Piko Chat vs TheFlap
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
TheFlap
A retro social app offering a nostalgic mid-2010s experience. Post short updates with photos and animated moods, interact with friends through replies and reactions, and see who's online. The feed is chronological, focusing on your community without algorithmic interference.
- Post flaps with photos and animated moods
- Reply, react, and reflap posts
- See online friends and get notifications
- Verified badges and trending board
- Add to home screen for app-like feel
- Report, block, and delete content
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TheFlap is a throwback social app with that nostalgic mid-2010s vibe — a fast, playful feed where you post short updates ("flaps"), react, and keep up with your people. Post a flap with a photo and an animated mood, reply to friends, react, reflap the ones you love, and see who's online right now. No algorithm deciding what you see — just a clean, retro-flavored feed built around your community. Features: • Post flaps with photos and pick from dozens of animated mood faces • Reply, react with emojis, and reflap posts you love • See who's online and get notified when someone replies, likes, reflaps, or tags you • Verified badges, a live trending board, and a flapper-of-the-week spotlight • Add it to your home screen for a real-app feel Safety first: • Report any post or person in a couple of taps • Block anyone — you'll never see their content again • Delete your account and all your content anytime, right from the app • A real person reviews reports and removes violating content, normally within 24 hours TheFlap is a small, independent social app made by and for a tight-knit community. We don't sell your data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://weupallday.github.io/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Piko Chat at none against TheFlap's shown. Piko Chat also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 210). TheFlap's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Piko Chat sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and TheFlap sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Piko Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piko Chat has 2.7K ratings behind it against 210, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 88% positive.
Piko Chat ships an update every 6 days, TheFlap every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piko Chat | TheFlap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.6 (210 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 210 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ebonnee Almeida | Adrian Lockhart |
Customer experience
Piko Chat
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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
TheFlap
- TheFlap Premium$6.991 Month
- 500 Feathers$2.99
- October Sticker Frame Pack$5.99
- 1500 Feathers$6.99
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- 4000 Feathers$12.99
- 12000 Feathers$32.99
