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sprout is a new kind of social network. we make it really easy for you to express yourself on here. link your last.fm, let your friends write or draw on your profile... you can do it all. if you're into something, you can just make a feed for it, and anyone else who likes it can start posting in it immediately. it's very easy to find people in the same fandoms as you. we're funded entirely by the community, and we'll never sell out to big companies or sell ur data .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Piko Chat at 2.8K against sprout.spot's 165. Piko Chat also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Piko Chat sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and sprout.spot sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Piko Chat against 4.7 for sprout.spot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piko Chat has 2.8K ratings behind it against 165, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Piko Chat's written reviews are positive against 93% of sprout.spot's.
Piko Chat ships an update every 5 days, sprout.spot fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piko Chat | sprout.spot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better | 4.7 (165 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 165 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ebonnee Almeida | Sprout Spot, LLC |
Customer experience
Piko Chat
sprout.spot
In-app purchases
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 Supporter$24.991 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
- Piko Coins$99.99
sprout.spot
- profile badge2 variants$0.99
- $5 donation$4.99
- $10 donation$9.99
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- $10 donation$24.99
- $25 donation$24.99
- $50 donation2 variants$49.99
- $100 donation2 variants$99.99









